Yokasta Valle and Marlen Esparza Fight in Mexico and More News By David A. Avila They had to meet. Yokasta Valle and Marlen Esparza finally meet in the boxing ring. On Saturday March 29, two of the best lower-weight champions Valle (32-3, 10 Kos) and Esparza (15-2, 1 KO) clash in a flyweight division […]
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Tiara Brown Upends Skye Nicolson for WBC Title in Australia By David A. Avila America’s Tiara Brown exposed Skye Nicolson’s inability to fight inside and walked away with a split-decision victory and the WBC featherweight title in Australia on Saturday. Brown (19-0, 11 Kos) had warned Nicolson (12-1) and anyone listening to her words […]
Cherneka Johnson Proves She is the Champion By David A. Avila Moving forward behind a ramrod jab Cherneka “Sugar Neekz” Johnson forced Nina Hughes team to throw in the title and abandon hopes to win back the WBA bantamweight title on Saturday in Australia. It was not even close. Johnson (17-2, 7 Kos) was […]
World Title Fights Nicolson vs Brown , Johnson vs Hughes and More News By David A. Avila After several years of verbal war Australia’s undefeated Skye Nicolson meets America’s undefeated Tiara Brown for the WBC featherweight title. Talk is over. “I’m excited for the fight,” said Nicolson. The whip-quick Nicolson (12-0, 1 KO) defends […]
Welterweight Changes With Price vs Jonas in England and More News and Notes By David A. Avila A cosmic shift took place for welterweights in London, England. Welsh fighter Lauren Price (9-0, 2 Kos) established dominance as a welterweight champion with a convincing win over Liverpool’s Natasha Jonas (16-3-1) to grasp most of the sanctioning […]
Tsunami Tenkai in Argentina and Other Big Showdowns By David A. Avila Tsunami Tenkai leads a trio of critical showdowns with world title implications. All three are very juicy match ups. First, Natasha Jonas and Lauryn Price tangle in London, England for several welterweight titles, while lightweight WBC titlist Caroline DuBois fights Bo Mi Re […]
Rating Top Female Welterweights and Other News By David A. Avila We are entering the month of March madness. Welterweights like Natasha Jonas and several others are scheduled to fill this coming month with marquee match ups in England and the USA. No other weight division seems to be as loaded as the 147-pound […]
International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame, WBC Summit and More News By David A. Avila Two powerful organizations devoted to women’s boxing meet in Las Vegas, Nevada to propel their sport to the world. In a four day span the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Council will converge to […]
Women’s Boxing: Ranking the Top Countries and More News By David A. Avila Ranking the countries. When it comes to women’s boxing, American female prizefighters have always led the way for the rest of the world. For the past 100 years Americans tried forcing their way into the public eye in traveling circuses, boxing […]
Claressa Shields, Layla McCarter and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila If you win titles from middleweight to heavyweight like Claressa Shields, you definitely qualify as the baddest woman on the planet. Over the decades I’ve seen them all come and go. Legendary fighters like Laila Ali, Ann Wolfe, Christy Martin, Holly […]