Maricela Cornejo vs. Claudia Ramirez in Mexico By David A. Avila Southern California-based Maricela “La Diva” Cornejo meets Claudia Ramirez in a six round super middleweight bout on Saturday in Quintana Roo, Mexico. The stylish and attractive Mexican-American fighter Cornejo (10-2, 3 KOs) has taken a sideways path but now with the backing of […]
Esmeralda “Joya” Moreno Defends In Mexico, “Rusita” Rivas Challenges In Colombia By Felipe Leon Esmeralda “Joya” Moreno is in a unique situation. After failing to exact revenge against Jessica “Kika” Chavez last September in the final of the WBC flyweight tournament, the 30-year-old mother of one still holds her WBC light flyweight world […]
Belgium’s Femke Hermans Upsets Germany’s Nikki Adler By Phil Woolever Belgium’s Femke Hermans defied the odds and defeated local favorite Nikki Adler for the vacant WBO Super-Middleweight Championship in Augsburg, Germany. Hermans,165, earned her new belt with a consistent game plan and solid boxing skills that kept Adler, 164 ½, off balance […]
Female Fight News May 13, 2018 Risks By David A. Avila In the female prizefighting world because of the smaller number of fighters in the world compared to men, it’s imperative that all opportunities are seized. An estimated 18,000 men boxers exist in the fight world compared to less than 2,000 female boxers worldwide. […]
Mikaela Mayer Dominates Baby Nansen in NYC By David A. Avila Fighting for the second time in New York, Mikaela Mayer was extended until the final bell once again in winning by decision on Saturday. It must be something in the air. Still, Mayer (5-0, 3 KOs) continued her unbeaten streak with a dominant […]
Southern California’s Mikaela Mayer vs Baby Nansen in NYC By David A. Avila New York City has a reputation of being a fast-paced city with zooming subways, and darting taxis. It’s a city of hustlers. Mikaela Mayer fits right in. Every time she enters a boxing ring you better not blink. Since dispensing her […]
Adler Meets Hermans On The Comeback Trail By Phil Woolever When super-middleweight Nikki Adler faces Femke Hermans at the Curt Frenzel Stadium in Augsburg, Germany on Saturday night it will be more than simply a meeting for the vacant WBO title. Personally, it’s also a meaningful homecoming appearance for Adler, who relocated […]
Two Women Two Fighters Same Dream: Tomomi Takano and Aida Satybaldinova By David A. Avila LOS ANGELES-They arrived from different parts of the world; one with a single bag of clothes and the other with a few dollars in her pockets saved over the span of a year to simply make the journey. “I […]
Yesica “Tutti” Bopp Wants It All By Felipe Leon BUENOS AIRES-In the female boxing world Yesica Bopp is not alone when it comes to independent, hardworking and multi-tasking women. You have Jackie Nava and Marian Juarez out of Mexico, both mothers and world champions, one is a senator in her country and the […]
Female Fight News May 7, 2018 Another Look at Braekhus By David A. Avila When Cecilia Braekhus selected Kali Reis as an opponent for HBO’s female boxing debut it was because she wanted someone to test her. Borrowing a term from Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, it was a “big drama show” as the welterweight world […]