Women Warriors Dominate Boxing Scene This Week By David A. Avila Top American fighters led by Claressa Shields take their titles, reputations and test their star power overseas in the United Kingdom while another fight card tests American promoters in Central America all this week. Women’s boxing is breaking barriers. Strap season arrives with […]
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Kuroki and Iwakawa, Two New World Champs in Japan and Other Results on All-Women’s Card By Yuriko Miyata Two world title fights were hosted at Korakuen Hall the 60-year-old Mecca of Japan in an even called Queen’s Quest 2022. Since day one of female professional boxing under the JBC that started in […]
WBA Featherweight Champ Erika Cruz Beats Mrdjenovich Again Decisively in Mexico By David A. Avila Mexico’s Erika Cruz proved to former champion Jelena Mrdjenovich that her first win over the Canadian was not a fluke in decisively retaining the WBA featherweight world title on Saturday. “I wanted to prove when I became a champion […]
World Title Fights from Japan to England and More News By David A. Avila In less than two weeks the super stars of women’s boxing clash with Claressa Shields, Savannah Marshall, Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner involved in unification bouts that will change the boxing landscape. But before those fights, a few others taking […]
Super Middleweight Raquel Miller and More Fight News By David A. Avila (Photo by Al Applerose) Its rare to see fighters above 147 pounds in the west coast of the USA perform but action begins on Thursday with the arrival of a young amateur star and the return to California of a long-established veteran. […]
Ramla Ali KOs Crystal Garcia Nova in Saudi Arabia By David A. Avila (Photo by Prizefighters.com) In a history-making display Ramla Ali needed less than two minutes to prove female prowess in the prize ring with a knockout over Crystal Garcia Nova in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Ali became the first Muslim female to […]
Amanda Serrano, Ramla Ali, and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila (Photo by JP Yim) Million-dollar fighter Amanda Serrano returns to the prize ring to fight Sarah Mahfoud for the undisputed featherweight world championship, announced Serrano on social media on Tuesday. It’s not official, but WBO, WBC and IBO titlist Serrano (42-2-1, […]
Marlen Esparza Wins in Texas, Sulem in California and Sandy Ryan in England and More News By David A. Avila Marlen Esparza continued to put a stranglehold on the flyweight world title with another solid performance in defeating the very strong but unknown challenger from Venezuela Eva Guzman. Now that the mandatory has been […]
Packed Week of Women’s Boxing and More News By David A. Avila (Photo by 360 Promotions) Back in 2015, when we first published this boxing web site dedicated to women’s prizefighting, news was scarce. No longer. Women’s boxing has made tremendous leaps into newsworthiness. Even a canceled fight between million-dollar fighter Amanda Serrano’s and […]
Kim Clavel Wins WBC World Title in Montreal By David A. Avila Canada’s Kim Clavel snapped Yesenia Gomez’s nearly four year hold on the WBC light flyweight world title in a spirited battle in Montreal on Friday. “July 29th 2022 will remain an important moment in my career,” Clavel said after winning. “After several […]