Tag Archives: Christy Martin

Amanda Serrano vs Yamileth Mercado on Sunday PPV

Amanda Serrano Fights in Cleveland and More Fight News   By David A. Avila Amanda “the Real Deal” Serrano returns to the boxing ring on Sunday in a battle between division world titlists and another Puerto Rico-Mexico war. Serrano (40-1-1, 30 KOs) defends the WBO,WBC and IBO featherweight world titles against Yamileth Mercado (18-2) on […]

Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame and More Fight News

Las Vegas to Keep International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame   By David A. Avila LAS VEGAS, Nevada- After several years of traveling from city to city the hall of fame for women will stay put, said Sue Fox the event creator and organizer. Las Vegas will remain the host city for the International Women’s […]

Claressa Shields vs Marie Eve Dicaire and More Fight News

Claressa Shields vs Marie Eve Dicaire Pay Per-View Show and Other News    By David A. Avila Claressa Shields upcoming fight with Marie Eve Dicaire for unified super welterweight status headlines a pay-per-view boxing card featuring all female fighters. It’s not the first time a pay-per-view for an all-female card has been attempted, but it […]

Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame Nominees for 2021

International Boxing Hall of Fame Women Nominees 2021   By Felipe Leon   In the United States the popularity of professional female boxing comes in waves.  In the 90s we had Christy Martin on the cover of Sports Illustrated and Mia St. John as a centerfold in Playboy magazine while other women made their name […]

Female Boxing Messiah: Claressa Shields Ready for Showtime

Claressa Shields Ready to Lead Female Fight Game   By David A. Avila Meet the messiah of women’s boxing. Three years ago Claressa Shields arrived with a bag full of gold medals, 168 pounds worth of confidence and bewildering fighting skills never seen before in female prizefighting. The scary part for future foes is at […]

State of Women’s Boxing Looks Good with Title Clashes in NYC and LA

Second Coming of Women’s Boxing with Title Clashes in NYC and LA   By David A. Avila When Pat Emerick, a stylishly dressed 88-year-old, walked into a ballroom in South San Francisco, all of those in attendance got to their feet and lustily applauded female boxing’s oldest living world champion boxer. It’s been a long […]

Unification Battles: McCaskill, Sanchez, Acuna and Nava

Unification Battles and Other Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Unification, the word, lingers in the air like a cloud of cigar smoke. Next up in the unification battle of female world titlists will be Chicago’s Jessica McCaskill and Argentina’s Anahi Sanchez vying for each other’s super lightweight belts in the USA. And […]

Raquel Miller Ready for Erin Toughill in L.A.

Raquel ”Pretty Beast” Miller     By Felipe Leon   When you believe in yourself, nothing much can stop you and that belief can be contagious.  That is the feeling when you speak to or if you are lucky enough to be around undefeated middleweight contender Raquel “Pretty Beast” Miller (8-0, 3KO) of San Francisco, […]

Will Shields vs. Hammer Justify the Hype and Advance the Cause of Women’s Boxing?

At long last, the (mostly) undisputed Biggest Women’s Boxing Match Ever is here. Now all that remains is for the two undefeated principals — who see themselves as fighting not only to advance their own level of stardom but for the higher purpose of benefitting their gender in a sport long dominated by men — […]

Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer, Eager for Mega Showdown

Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer, Mega Train Makes First Stop in NYC   By David A. Avila Female prizefighting hits a new plateau as America’s best fights Germany’s best in a battle for the undisputed middleweight world championship. It doesn’t get bigger than this. The top two middleweights in the world met the New York […]