Greece’s Christina Linardatou Retains World Title in Athens By David A. Avila Hard charging Christina Linardatou retained the WBO super lightweight world title by decision in her adopted country Greece over Deanha Hobbs on Friday. But it wasn’t easy. Linardatou (12-1, 6 KOs) showed the crowd at the Olympic Hall Galatsi in Athens that […]
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Katie Taylor’s Battle vs. Delfine Persoon Begs for Rematch By David A. Avila Katie Taylor emerged the winner after 10 brutal rounds against punching machine Delfine Persoon to win by majority decision. It gives the Irish fighter all four major world titles but does it give her the title of undisputed world champion? Though […]
Katie Taylor Edges Delfine Persoon In A Disputed Decision By David A. Avila Undisputed may be a misnomer as Katie Taylor won by majority decision over Delfine Persoon in a bruising and brawling 10 round slugfest to win all of the major lightweight world titles on Saturday. The decision was debatable. Ireland’s Taylor (14-0, […]
PED Juicing Remains Rampant in Female Boxing World By David A. Avila Many female prizefighters are juicing. Women boxers are loading up on a variety of performance enhancement drugs with little scrutiny or fear of repercussion. Nobody knows the exact numbers but a few do not even pass the eye test for normal physiques. […]
Ewa Brodnicka: Poland’s Wonder Woman Keeps WBO Title by Majority Decision vs. Janeth Perez By Phil Woolever Anyone who may have doubted undefeated Ewa Brodnicka’s self-confidence or sense of humor didn’t have to look farther than the weigh-in prior to her victory over Janeth Perez to understand where the WBO Super-Featherweight titlist is […]
Katie Taylor and Delfine Persoon Next Up for Undisputed Status and More News By David A. Avila If you look carefully at Katie Taylor’s fighting style she’s adapted into a more professional mode of fighting that focuses on hitting hard. More succinctly, the Irish fighter is full-fledged a boxer-puncher. Styles make fights and when […]
Jessica McCaskill Out-Brawls Argentina’s Anahi Sanchez By David A. Avila Imagine a brutal brawl in a dark alley between two unforgiving warriors and that’s what fans saw as Jessica “Caskilla” McCaskill emerged the winner by unanimous decision over Anahi Sanchez for the WBA and WBC super lightweight world titles on Saturday. After 10 violent […]
Unification Battles and Other Female Fight News By David A. Avila Unification, the word, lingers in the air like a cloud of cigar smoke. Next up in the unification battle of female world titlists will be Chicago’s Jessica McCaskill and Argentina’s Anahi Sanchez vying for each other’s super lightweight belts in the USA. And […]
Raquel Miller Beats Erin Toughill for vacant NABF Strap By Felipe Leon HAWAIIAN GARDENS, Calif.-In the main event for Roy Englebrecht’s Fight Night in front of a sold out crowd at the Hawaiian Gardens Casino on Saturday night, an impressive Raquel “Pretty Beast” Miller (9-0, 4 KOs) stopped Erin “Irish” Toughill (7-5-1) in […]
Tiara “T Baby” Brown Fights Angel Gladney on Saturday By David A. Avila Tiara Brown puts aside her street protecting duds and returns to the boxing ring against veteran Angel Gladney. Washington D.C. police officer Brown (7-0, 5 KOs) meets Gladney (10-14-1) at the Mystics Sports Arena in D.C. on Saturday May 18. At […]