Category Archives: Features

Cornejo

Maricela Cornejo vs. Erin Toughill in Hollywood on...

Maricela Cornejo vs Erin Toughill in Hollywood on Sunday   By David A. Avila In a place once famous for staging some of the best entertainment during World War II, prizefighting returns to the saloon of the Hollywood stars. 360 Promotions brings back its boxing series on Sunday Jan. 27, with former titlist Maricela “La […]

Torres vs Noriega

TV Main Event for Mexico’s Victoria Torres a...

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 […]

Tijuana card

Tijuana Fight Card Headed By Aida, Ayala and Pabel...

Tijuana Fight Card Headed by Female American Triumvirate   By David A. Avila A trio of American-based female prizefighters is headed to Tijuana, Mexico coming from different parts of the USA including Chicago. All are engaging on a massive boxing card on Saturday Jan. 26, at Gimnasio Independencia called Battle at the Border series and […]

Shields

Claressa Shields Charging Forward After Big 2018

Claressa Shields Charging Forward After Winning Fighter of the Year and More   By David A. Avila It was a remarkable year in a burgeoning career that’s only Claressa Shield’s third year as a professional. Just how far can she strive? Already strapped with multiple world title belts in the super middleweight division and now […]

Rupprecht

Tiny Tina Rupprecht, Germany’s Boxing Queen

“Tiny” Tina Rupprecht Makes a Big Impression   You could say that women’s boxing saved the day for Germany in 2018.   A few years ago regions from Berlin to the Rhine had many of boxing’s biggest fights, month after month. Since the end of the Klitschko brothers’ era all that changed as Felix Sturm, […]

Munoz

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, […]

important female fights

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 […]

most dangerous female fighters

Crazy Eights: The Most Dangerous Female Fighters a...

“The Crazy Eights” Female Boxing’s KO Artists and More Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Whether it is women or men’s prizefighting fans want to see knockouts. In the female fight world there are more than a few who truly standout for their punching power. We’ve compiled a list of the most dangerous […]

2018

Looking Back at 2018: Claressa, Cecilia, Jessica, ...

Female Prizefighting: A Look Back at 2018   By David A. Avila It was the best year yet for female prizefighting in 2018 and expect even more in 2019. Blame it on Rio for what’s slowly and powerfully developing into a slow growing tidal wave of appeal. Boxing fans are catching on to female boxing […]

Nava, Juarez, Hardy, Bopp and More

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

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 […]