Female Fight News week of Dec. 26, 2016 It’s the end of the year blues when it comes to prizefighting. After two week doldrums, the action picks up dramatically when New York’s Amanda Serrano defends her WBO super bantamweight title against Mexico’s Yazmin Rivas in Brooklyn, New York. That battle between Puerto Rico and […]
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Female Fight News for Week of December 19, 2016: Mariana Juarez, Marcela Acuna and more In a light weekend before the holiday season two future female Hall of Fame prizefighters Marcela Acuna and Mariana Juarez showed they are not done yet with performing and winning at a high level. On Saturday, in Cancun, Mexico, […]
Marcela Acuna demolishes Yesica Marcos with a highlight-reel stoppage By Diego Morilla MORENO, Argentina – It is not easy to continue outdoing oneself after a long and illustrious career, but Marcela Acuña found a way to do just that with her demolishing, highlight-reel, last-round stoppage win over Yesica Marcos on Friday night with the vacant […]
Marcela Acuña faces Yesica Marcos with more than revenge in sight By Diego Morilla BUENOS AIRES – This week, the legendary Bernard Hopkins will finally retire at age 51, stretching his career to an unprecedented 28 years, but he may have some serious competition in the female counterpart of his line of work […]
Marlen Esparza Signed by Golden Boy Promotions Former U.S. Olympian Marlen Esparza signed a multi-year contract with Golden Boy Promotions stated Oscar De La Hoya the chairman of Golden Boy on Wednesday. “Before she ever steps foot into the ring as a professional, Marlen Esparza has already established herself as a rising star,” De […]
Female Fight News for week of Dec. 12, 2016: Taylor, Serrano and more Ireland’s Katie Taylor returned to the ring after only two weeks and Cindy Serrano of the fighting Serrano sisters grabbed the WBO world title in Puerto Rico. Female prizefighting jumped up a notch with world title fights around the globe with […]
“Estrella” Millan Retains WBF Flywight Title WBF flyweight champion Isabel “Estrella” Millan (18-2-1, 8KO) of Culiacan, Sinaloa, scored the first defense of her title via disqualification over Mexico City’s Sonia Osorio (8-3-1, 1KO). The championship bout took place on Friday night, December 9th, at the Nuevo Leon Gymnasium in Millan’s adopted hometown of […]
Big Week for Serrano Sisters Cindy In Puerto Rico and Amanda on TV Christmas arrived exactly on time for the Serrano sisters. Cindy Serrano (24-5-3) meets Calixta Salgado (15-7-3) for the vacant WBO featherweight world title on Saturday in Puerto Rico and last week it was announced Amanda Serrano’s upcoming title defense will be […]
Female Fight News week of Dec. 5, 2016 – WBC Female Exhibition Honors the Late Grandpa Rangel. Instead of the usual slowing of boxing activities the women’s world of boxing seems to be thrusting into second gear. A female boxing exhibition in Westminster, California drew hundreds of fans who were able to meet several top […]
All Female Fight Card Canceled in NorCal An injury to female prizefighter Sara Flores forced an all-female fight card to be postponed. The Beauty Meets Boxing fight card for Saturday Dec. 3, at Pacifica Cages in Pacifica, Calif. was canceled due to a lack of total rounds scheduled on the Babyface Boxing Promotions fight […]