Author Archives: Felipe Leon

Mexico’s Arely Mucino Ready to Invade England

Arely Muciño is Ready for England’s Nicola Adams   As if capturing the four major world titles in her weight class wasn’t enough, now current WBO flyweight champion Arely “Amatralladora” Muciño (27-3-2, 10KO) could possibly be in her toughest challenge yet.   She was looking forward into going to the lion’s den to defend her […]

Mexico’s Yesenia Gomez vs Japan’s Erika Hanawa

Yesenia Gomez vs. Erika Hanawa for WBC Light Flyweight Title in Cancun   The 2019 female boxing season continues south of the border in Mexico with competing world titles on the two biggest terrestrial networks in Mexico. On the bigger one, Televisa, Promociones del Pueblo presents the first defense of the newly crowned WBC junior […]

American Promoter Exporting Female Boxing to Tijuana

Promoter Ronald Cruz-Hunt Exporting Female Boxing to Tijuana   Just as you have your big name female fighters with elite promoters like Mikaela Mayer with Top Rank and Katie Taylor with Matchroom Boxing USA, there are countless fighters who battle it out in the trenches on club level shows throughout the United States.   The […]

TV Main Event for Mexico’s Victoria Torres and Jasseth Noriega

Torres vs Noriega For WBC Silver This Saturday Night   In every sport there are traditional powerhouses whether they are teams, regions or even countries. For female boxing there might not be a bigger one than in Mexico at least when it comes to their respect for the sport.   Last month’s Cecilia Braekhus unanimous […]

Zulina Munoz Returns and Fights Arely Valente

“Loba” Muñoz Returns This Saturday Night   After more than a year and a half hiatus because of the birth of her second child, one of Mexico’s longest reigning world champion returns to the ring.  This Saturday night in Mexico City and live in Mexico on the Azteca channel 31 year-old Zulina “Loba” Muñoz (48-2-2, […]

The Most Important Female Fights in 2018

The 10 Most Game-Changing Fights of 2018   The last 12 months were exciting ones for female boxing with new barriers being broken by women in the ring.  The sport is evolving as well in the way consumers enjoy it with all the emerging streaming apps including DAZN, ESPN+ as well as more traditional terrestrial […]

A Wish List 2019 Part 2: Nava, Juarez, Hardy, Bopp and More

A Wish List 2019 Part II   With the advent of new applications to view professional boxing, ESPN+ and DAZN, as well as staples such as Showtime, at least in the United States there have been more platforms for female boxing.  For the sport to expand the fights the fans want to see need to […]

A Wish List: Franchon Crews, Mikaela Mayer, Melissa St. Vil and More

A Wish List for 2019 – Part I   Another year in the books for the wonderful world of female boxing and although 2018 was not as good as 2017 as far as action we did see some historical fights including the debut of female boxing on HBO.  We can only hope that next 12 […]

Lou DiBella Doubles Down on Female Prizefighting

Lou DiBella Doubles Down    Many say a second wave of female boxing has exploded in the United States since the late summer of 2016 when NBC Sports televised the first go-around between Heather Hardy and Shelly Vincent, the 10 round battle was considered the fight of the year and since then we’ve had a […]

Cecilia Braekhus Returns to StubHub in L.A. on Saturday

Cecilia Braekhus in L.A.   It has been a banner year for the woman known as the “First Lady”.  The 37 year-old Cecilia Braekhus (34-0, 9KO) of Norway is getting ready to fight for the third time in this calendar year and second time in Los Angeles, California, this Saturday night.  The scheduled ten-round fight […]