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 […]
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Japanese Women Fighting for Relevance By Yuriko Miyata Though Japan seems one of the most active areas of female boxing in the world, fighting women are still struggling with a harsh reality to remain relevant, but in quite a positive way. During the first weekend of February, the Boxing Girls Meeting […]
Female Pound for Pound Best Layla McCarter Now with Mayweather Promotions Long considered female boxing’s best fighter pound for pound, Layla McCarter signed with Mayweather Promotions headed by the retired fighter considered the best pound for pound. “It makes sense I sign with Floyd Mayweather the best pound for pound fighter,” said McCarter. “It’s a […]
Japan’s Fearless Naoko Fujioka: The Journey Continues By Yuriko Miyata Former three-division world champion Naoko Fujioka (15-2, 6 Kos) is going to make another attempt to capture a fourth major title on March 13th in Tokyo Japan. It will be a 10-round bout against WBF 112 lbs titlist Isabel Millan 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 […]
Big Female Fight Card in Tecate, Mexico – Mucino and Robles Look For World Title Shots, Enriquez Stood Up At the beginning of this year, an unofficial announcement for the third annual WBC All-Female boxing convention was spread through social networks for mid-February. The convention was to be held in the capital of one […]
Sparring Session Brings Dozens to Duarte, California Despite seven days of rain more than a dozen female boxers descended on the foothill city of Duarte in Southern California. A mixture of young amateur boxers and veteran professionals answered the call to arms at the Duarte Boxing Club last Saturday. It’s the home of many standout […]
It’s True. Claressa Shields the Main Event on Showtime Card in March. Former U.S. Olympic superstar Claressa Shields signed an expected contract with television network Showtime on Tuesday. But not expected was that her fight will be the main event. It’s an historic moment in female boxing. “I did not expect to be the […]
The Future of Amanda Serrano If anybody in female boxing can be riding a high its WBO super bantamweight champion Amanda Serrano (31-1-1, 23KO) of New York and her manager/trainer Jordan Maldonado. After a very successful 2016 where she fought four times, captured her third and fourth world titles and won every one of […]