Author Archives: Felipe Leon

Lupita Martinez vs Kika Chavez in Mexico

Lupita Martinez vs Jessica “Kika” Chavez for WBC Super Fly Title   By Felipe Leon   There are two female fights in Mexican boxing lore by which all others are measured.  In 2011 Ana Maria “La Guerrera” Torres and Jackie “Princesa Azteca” Nava faced each in two epic wars televised at a national level in […]

Meet Tiara Brown: Prizefighter and DC’s “Police Officer of the Year”

Tiara “T Baby” Brown  is Both Featherweight Contender and Police Officer of the Year    By Felipe Leon   Who would have thought a baby named after a Duncan Hines cookie from the 80s would grow to be an extraordinary accomplished boxer as well as Washington D.C.’s Police Officer of the Year?   That is […]

Montserrat Alarcon vs Nora Cardoza for WBA Title in Mexico

Monserrat Alarcon vs Nora Cardoza   By Felipe Leon   All of a sudden the tiniest of weight classes in all professional boxing is heating up.  Last September in one of the best fights of 2018 Mexican Brenda “Bonita” Flores raged war against Louisa “Bang Bang Lulu” Hawton of Australia for the vacant WBC interim […]

Mexico’s Arely Mucino vs Venezuela’s Yairineth Altuve

Arely Muciño vs Yairineth Altuve for WBO Flyweight Title   By Felipe Leon   Sometimes a tragedy can be a blessing in disguise.  Two months ago current WBO flyweight champion Arely Muciño of Monterrey, Mexico, was gearing up to travel to England to defend her title against Olympian Nicola Adams.  Despite being a pro for […]

Claressa Shields Says Christina Hammer Won’t Go the Distance

Claressa Shields vs Christina Hammer   By Felipe Leon   Although many believe the best recent year in professional female boxing was in 2017 when the sport exploded on U.S. airwaves or at least much more than in the ten years before, 2019 brings us the first truly mega fight of the sport.   On […]

Diana Fernandez vs Kandy Sandoval in Mexico

Diana Fernandez vs Kandy Sandoval in Juarez, Mexico for WBC International Title   By Felipe Leon   As veteran Mexican women fighters such as Mariana Juarez, Jackie Nava, Jessica Chavez and Ibeth Zamora among others get a bit older, a new generation of Aztec female warriors are beginning to make a name for themselves.  One […]

Lourdes Juarez vs Leiryn Flores in Mexico City

Lourdes “Pequeña Lulu” Juarez vs Leiryn “La China” Flores in Mexico City   By Felipe Leon   It must be difficult for the 32-year-old Lourdes “Pequeña Lulu” Juarez (26-2, 3KO) to visit the home of her older sister, the legendary Mariana “Barbie” Juarez.  It would be assumed Mariana has predominately displayed in her home the […]

Jessica Nery Plata vs Alondra Garcia in WBA Title Battle

Jessica Nery Plata vs Alondra Garcia in Guadalajara   By Felipe Leon   This Saturday night while Lourdes “Pequeña Lulu” Juarez, younger sister of the legendary Mariana “Barbie” Juarez, looks to give Venezuela’s Leiryn Flores her first loss and get a step closer to a world title on Televisa, on competing network Azteca a world […]

Mexico’s Mariana Juarez vs. Spain’s Eva Naranjo

Mariana Juarez – Eva Naranjo; Battle in Zacatecas   If the legendary Mariana “Barbie” Juarez (51-9-4, 18KO) is disappointed she sure doesn’t show it.  Last year the talk of the female boxing world was if and when Juarez would face off with fellow Mexican warrior Jackie Nava.  After fighting on the same card in August […]

East L.A.’s Seniesa Estrada vs. Yenifer Leon in Tijuana

Seniesa Estrada Back in Mexico and Looking For KOs    By Felipe Leon   A few years ago Golden Boy Promotions made headlines when they jumped in the female boxing world signing former Olympian Marlen Esparza, Southern California amateur standout Seniesa “Superbad” Estrada and ultra-popular Maricela “La Diva” Cornejo.  Fast forward to now and Esparza […]