Breakthrough Fighter of the Year: Jessica “CasKilla” McCaskill and more news By David A. Avila About a year ago relatively unknown Jessica McCaskill challenged Ireland’s great Katie Taylor and rocked her with a Chicago style left hook. Though she lost the fight, she gained recognition. McCaskill then challenged Argentina’s Erica Farias for the WBC […]
Knockout Puncher of the Year is Adelaida Ruiz; plus three best KOs of 2018 By David A. Avila One of the main complaints boxing fans make about female prizefighting is the lack of knockouts. A number of reasons are responsible for knockouts being rare in female boxing but the primary reason has to be […]
ThePrizefighters.com Best Fight of the Year – Claressa Shields vs Hanna Gabriels By David A. Avila Many intense and entertaining fights took place all over the world. But for drama and intensity with the world watching and with much at stake we voted on the following fight as the best for 2018. We also […]
Fighter of the Year is Claressa Shields for ThePrizefighters.com By David A. Avila This has been the pinnacle year for women’s prizefighting. Never before has female boxing had as much exposure. In the month of December alone we saw several of the top female boxers in the world show off their talent before wide […]
Mikaela Mayer Goes Six for Six in 2018 By David A. Avila Mikaela Mayer shut out Calista Silgado in every round to retain the NABF super featherweight title by unanimous decision on Friday. Mayer (9-0, 4 KOs) won her six consecutive fight this year alone to close out 2018 with a win over Colombia’s […]
Female Dominated Fight Card in L.A. Attended by Fellow Pound for Pounders By David A. Avila America appears to be ground zero for female prizefighting with another round of elite match ups taking place this weekend. Back to back weekends will keep the momentum generated first in Los Angeles and now switching to New […]
Cecilia Braekhus, Claressa Shields and Lulu Win in L.A. By David A. Avila LOS ANGELES-A farewell show by boxing network HBO also showcased two dominant women in the boxing world as Cecilia Braekhus and Claressa Shields mowed through their respective opponents with little resistance on Saturday. Braekhus (35-0, 9 KOs) tried hard to put […]
Cecilia Braekhus and Claressa Shields Lead Powerful Card at StubHub By David A. Avila LOS ANGELES-Cecilia Braekhus leads a trio of female prize fights that descend on the StubHub Center in an historic show of force on Saturday Dec. 8. Not since 2003 have two or more female bouts packed as much impact. But […]
Claressa Shields On Female Tripleheader in L.A. and Female Fight News By David A. Avila Claressa “T-Rex” Shields arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon, hopped in a car and drove to El Cholo’s restaurant where she met about a dozen media members to discuss her Southern California invasion. Flying coast to coast is […]
Layla McCarter and Female Fight News for Nov. 26, 2018 By David A. Avila If you don’t know about the talent of Layla McCarter you truly have not been following female boxing with full attention the past 20 years. Based in Las Vegas, McCarter has captured world titles from featherweight to super welterweight and […]