INGLEWOOD, CALIF.-Fans roared as former champion Kenia “La Gema” Enriquez stopped San Diego’s Amaris “Diamond Girl” Quintana at 16 seconds into the fifth round in a light flyweight clash that was furious while it lasted on Saturday. Enriquez (16-1, 8 Kos), the former WBO flyweight champion from Tijuana, dropped down a weight division to 108 […]
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Layla McCarter Wins in Mexico – It’s no secret that in the land of pyramids female prizefighting has taken root and flourished to the nth degree. Layla “The Amazing” McCarter knows this so she accepted an offer to travel to Mexico to soak in the atmosphere, meet the people and perform inside the boxing ring. […]
Pound for Pound Best Female Fighter Layla McCarter in Mexico City – Sixteen months zipped by since Layla “The Amazing” McCarter stepped into a boxing ring to show off the skills that catapulted her to the best female prizefighter pound for pound. McCarter hasn’t been absent from fighting just absent from the boxing ring. Last […]
Female Fight Chatter April 11, 2016 – A female middleweight world title bout between Kali Reis (8-5-1) and Maricela Cornejo (4-1) leads a seven female bout card at Auckland, New Zealand on April 16. A total of four bouts will be for titles. It’s a promising fight card that also features the renowned Mia St. John […]
Nineteen year old Tania Enriquez (7-0, 4KO’S), nicknamed “La Chula”, is set to enter the ring as a professional prize fighter for the eighth time this Friday, April 8th. She will be defending her undefeated record against Mary Gastelum (4-1-1, 2KO’S) at Billar El Perro Salado in Tijuana, Mexico. “She is the one with a […]
Female Fight Chatter April 4th – WBA female super lightweight titlist Ana Laura Esteche (11-4-3, 2 Kos) retained the world title after 10 rounds with Farida El Hadrati (9-0-1, 5 KOs) ended in a draw. Esteche, 25, lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina and El Hadrati, 34, lives in France. Esteche floored Hadrati in the third […]
Female Fight Chatter March 28th – Keela Byers, 60, of Lake Elsinore, California lost by knockout to 46-year-old Laura Ramsey in a female heavyweight bout on Saturday at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. It was an evenly matched and entertaining match that lasted until 1:21 of the third round when Ramsey (10-6, 5 […]
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK – Walking into Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn at 9:30am on a March morning, the gym is in full swing. Scanning the scene reveals half of the trainers, fighters, gym members are female. The level and caliber of those women training for their upcoming fights speaks volumes. Melissa St. Vil and Ronica Jeffrey […]
San Diego’s Amaris Quintana knows very well that few women have ever performed in front of a large scale audience. It’s the main reason she accepted a fight against a razor sharp boxer from across the Mexican border. “I accepted it because it is a big opportunity for us women to be on an undercard […]
Female Fight Chatter March 21st – Southern California’s Mikaela Mayer and Michigan’s Claressa Shields earned their spots as U.S. Olympians. Shields win in the semi-finals guaranteed her a spot and Mayer accomplished the feat with three wins in Argentina. Both will participate in the Olympics in Rio De Janiero this summer along with 2012 London Games. […]