Author Archives: David A. Avila

Cecilia Braekhus and “Bang Bang” Hawton Return to L.A.

Cecilia Braekhus Defends Titles in L.A. Hawton Fights Too   By David A. Avila LOS ANGELES-A pair of female prize fights will headline a fight card in the Los Angeles area led by undisputed welterweight world champion Cecilia Braekhus and former light flyweight titlist Louisa “Bang, Bang” Hawton next month. Leave it to Tom Loeffler […]

“La Cobra” Ruiz, Jackie Nava, Claressa Shields and More

La Cobra and Female Fight News Nov. 5, 2018   By David A. Avila Southern California has another gem in the female fight world as Adelaida “La Cobra” Ruiz dismantled Ecuador’s Jhosep Vizcaino in two rounds to win by knockout. Interestingly, the tall speedy Ruiz dropped down in weight and could drop down even further. […]

Adelaida “Cobra” Ruiz Invades Super Fly Division

Adelaida “Cobra” Ruiz Seeks Fourth Straight KO on Saturday   By David A. Avila A mere whisper of three little words sends panic through the streets especially if those words are Adelaida “Cobra” Ruiz. In a little less than two years Ruiz has sent fear and avoidance among the bantamweight division throughout the Southwest and […]

WBO Champion Raja Amasheh Stands Ready

WBO Super Flyweight Champion Raja Amasheh Is Looking At A Bright Future   By Phil Woolever   Women’s boxing continues to expand in the global market, with a currently cresting wave of potential new stars. WBO Super-Flyweight titlist Raja Amasheh, 22-1-1, is a new face that could achieve a top level of international acclaim.   […]

Claressa Shields Fights on Nov. 17, on DAZN and other Female Fight News

Female Fight News Claressa Shields and World Title Fights   By David A. Avila Claressa Shields will be fighting Scotland’s Hannah Rankin in defense of the IBF and WBA middleweight titles on Nov. 17, said Salita Promotions. It keeps the ball rolling for the undefeated super star. Despite a cancellation of the mega fight with […]

Heather Hardy Wins WBO Featherweight World Title in NYC

Heather Hardy Beats Shelly Vincent in Rematch  By David A. Avila Heather Hardy turned up the heat and the jab to win the vacant WBO featherweight world title by unanimous decision over Shelly Vincent in the long-awaited rematch on Saturday. This time the scores were much wider. Before a large crowd at Madison Square Garden, […]

Shelly Vincent and Heather Hardy Reload

Heather Hardy and Shelly Vincent At MSG on HBO By David A. Avila Two years ago Heather “The Heat” Hardy and Shelly “Shelito’s Way” Vincent clashed in a 10 round firefight that had jaws dropped and eyes glued as the two ripped into each other like wild cats. On the same day the Rio Olympic […]

Mariana Juarez vs. Susie Ramadan, Battle in Mexico

Mariana Juarez vs. Susie Ramadan: Contrasting Battle Styles By David A. Avila Mexico’s reigning queen of boxing Mariana “Barby” Juarez defends the world championship against Australia’s Susie Ramadan who is looking to reclaim it. Two vastly experienced fighters from different continents finally meet. Juarez (50-9-4, 18 KOs) defends the WBC bantamweight title against Ramadan (27-2, […]

Beat Goes On for Female Prizefighting on TV and Streaming

Female Fight News Oct. 22, 2018 HBO and more By David A. Avila It’s beginning to be a habit. Female prizefighting was showcased on a major fight card once again this past weekend and it continues its upward trajectory this week too. The beat goes on. The Katie Taylor parade rolled into Boston where the […]

Jessica McCaskill Talks About Who’s Next?

Jessica McCaskill talks about Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano and more By Felipe Leon  Despite having less than 10 professional fights under her newly minted WBC green and gold belt, 34 year-old Jessica McCaskill (6-2, 3KO) feels her winning the 140-pound world title in her last fight was a long time coming.   “Rick (Ramos) and […]