Japan’s Naoko Fujioka Wins Historic World Title by KO By Yuriko Miyata TOKYO-Adding a new achievement in Japanese boxing history, Naoko Fujioka captured her fourth world title on Monday with a technical knockout victory over number contender Isabel Millan of Mexico at 21 seconds into the final round of the bout for […]
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Female Fight News for the week of March 14, Japan’s All Female Card It’s almost like a dream for those following female boxing. Claressa “T-Rex” Shields won the NABF middleweight title with a one-sided beating of Hungary’s battle tough, but over-matched Szilvia Szabados. More importantly, it was the first time a female fight was the […]
Kenia Enriquez Wins in Tijuana and Brenda Flores Too on Female Doubleheader TIJUANA, MEXICO-She made it look easy. After a eight month hiatus away from the ring, former WBO flyweight world champion Kenia “La Gema” Enriquez (18-1, 8KO) scored a lopsided but entertaining unanimous decision over the tough Guadalupe “Maravilla” Martinez (4-7) […]
Claressa Shields Hammers Szilvia Szabados to win NABF Title A hometown crowd and television viewers around the country saw Claressa “T-Rex” Shields capture the vacant NABF middleweight title with a stoppage win over Hungary’s shock absorbing Szilvia Szabados on Friday. It was a one-sided fight. Shields (2-0, 1 KO) gained the first knockout win of […]
Female Fight News for week of March 7, 2017 Heather Hardy and more One Olympian triumphed in her third foray into the professional world and another will enter the stage a second time in what will be another historic moment for women’s prizefighting. But first, Brooklyn’s Heather “the Heat” Hardy returned to the boxing ring […]
Female Fight News for week of Feb. 27, 2017 Heather Hardy and more All heads turn toward Europe once again as Ireland’s Olympic gold medalist Katie Taylor returns to the prize ring in London, England. Taylor (2-0) meets Italy’s Monica Gentili (6-6) at O2 Arena for a four round lightweight clash on Saturday March 4. […]
Norway’s Cecilia Braekhus Decisively Beats Svensson; Who’s Next? A battle between Nordic prizefighters saw Cecilia Braekhus calmly control the action to defeat Klara Svensson by unanimous decision on Friday to retain the welterweight world championship. Norway’s Braekhus (30-0, 8 Kos) remained undefeated and kept the WBC, WBA IBF and WBO titles against Sweden’s Svensson (17-2, […]
Female Fight News for week of Feb. 20, 2017 Cecilia Braekhus and more Welterweights take center stage in Northern Europe this Saturday with a couple of top notch women colliding in icy Norway. First, a couple of boxing crazy countries let loose this past weekend as Argentina and Mexico opened up with a flurry of […]
Female Fight News for week of Feb. 13, 2017 Jennifer Han and more Action in the female fight world saw some increased action in Hungary, Mexico and Venezuela this past weekend with several ex-world champions participating in main events in several continents. In Europe two of Hungary’s best collided with each other as Kleopatra Tolnai […]
Mucino Gets Pass Sandoval, Robles Stops Vargas TECATE, MEXICO-Three-time world champion Areli “Amatralladora” Mucino (23-3-2, 10KO) struggled but was able to squeeze out a technical decision over late-sub Kandy Sandoval (9-8, 2KO) of Xochimilco, Mexico, in a super flyweight 10-rounder in the main event of a Zanfer Promotions fight card on Saturday. The […]