Amanda “Real Deal” Serrano Punches Way to Fifth Title in Fifth Division By J.P. Yim and David A. Avila BROOKLYN, New York-Amanda “Real Deal” Serrano cruised to victory by technical knockout of Dahiana Santana to win a fifth world title in a fifth weight division on Saturday. She made it look easy. “It was […]
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Yesica Bopp dominates Luna Torroba and shows no signs of slowing down By Diego Morilla Getting to the top is hard, and staying there is even harder. But true greatness lays in the ability to make hard tasks look easy, and that’s what the great Yesica Bopp did on this Saturday, April 22nd in the town […]
Yesica “Tuti” Bopp faces Luna Torroba, but aims for bigger stars By Diego Morilla There are plenty of achievements accumulated, and they keep on coming. But the pioneer of Argentina’s amateur boxing and multiple world champion Yesica Bopp does not rest on her laurels, and she is coming for more. This Saturday, April 22nd, […]
Female Fight News for week of April 17 Flyweight Tournament and more By David A. Avila Flyweights and bantamweights take center stage this weekend in Mexico and the U.S. respectively as world title fights take place. It was a light week for female boxing in most of the world. Europe saw fighters in Hungary […]
Female Fight News for week of April 10, Maricela Cornejo and more By David A. Avila Another Olympian made her pro debut, another fighting sister act played out and an undefeated fighter was willing to risk the O in favor of competition. Even though an undefeated Sydney LeBlanc lost to middleweight contender Maricela Cornejo, […]
Alejandra Oliveras returns to action and beats Lesly Morales in Argentina By Diego Morilla Former four-division female champ Alejandra Oliveras returned to action after 20 months of inactivity to defeat Mexico’s Lesly Morales in the small town of Cutral Có, Neuquén, by unanimous decision on Saturday, April 8th. But as much as Oliveras’ victory […]
Female Fight News for week of April 4, 2017 Mariana Juarez and more By David A. Avila In Mexico City, female prizefighting saw history made when that country’s boxing queen fought for the bantamweight world title and won. Across the Atlantic Ocean, in Germany, the middleweight queen remained undefeated to set up a possible […]
Female Fight News for week of March 28, 2017 and Mariana Juarez In the heart of Mexico City two world title fights take place at the Zocalo. First, the very popular Mariana “La Barbie” Juarez challenges WBC bantamweight titlist Catherine Phiri of Zambia. Plus, WBC heavyweight titlist Alejandra Jimenez defends against American Carlette Ewell. […]
Martha Salazar Gives Bittersweet Goodbye By Felipe Leon In all sports there are a number of unsung heroes. Athletes who day in and day out put their work in without the fanfare or the flashing lights but in their quiet way move the sport forward. Former WBC heavyweight champion Martha “The Shadow” […]
Female Fight News for week of March 21, 2017 Olympians We’re in the age of the Olympians. Two Olympians from the 2012 London Olympics perform this weekend in different parts of the world. Ireland’s Katie Taylor (3-0, 2 Kos) just recently fought on March 4th and won by stoppage against Monica Gentili. Now, she returns […]