Claressa Shields Wins Clash of Warriors and Hammer Dominates By David A. Avila America’s Claressa Shields survived a shocking early knockdown to win the WBA and IBF middleweight world titles and WBC and WBO middleweight titlist Christina Hammer retained her place in line on Friday to set up a potential showdown. Shields will meet […]
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Another Win For Layla McCarter, And Now Another Wait By Phil Woolever Layla McCarter notched another win last weekend, this one coming in Karlsruhe, Germany against solid Eva Bajic. McCarter improved to 42-13-5 (11) and showed some of the form and technique that provides her fans with evidence she could emerge victorious […]
Female Fight News June 18, 2018 Showtime for Women By David A. Avila Believe it or not female boxing will reach the same heights as the men. It’s just a matter of time. Television gives a gigantic boost to women’s prizefighting this Friday as Showtime Boxing showcases not just one, but two female world […]
Adelaida “Cobra” Ruiz Gets Knockout Win As Mariana Juarez Watches By David A. Avila CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.-Bantamweight bomber Adelaida “La Cobra” Ruiz chased the crafty Karla Valenzuela for three rounds before finally winning by stoppage in the fourth round on Friday. It was her third consecutive knockout win. Ruiz (6-0, 3 KOs0 had […]
Layla McCarter : “I Know Who I Am And What I’ve Done In This Sport” By Phil Woolever There could be an appropriately wild scene at a place called the Wildpark Stadium in Karlsruhe, Germany this Saturday night. A huge outdoor card is scheduled, with 21 (!) pro bouts currently on the […]
Female Fight News June 11, 2018 Germany Rocking Again By David A. Avila Germany is rocking this week. Just like old times. A decade ago if you wanted to find a top tier female prize fight, you looked to Germany. Now the rest of the world has caught up but the country still has […]
Delfine Persoon Gets Another Unsatisfying Victory Over Natalia del Valle Aguirre By Phil Woolever WBC Lightweight Champion Delfine Persoon scored a widespread unanimous decision over Natalia del Valle Aguirre in Belgium Saturday night, but it was not the type of scene one might imagine for a fighter who is considered one of the best […]
Female Fight News June 4, 2018 D-Day for American Fighters By David A. Avila D-Day is approaching for women’s prizefighting in the month of June led by an invasion force that includes Claressa “T-Rex” Shields dropping to the middleweight division. Seventy-four years ago, on June 6, the Allied Forces invaded Normandy Beach in France […]
Ewa Piatkowska Survives A Tough Challenge From Maria Lindberg By Phil Woolever International women’s boxing maintained its growing momentum as defending titlist Ewa Piatkowska battled Maria Lindberg for the WBC super welterweight championship on Friday night. Piatkowska (11-1, 4 KOs) earned a rugged, majority decision victory over Lindberg (16-4-2, 9 KOs) in […]
Female Fight News for May 28, 2018 Triple Threats By David A. Avila A third Mexican female fighter Ibeth Zamora joined the ranks of her fellow countrywomen in winning three world titles in three weight divisions. Zamora joins Mariana Juarez and Yazmin Rivas as those Mexican fighters with three division world titles strapped around […]