Maiva Hamadouche Targets Mikaela Mayer, Olympics and Looks at a Big Year By Phil Woolever One of the hottest topics in women’s boxing involves an intriguing series of potential contests between the top super-featherweight titlists, to unify the most prestigious of those championships. France’s Maiva Hamadouche wants to prove she’s the best of that elite […]
Europe Reporting: Boxing Contender Obenauf Reportedly Jailed in Switzerland for Husband’s Murder By Phil Woolever Sadly, what was probably the worst news in women’s boxing during 2020 exploded a few weeks before what holiday fireworks remained and hit long darkened skies. Just as the often disastrous calendar finally came to an end, a […]
Katharina Thanderz Is Anxious for Mandatory Terri Harper Challenge By Phil Woolever Those who have watched WBC Interim super-featherweight titlist Katharina Thanderz in action understand that one of her strongest assets is consistency, in either keeping her guard up or maintaining an attack plan. That consistency has kept her undefeated while leading […]
Dina Thorslund Defends WBO Super Bantam Title against Radovanovic in Denmark By Phil Woolever While many fighters, fans, and promoters in the USA are still dealing with strict audience restrictions due to the Covid19 pandemic, more and more countries around the world have begun hosting live fight audiences of varying social distance sizes […]
Will Harper – Jonas be a Classic Battle or a Classic Blowout? By Phil Woolever Friday night’s intriguing clash between Terri Harper and Natasha Jonas at Matchroom’s Fight Camp in England could have all the ingredients of an instant classic. Maybe. Depending on how the overhead stars align at Brentwood, Essex, […]
Brodnicka Outclasses Djemilla Gontaruk, but is the Champion Ready for Mikaela Mayer ? By Phil Woolever WBO Super-featherweight titlist Ewa Brodnicka controlled almost every minute of her bout against determined Djemilla Gontaruk at the OSiR Hall in Dzierzoniow, Poland. Still, if you saw the way she held back tears and sank to […]
Harper Captures WBC Title From Wahlstrom in England By Phil Woolever At the end of five close, action-packed rounds at Sheffield Arena, the Terri Harper – Eva Wahlstrom bout was hard to score and looked like anybody’s fight. The second half of the battle, for Wahlstrom’s WBC super featherweight belt, was a […]
Wahlstrom Faces Big Challenge From Harper By Phil Woolever When Finland’s Eva Wahlstrom defends her WBC super featherweight championship against rising British star Terri “Belter” Harper it shapes up as a classic case of both experience versus youth and acquired wisdom versus raw power. It will be little surprise if the ladies […]
Dina Thorslund Overpowers April Adams in Denmark By Phil Woolever After all the heavy leather Dina Thorslund landed against her Australian challenger April Adams, it was those punches the WBO Super-Bantamweight Champion didn’t throw that seemed the most significant. When a huge series of shots wobbled Adams with a few moments to go […]
Ewa Brodnicka: Poland’s Wonder Woman Keeps WBO Title by Majority Decision vs. Janeth Perez By Phil Woolever Anyone who may have doubted undefeated Ewa Brodnicka’s self-confidence or sense of humor didn’t have to look farther than the weigh-in prior to her victory over Janeth Perez to understand where the WBO Super-Featherweight titlist is […]