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If No Laila Ali, Las Vegas OGs McCarter and Cooper...

If No Laila Ali, Plenty of OGs Around Like McCarter, Cooper  Can Take On Young Guns   By David A. Avila When Claressa Shields tracked down the fast-moving Lani Daniels to remain the undisputed heavyweight champion, sitting in the sold-out Detroit audience was former top dog Laila Ali. Almost immediately some fans called out Shields […]

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Best Female Fighters Pound for Pound

Best Female Pound for Pound Fighters and More News July 2025   (Photo by Stephanie Trapp) By David A. Avila Claressa Shields proved once again why she is the best female fighter on the planet with a dominant performance over a talented and tough Lana Daniels for the heavyweight world championship. Shields remains undisputed heavyweight […]

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Claressa Shields Runs Down Lani Daniels

Claressa Shields Defeats Lani Daniels in Detroit and Other Results   By David A. Avila After a few bewildered rounds Claressa Shields managed to wrangle in the fleet-footed Lani Daniels and pour on the punches in bunches to retain the undisputed heavyweight world championship on Saturday. All in front of a sold out crowd in […]

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Claressa Shields vs Lani Daniels

Claressa Shields and Lani Daniels Battle for Heavyweight Supremacy and More News    By David A. Avila The journey of conquest continues for Claressa Shields. After conquering North America, Europe, and South America the undisputed champion of several weight classes targets the so-called best of the New Zealand and Australian region. Shields (16-0, 3 Kos) […]

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Revisiting Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano III Fig...

New York Revisited: Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano and Friends Again Sold Out Madison Square Garden   By David A. Avila Women’s boxing sells. Along with selling out Madison Square Garden the all-female boxing card by Most Valuable Promotions featuring Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano 3, drew an average of 6 million viewers worldwide according to […]

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Shurretta Metcalf vs Cherneka Johnson

Blockbuster in NYC Pt. 2 – Shurretta Metcalf Story   By David A. Avila New York City has been good to this Texan. Twice she has fought in Manhattan and twice she won. Can she get the hat trick? IBF bantamweight world titlist Shurretta Metcalf (14-4-1) heads to New York City again and will meet […]

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Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano III

Blockbuster in NYC Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano and More Pt. 1   By David A. Avila Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano fight again. And they are bringing their friends. Ireland’s Taylor (24-1, 6 Kos) and Puerto Rico’s Serrano (47-3-1, 31 Kos) fight for the undisputed super lightweight championship on Friday July 11, at Madison […]

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Another Look at Holly Holm and More

Grading Holly Holm and More Including Kenia Enriquez, Adelaida Ruiz and Madison Square Garden Fights   (Photo by Al Applerose) By David A. Avila When Holly Holm last laced up the boxing gloves women’s prizefighting was an after thought for most of the world. A lot has changed in a dozen years. Holm returned and […]

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Holly Holm Gets Victory in Anaheim

Holly Holm Returns After 12 Years and Defeats Yolanda Vega     (Photo by Al Applerose) By Phil Woolever It was over 12 years since female boxing icon Holly Holm notched a victory in the ring, but her latest victory was significant and signaled that her career could still be quite lucrative and far from over […]

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Holly Holm vs Yolanda Vega

Holly Holm Returns to Boxing and More News and Notes in Female Boxing   By David A. Avila Holly Holm is back. After 13 years of tussling, wrestling, punching and kicking her way through cage fights the ultra-athlete from New Mexico returns to the boxing ring. “I’m excited to get back into boxing,” said Holm […]