Louisa Hawton: In Search for A Second World Title By Felipe Leon There might not be a more important night in Australian Louisa “Bang Bang Lulu” Hawton’s life than Saturday, September 8th. That night at the Forum in Inglewood, CA, the 33 year-old mother of two will take on Mexican Brenda “Bonita” Flores […]
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Female Fight News Sept. 3, 2018 East and West Coast Title Battles By David A. Avila Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano chases a sixth world title in as many weight classes this Saturday in New York while Louisa Hawton chases her second in California. East Coast and West Coast female world title challengers are […]
Alarcon vs Perez: History In the Making By Felipe Leon Although female boxing in the last couple of years has gotten more TV attention in the United States, the sport has been a staple south of the border on Mexican airwaves. Female boxing regularly gets featured on prime time on both terrestrial […]
Female Fight News Aug. 27, 2018 Super featherweights By David A. Avila Super featherweight prospect Mikaela Mayer brought light to the division with her dominating win this past weekend. After beating Hungary’s Edina Kiss by technical knockout on Saturday, it shed light on a division that overflows with talent all over the world. Mayer […]
Dina Thorslund Tops Yessica Munoz in Denmark By Phil Woolever Hometown heroine Dina Thorslund made her local fans happy with a methodical, unanimous decision victory over visiting Yessica Munoz on Saturday. Thorslund, 121 ½, improved to 12-0 (6KO) and earned the vacant WBO super bantamweight title after a relatively easy effort in the […]
Mikaela Mayer KOs Edina Kiss in Three in Arizona By David A. Avila Mikaela Mayer wasted no time in dropping Edina Kiss with the first power blow landed and eventually stopping her by technical knockout on Saturday. Now it’s on to a world title. Southern California’s Mayer (7-0, 4 KOs) almost showed disdain for […]
Japan Reporting: Miyo Yoshida Wins OPBF plus other results By Yuriko Miyata An all-female fight card named “Victoriva” returned to the boxer’s holy place at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall on Monday night. In the main event, Miyo Yoshida (10-1), ranked number one by Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation, defeated number two ranked […]
Female Fight News Aug. 20, 2018 Divas Collide By David A. Avila Every year Mexican Independence Day weekend represents one of boxing’s two biggest weekends; Cinco de Mayo is the other major fight weekend in the city of Las Vegas. This year it all begins on Thursday September 13, and Mexican-American super middleweight contender […]
Ortiz vs Leon: “Avispa” Looks To Sting A Lion By Felipe Leon For all of 2017 there were talks that long-reigning 105-pound queen Anabel “Avispa” Ortiz (27-3, 4KO) would be leaving her strawweight hive and jumping to the light flyweight division in hopes of another world title in a different weight class. […]
Female Fight News Aug. 13, 2018 Mariana and Jackie By David A. Avila Mexico’s reigning queen of boxing Mariana “Barby” Juarez defeated Japan’s Terumi Nuki once again in defense of the WBC bantamweight world title. It was the second time in a year that Juarez vanquished Nuki and like before, it was not easy. […]