Female Fight News Aug. 13, 2018 Mariana and Jackie By David A. Avila Mexico’s reigning queen of boxing Mariana “Barby” Juarez defeated Japan’s Terumi Nuki once again in defense of the WBC bantamweight world title. It was the second time in a year that Juarez vanquished Nuki and like before, it was not easy. […]
Female Fight News July 30, 2018 Katie Taylor Defeats Another 8 to 1 Underdog By David A. Avila Here comes the lightweight division. While Irish Katie Taylor vanquished American lightweight Kimberly Connor in England on Saturday, a battle between lightweight contenders in the U.S. saw Christina Linardatou edge Alycia Baumgardner by split decision. The […]
Layla McCarter Leads Women’s Best Pound for Pound Fighters By David A. Avila Making a pound for pound list, of course, is very subjective. But for the last nine years Layla McCarter has been at the top of this list. Since 2009 McCarter has pinned herself at the top of the pedestal and dared […]
Female Fight News July 23, 2018 Braekhus and Taylor By David A. Avila Considered one of the three best female fighters in the world Cecilia “The First Lady” Braekhus walked into a Russian arena and proved superior against Inna Sagaydakovskaya (7-1, 3 KOs) in winning by unanimous decision. Braekhus (34-0, 9 KOs) walked away […]
Female Fight News for July 16, 2018 West Coast Shines and Future Action By David A. Avila Two Southern California contenders fought in front of a small audience in Los Angeles but in front of a large national audience on ESPN. Up north, another contender performed too. West Coast boxing finally had its turn […]
Mid-Year Progress Report Part I By Felipe Leon The year so far in female boxing has been an excellent one. We have seen Cecilia Braekus break the glass ceiling over at HBO while Claressa Shields gave us one of the most watched fights on Showtime in a number of years. With June […]
Female Fight News for May 28, 2018 Triple Threats By David A. Avila A third Mexican female fighter Ibeth Zamora joined the ranks of her fellow countrywomen in winning three world titles in three weight divisions. Zamora joins Mariana Juarez and Yazmin Rivas as those Mexican fighters with three division world titles strapped around […]
Female Fight News for May 21, 2018 Tiara Brown’s in Town By David A. Avila Tiara Brown won world and national titles in the amateur boxing world, defeated some of the toughest female boxers in the world, patrols as a police officer in one of the more rugged metropolitan cities in America. So why […]
Esmeralda “Joya” Moreno Defends In Mexico, “Rusita” Rivas Challenges In Colombia By Felipe Leon Esmeralda “Joya” Moreno is in a unique situation. After failing to exact revenge against Jessica “Kika” Chavez last September in the final of the WBC flyweight tournament, the 30-year-old mother of one still holds her WBC light flyweight world […]
Shelly Vincent: A Survivor, Back in the Ring By Felipe Leon. When it comes to a sport, there can’t be anything more difficult than professional boxing. Yes there is baseball where you have to hit a 100 mile-per-hour fastball within a split second and there is football where if you have the ball […]