Female Boxing 6-Month Progress Report By Felipe Leon After a historic 2018 where we saw a number of firsts in female boxing including the first female bout on HBO, this year has not let up. In the last six months we have seen a considerable up-swing in action as well as interest in female boxing […]
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Franchon Crews Enters the Golden Age and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Franchon Crews Dezurn grabbed her first fight and win in a year by knockout. Despite holding the WBC super middleweight world title her match against Kayla Williams was a non-title fight and ended by knockout. On most occasions it […]
Dina Thorslund Overpowers April Adams in Denmark By Phil Woolever After all the heavy leather Dina Thorslund landed against her Australian challenger April Adams, it was those punches the WBO Super-Bantamweight Champion didn’t throw that seemed the most significant. When a huge series of shots wobbled Adams with a few moments to go […]
Mariana “Barby” Juarez Educates Youngster and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila One of the best known fighters in the world, Mariana “Barby” Juarez, showed us why she still also belongs among the top pound for pound lists with a strong performance against one of Mexico’s new wave of fighters. The older […]
Adelaida Ruiz Comes Back with Win; Villalobos Wins Too By Felipe Leon PICO RIVERA, Ca.-Adelaida “La Cobra” Ruiz (8-0, 4KO) captured a regional title with a lopsided super flyweight six round decision over Tijuana, Mexico’s Myrka Aguayo (2-1) in the night’s co-featured bout. Scores were 60-54 three times in an all-action fight. […]
Mikaela Mayer Wins in Las Vegas, World Title Next By David A. Avila LAS VEGAS-Mikaela Mayer showed the right stuff in overcoming a slow start against Lizbeth Crespo and successfully defended the NABF super featherweight title by unanimous decision on Saturday. The Mayer right cross was on point. A Las Vegas crowd of more […]
Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada Stops Abaniel with Super Body Shots in Hollywood By Tarrah Zael HOLLYWOOD, Ca.-Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada said she “wants to be a pioneer that women boxing talks about”, and that’s exactly what she did at Thursday Night Fights at the Avalon in Hollywood, California. She became the first […]
Seniesa Estrada: “I’m the Hardest Puncher in my Weight Class,” By David A. Avila In the dimly lit streets of Hollywood a petite looking Seniesa Estrada will pass by people on the sidewalks of the film capitol. Some of the local wolves will notice and others will tilt their heads in recognition but fail […]
Claressa Shields Chasing Third Division World Title in August By David A. Avila When other pound for pound boxers refuse to fight, what do you do? You challenge yourself. Two division world champion Claressa Shields could not entice other top champions so she will be dropping down to 154-pound super welterweight and meeting Croatia’s […]
Gen X Champs Mariana Juarez and Yesica Bopp versus Millennials By David A. Avila Unknown by many fans of female boxing, during the 1990s Mexico declared female prizefighting illegal for a number of years into the 21st century. Today, Mexico now has become a super power in female prizefighting. Mariana Juarez was one of […]