Female Fight News May 7, 2018 Another Look at Braekhus By David A. Avila When Cecilia Braekhus selected Kali Reis as an opponent for HBO’s female boxing debut it was because she wanted someone to test her. Borrowing a term from Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, it was a “big drama show” as the welterweight world […]
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Braekhus Survives Reis In Historic HBO Televised Fight By Felipe Leon LOS ANGELES-Despite employing a war dance in her ring walk and dropping the undefeated and undisputed welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus in the seventh round, it just wasn’t enough for the game Kali Reis (13-7-1, 4KO) to score the upset with Braekhus (33-0, […]
Seniesa “SuperBad” Estrada Wins On ESPN By Felipe Leon LOS ANGELES-Undefeated East Los Angeles fighter Seniesa “Superbad” Estrada (13-0, 3KO) stayed busy and scored her third stoppage of her career with a third round TKO win over Puerto Rico’s Amarilis Adorno (1-7) in the swing bout of the Golden Boy Promotions fight card […]
Female Fight News April 30, 2018 HBO Enters the Female Fight Game By David A. Avila HBO will televise the welterweight world championship fight on Saturday between Cecilia Braekhus and Kali Reis. Those words have caused tremors across the female boxing universe. Television networks across the board had shown female boxing, some longer than […]
Adelaida Ruiz Wins in L.A; Amaris Quintana Wins in Tijuana and other results By David A. Avila A number of high octane female fights took place from Tijuana to Los Angeles led by Adelaida “La Cobra” Ruiz and Amaris “Diamond Girl” Quintana on Saturday. Knockouts were the theme. In downtown L.A. the return of […]
Kenia Enriquez vs Yokasta Valle Title Fight in Mexico is Canceled By David A. Avila A quickly scheduled clash between Mexico’s vibrant young star Kenia Enriquez and Costa Rica’s equally talented Yokasta Valle this weekend has been postponed said Zanfer Promotions on Thursday. The Mexico-based promotion company did not give a reason but added […]
Cecilia Braekhus Breaks Last Television Barrier, HBO Will Show Female Boxing By David A. Avila Norway’s Cecilia Braekhus has broken the last barrier and the undisputed welterweight champion’s defense will be televised by HBO it was announced today. HBO has never shown female boxing in its long history. Braekhus (32-0, 9 KOs) defends the […]
Claressa Shields vs Hanna Gabriels for Middleweight Title By David A. Avila A battle of true world champions Claressa Shields and Costa Rica’s Hanna Gabriels will take place in two months, announced Salita Promotions. Forget about the other championship bouts. When IBF and WBC super middleweight champion Shields (5-0, 2 KOs) enters the boxing […]
Mexicans Reload and Female Fight News April 23 By David A. Avila Maybe it’s the proximity to Cinco de Mayo as Mexican prizefighters seem to be revving up the engines this weekend in major match ups throughout Mexico and North America. Mariana “La Barby” Juarez returns to the forefront as Mexico’s major attraction both […]
Lauren and Kaiser Slug It Out in Sweden By Phil Woolever Mikaela Lauren and Verena Kaiser put on a good, hard fought show in Sundsvall, Sweden. After the closely contested bout was over, the scorecards favored Lauren, perhaps by a bit too much on Saturday. The result was a majority decision for […]