Five Landmark Dates in Women’s Prizefighting – A version of boxing has been around since time immemorial. There is evidence of it in the Middle East Before Christ. Records of actual prizefighting go back as far as the 16th century. But the boxing we recognize and know today, with its rules and weight divisions, began with […]
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Poula Estrada in Action this Saturday in Palmdale, Calif. – If you are involved in Southern California boxing circles you know Hervi Estrada. Whether in a capacity of a trainer, manager or a matchmaker, Hervi is a fixture at most fight cards in Southern California. What you don’t know is that his daughter is a […]
Kenia Enriquez Fights Brenda Ramos in Tijuana on Friday Fresh from a convincing victory Kenia “La Gema” Enriquez returns to the ring at her hometown in search of more conquests. Enriquez (16-1, 8 Kos) faces Brenda Ramos (8-2, 4 KOs) of Monterrey, Mexico in an eight round light flyweight bout on Friday July 1, at […]
Melissa McMorrow Wants Knight and Bopp – For a fighter the worst thing that can happen besides losing a fight is for the actual bout to fall out. For former two-time female WBO flyweight world champion Melissa “Mighty Mo” McMorrow (10-5-3, 1KO) it is nothing new. “I am pretty used to fights falling out,” […]
NEW YORK CITY-Heather “The Heat” Hardy wants to level the playing field, period, if not for this generation, then for the next. Hardy falls into a long tradition, adding her name to a continuing list of women boxers who have championed the cause and are still, …waiting. If you look across the aisle, UFC ceased […]
Former flyweight champion Mariana “Barbie” Juarez (43-8-3, 17KO) announced her intentions to climb up to the bantamweight division in her next scheduled bout and look for a title at the 118-pound limit. The announcement was made during the weekly World Boxing Council (WBC) weekly press conference held at their offices in Mexico City last Tuesday. The […]
Rare Pair of Female Fights on Big L.A. Card – Women’s boxing returns to the big stage again in Southern California. Former flyweight world champion Kenia Enriquez (15-1, 7 Kos) of Mexico meets light flyweight contender Amaris “Diamond Girl” Quintana in an eight round clash on Saturday April 23, at the Forum in Inglewood. An […]
Jacqueline Nava Mouett, known in the boxing world as Jackie “The Aztec Princess” Nava, is an extraordinary woman. Although not officially retired from boxing, she has embarked in a new journey in her life as a member of the Mexican congress representing the district where she grew up in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Her last […]
Boxing sisters Kenia and Tania Enriquez of Tijuana – Just like America’s duo in tennis the sisters Venus and Serena Williams, another pair of siblings from Mexico, Tania and Kenia Enriquez dream of dominating the sport of boxing. But unlike Venus and Serena, the Enriquez sisters vowed to never fight each other in the squared circle. “I would never fight […]
WHITTIER, CA. – In spite of the popularity of Laila Ali and Christy “Coalminer’s Daughter” Martin, who almost became a “Million Dollar Baby,” women’s boxing in the United States hasn’t caught on fire. Hoping to change that is Seniesa Estrada. “Promoters don’t give them the opportunity to be on the big stage and let them be […]