Houston’s Marlen Esparza is Main Event in L.A. By David A. Avila Marlen Esparza was the first American woman to ever win an Olympic medal in boxing. Now she’s on the hunt to return to that mountain peak as a pro. But it takes work. Esparza (4-0) meets France’s Laetizia Campana (2-4) in the […]
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Melissa St. Vil Travels To Finland For World Title Shot By Felipe Leon There is no bigger opportunity in boxing than a chance to challenge for a world title. Despite holding the WBC Silver super featherweight title, Haitian-born Melissa St. Vil (10-2-4, 1KO) of Brooklyn, New York, will get a shot at the […]
Back to Back Fight Cards Headlined by Women in So Cal By David A. Avila If you followed the arc of women’s boxing it’s easy to trace because of television. Basically female prizefighting has been nonexistent on TV. Not since Laila Ali was the main event against Christy Martin in 2003 when their clash […]
Raquel Miller Poised To Make a Statement By Felipe Leon For Raquel Miller, the undefeated middleweight from San Francisco, California, nothing happens without hard work and determination. The 33-year-old didn’t step into a local boxing gym until the age of 24 after some earlier false starts. Within a year she was competing […]
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 […]
Katie Taylor Steps Up Again
by Phil Woolever
A lot of boxing belt holders, whether women or men, keep saying that they always want
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: 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
WBC Lightweight Champion Delfine Persoon Chasing Katie Taylor
By Phil Woolever
After her most recent fight a few weeks ago (UD 8 over Monica Gentil), WBC Lightweight Champion Delfine Persoon
Juarez Defends Against Bouvier in First Fight of 2018
By Felipe Leon
One thing needed to survive as a professional boxer, especially a female fighter, is confidence. The 38-year-old Mariana “Barbie” Juarez