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Taylor

Katie Taylor Ready for Another American Showcase

Katie Taylor Steps Up Again 
by Phil Woolever
A lot of boxing belt holders, whether women or men, keep saying that they always want

Torres

Mexico’s Anahi Torres Gives Louisa Lawton Fi...

“Lulu” Hawton Gets Fierce Welcome To United States, Loses to Torres

By Felipe Leon

In a bit of a surprise, Perth, Australia’s Louisa “Lulu” Hawton suffered her first defeat in her first fight in the United States as she was topped

Hawton

Louisa Hawton vs. Anahi Torres at Inglewood Forum

Australia’s Louisa Hawton Makes Jump To U.S.     By Felipe Leon   In boxing anything can happen.  One moment you are the newly crowned WBO light flyweight champion and the next you have been stripped of the title and not fought since winning it in August 2016.  Just as things seem pretty dire, you […]

Japan

Reporting from Japan: Fujioka, Koseki and More

Reporting from Japan: Ready, Set, Go for Japanese female boxing

By Yuriko Miyata

The Annual Boxing Award ceremony 2017 was held at the Tokyo Dome Hotel on Feb 9th, and WBA middleweight champion

Champions Week

Champions Week and Female Fight News

Champions Week All Over and Female Fight News
By David A. Avila
Champions all over the world engaged this past weekend from Argentina

Persoon Chasing

Delfine Persoon Chasing Katie Taylor

WBC Lightweight Champion Delfine Persoon Chasing Katie Taylor 
By Phil Woolever
After her most recent fight a few weeks ago (UD 8 over Monica Gentil), WBC Lightweight Champion Delfine Persoon

El Paso

Jennifer Han vs. Lizbeth Crespo in El Paso

Jennifer Han Defends IBF Title Against Argentina’s Lizbeth Crespo   By David A. Avila IBF featherweight titlist Jennifer Han plans to give Argentina’s Lizbeth Crespo a good old Texas welcome. Then it’s business. Han (16-3-1) welcomes the international competition that Crespo (12-3) offers when they meet on Saturday Feb. 17, at the Don Haskins Convention […]

Bouvier

Mariana Juarez vs Gabriela Bouvier on Saturday

Juarez Defends Against Bouvier in First Fight of 2018
By Felipe Leon
One thing needed to survive as a professional boxer, especially a female fighter, is confidence.  The 38-year-old Mariana “Barbie” Juarez

Arely

Arely Mucino Chasing History and Champ Monserrat A...

Arely Muciño Fights for Her Place in History
By Felipe Leon
One person possibly happier than Monserrat “Raya” Alarcon when the Mexico City native captured the WBO flyweight title over Nana Yoshikawa

Julaton

Heather Hardy vs Ana Julaton and Female Fight News...

Female Fight News Feb. 12, 2018 Heather Hardy vs Ana Julaton   By David A. Avila Normally we do not cover MMA but an extraordinary matchup pits Heather “The Heat” Hardy against Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton in two clashes: one in the cage and another in the boxing ring. It’s a two-part confrontation. It has […]