“The Crazy Eights” Female Boxing’s KO Artists and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Whether it is women or men’s prizefighting fans want to see knockouts. In the female fight world there are more than a few who truly standout for their punching power. We’ve compiled a list of the most dangerous […]
Female Prizefighting: A Look Back at 2018 By David A. Avila It was the best year yet for female prizefighting in 2018 and expect even more in 2019. Blame it on Rio for what’s slowly and powerfully developing into a slow growing tidal wave of appeal. Boxing fans are catching on to female boxing […]
Taylor Dominates Wahlstrom in Showcase Performance By Phil Woolever Katie Taylor said she’d have to be at her very best to defeat Eva Wahlstrom. It turns out that Taylor (12-0, 5 KOs) was all that, and even more, in an impressive performance against Wahlstrom (22-1-1) that may move her even higher in […]
Mikaela Mayer Goes Six for Six in 2018 By David A. Avila Mikaela Mayer shut out Calista Silgado in every round to retain the NABF super featherweight title by unanimous decision on Friday. Mayer (9-0, 4 KOs) won her six consecutive fight this year alone to close out 2018 with a win over Colombia’s […]
Pound for Pound List for December 2018 By ThePrizefighters.com staff Here’s our last list of the year 2018. Some fighters have moved up and a few moved down. Once again Layla McCarter heads our list and we have two new additions to our Pound for Pound list. Layla McCarter – This year […]
Lou DiBella Doubles Down Many say a second wave of female boxing has exploded in the United States since the late summer of 2016 when NBC Sports televised the first go-around between Heather Hardy and Shelly Vincent, the 10 round battle was considered the fight of the year and since then we’ve had a […]
Cecilia Braekhus in L.A. It has been a banner year for the woman known as the “First Lady”. The 37 year-old Cecilia Braekhus (34-0, 9KO) of Norway is getting ready to fight for the third time in this calendar year and second time in Los Angeles, California, this Saturday night. The scheduled ten-round fight […]
Layla McCarter and Female Fight News for Nov. 26, 2018 By David A. Avila If you don’t know about the talent of Layla McCarter you truly have not been following female boxing with full attention the past 20 years. Based in Las Vegas, McCarter has captured world titles from featherweight to super welterweight and […]
Yazmin Rivas vs Cristina del Valle Pacheco By Felipe Leon The female boxing world is full of stories of survival. From putting abusive circumstances behind them to becoming world champions and juggling motherhood, education and a professional boxing career all at the same time, stories of overachieving women abound in women’s prizefighting. […]
Aleksandra Magdziak-Lopes Selected to Face Cecilia Braekhus in L.A. By David A. Avila Undisputed welterweight world champion Cecilia Braekhus will be fighting Aleksandra Magdziak-Lopes next month at the StubHub Center, announced 360 Promotions on Thursday. “It’s been my dream to fight Cecilia and I can’t wait to fight her,” said Magdziak-Lopes. Braekhus (34-0, 9 […]