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 […]
Braekhus Survives Reis In Historic HBO Televised Fight By Felipe Leon LOS ANGELES-Despite employing a war dance in her ring walk and dropping the undefeated and undisputed welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus in the seventh round, it just wasn’t enough for the game Kali Reis (13-7-1, 4KO) to score the upset with Braekhus (33-0, […]
Seniesa “SuperBad” Estrada Wins On ESPN By Felipe Leon LOS ANGELES-Undefeated East Los Angeles fighter Seniesa “Superbad” Estrada (13-0, 3KO) stayed busy and scored her third stoppage of her career with a third round TKO win over Puerto Rico’s Amarilis Adorno (1-7) in the swing bout of the Golden Boy Promotions fight card […]
Cecilia Braekhus Defends Welterweight Titles Against Kali Reis in Los Angeles By David A. Avila Cecilia Braekhus enters the gauntlet and it truly begins for her this weekend. Known as the “First Lady,” the serenely confident Norwegian now tries her skills against America’s best and now it begins. Braekhus (32-0, 9 KOs) risks her […]
Shelly Vincent: A Survivor, Back in the Ring By Felipe Leon. When it comes to a sport, there can’t be anything more difficult than professional boxing. Yes there is baseball where you have to hit a 100 mile-per-hour fastball within a split second and there is football where if you have the ball […]