Author Archives: David A. Avila

Mikaela Mayer at StubHub on Saturday

Mikaela Mayer vs Maria Semertzoglou at StubHub   By David A. Avila When you first meet Mikaela Mayer you realize the tall Southern Californian though always cordial is a driven athlete. No nonsense, simply driven. Mayer (3-0, 2 KOs) returns home and faces Greece’s Maria Semertzoglou (7-3) in a six round super featherweight fight at […]

Eva Wahlstrom vs Melissa St. Vil Moved to April 6-No Problem

Postponement is No Problem for Eva Wahlstrom or Melissa St Vil   By Phil Woolever     It’s been said that good things come to those who wait.   There’s a strong chance that old saying will prove true for boxing fans when Eva Wahlstrom defends her WBC Super-featherweight title against Melissa St. Vil on […]

Layla McCarter Wins by KO and Female Fight News March 5

Female Fight News March 5, 2018 Layla McCarter   By David A. Avila Layla “The Amazing” McCarter held her number one spot in the welterweight rankings by spanking dangerous Victoria Cisneros and winning by stoppage. It was McCarter’s (41-13-5, 11 KOs) fourth knockout win in seven fights. The win on Saturday in Ignacio, Colorado also […]

Layla McCarter vs Victoria Cisneros

Layla McCarter vs. Victoria Cisneros at Sky Ute Casino   By David A. Avila Even the best can lose. Many consider Layla McCarter the very best fighter pound for pound in the world despite having 13 losses in her career. The simple reason: she hasn’t lost a fight in over a 10 years despite fighting […]

Door’s Open for Women’s Boxing and Female Fight News

Female Fight News Feb. 26, 2018 Open Season
By David A. Avila
A couple of world title fights this Saturday kick off an impressive number of female fights one after

Katie Taylor Ready for Another American Showcase

Katie Taylor Steps Up Again 
by Phil Woolever
A lot of boxing belt holders, whether women or men, keep saying that they always want

Mexico’s Anahi Torres Gives Louisa Lawton First Loss

“Lulu” Hawton Gets Fierce Welcome To United States, Loses to Torres

By Felipe Leon

In a bit of a surprise, Perth, Australia’s Louisa “Lulu” Hawton suffered her first defeat in her first fight in the United States as she was topped

Louisa Hawton vs. Anahi Torres at Inglewood Forum

Australia’s Louisa Hawton Makes Jump To U.S.     By Felipe Leon   In boxing anything can happen.  One moment you are the newly crowned WBO light flyweight champion and the next you have been stripped of the title and not fought since winning it in August 2016.  Just as things seem pretty dire, you […]

Reporting from Japan: Fujioka, Koseki and More

Reporting from Japan: Ready, Set, Go for Japanese female boxing

By Yuriko Miyata

The Annual Boxing Award ceremony 2017 was held at the Tokyo Dome Hotel on Feb 9th, and WBA middleweight champion

Champions Week and Female Fight News

Champions Week All Over and Female Fight News
By David A. Avila
Champions all over the world engaged this past weekend from Argentina