Dancing With The Stars In Boston: Laila Ali Floats Into The Tradition BOSTON — Laila Ali doesn’t box anymore. Her final professional fight was won nearly a decade ago, in 2007. The youngest of eight children born to the late great Muhammad Ali, Laila did something in the fight game that her famous father could […]
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World Champions Lead Female Fight Card in SF Bay Area Dec. 3. In the past decade the San Francisco Bay area has been a hotbed for female boxing in both the amateur and pro arenas. One major reason has been Blanca Gutierrez a former kickboxer turned boxer turned promoter. She’s like the Pied Piper […]
Hometown Favorite Erica Farias vs Marisa Nuñez After a year of relative calm, some of Argentina’s biggest female boxing stars are coming back to full activity and gearing up for what looms as an even bigger year in 2017. One of such fighters is super lightweight titlist Erica Farias, one of the hungriest […]
Yesica Bopp: “I am working hard for whatever comes my way.” By Diego Morilla Female boxing in Argentina has grown exponentially through the years, and a few fighters are responsible for that extraordinary growth. One of them is definitely Yesica Bopp, a perennial pound-for-pound entrant and current WBA mini-flyweight titlist, who is getting ready […]
WBC Female Flyweight Tournament Update: Ibeth Zamora Jumps Into Mix By Felipe Leon After World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman announced in mid-September the launch of the WBC female flyweight tournament with the winner taking home the coveted diamond belt and 112-pound supremacy, three of the four fights for the first round were […]
Fortunately for 26 year-old former amateur standout Marina Ramirez (2-0) now fighting as a pro, the milestones in her punch for bucks’ career are coming in quick. Unlike many of her female boxer counterparts, Ramirez has not fought at dingy club shows or buried deep within numerous fight bout cards. Her pro fight debut […]
Born one of eight siblings, there might not have been another choice for 31-year-old super welterweight Raquel Miller (2-0, 1KO) but to become a fighter. Always boxing enthusiasts, her family would gather around the television and like most of the rest of the world in the late 80s, would watch the “baddest man on […]
Female Boxing Televised on Showtime in 2017 says Showtime’s Espinoza The revolution will be televised, the revolution will be televised. And it will be live. Loosely using a quote from the late Gil Scott Heron, the revolution of American women’s boxing takes a giant leap with a boost from network television. Showtime will be […]
WBC Flyweight Tourney Rolls On In late January of this year Mauricio Sulaiman, president of the World Boxing Council, announced at the second annual All-Female WBC Boxing convention his intention of organizing a flyweight tournament sometime in 2016. He mentioned guaranteed purses and exposure on television as major tenants of the tourney. Some of […]
Laila Ali vs Claressa Shields the Dream Match That Will Never Happen Some TSS readers (hey, you know who you are) are enthused about the recent uptick of interest in women’s boxing. Others (you know who you are as well) believe any resurgence of popularity is not only a waste of traditional fight fan’s […]