Tag Archives: Claressa Shields

Female Fight News for week of March 7, Heather Hardy and more

Female Fight News for week of March 7, 2017 Heather Hardy and more One Olympian triumphed in her third foray into the professional world and another will enter the stage a second time in what will be another historic moment for women’s prizefighting. But first, Brooklyn’s Heather “the Heat” Hardy returned to the boxing ring […]

Mariana “Barbie” Juarez’s State of Address

With the retirement of Ana Maria “Guerrera” Torres and Jackie “Aztec Princess” Nava currently serving as a senator in the Mexican government, Mariana “Barbie” Juarez (44-9-4, 17KO) is the most recognized Mexican female fighter of her generation.   The Mexico City native has captured major world titles in two different divisions, flyweight and super flyweight, […]

Cecilia Braekhus Decisively Beats Svensson; Who’s Next?

Norway’s Cecilia Braekhus Decisively Beats Svensson; Who’s Next? A battle between Nordic prizefighters saw Cecilia Braekhus calmly control the action to defeat Klara Svensson by unanimous decision on Friday to retain the welterweight world championship. Norway’s Braekhus (30-0, 8 Kos) remained undefeated and kept the WBC, WBA IBF and WBO titles against Sweden’s Svensson (17-2, […]

Female Fight News for week of Feb. 21, 2017 Cecilia Braekhus and more

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 […]

It’s True. Claressa Shields the Main Event on Showtime Card in March

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

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 […]

Female Fight News for week of Feb. 6, 2017 Jackie Nava and more

Female Fight News for week of Feb. 6, 2017 Jackie Nava and more   Jackie Nava, the former super bantamweight world champion turned Mexican Senator, returned to the boxing ring after a two-year absence to win the vacant WBC International title by decision on Saturday. After the long absence, the Tijuana-based prizefighter known as the […]

America Will Be Watching Serrano vs Rivas on TV

American female boxers finally get their moment in the sun and America is watching. When Amanda Serrano (30-1-1, 23 Kos) meets Mexico’s Yazmin Rivas (35-9-1, 10 Kos) in the boxing ring on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, it marks the very first time in decades that a major network like Showtime televises and promotes […]

Five Fights That Need to Happen in 2017

Wishful Thinking: Five Fights for 2017     Like everybody else in the world, we here at ThePrizeFighters.com are hopeful and optimistic about the following twelve months.  Showtime is all set to broadcast live female boxing as early as January and the continuation and conclusion of the WBC female flyweight tournament is expected in the […]

Best of Female Boxing for 2016

The Prizefighters Best of Female Boxing for 2016   Female Fighter of the Year It was a busy year internationally for female prizefighting. Around the world a number of the best showed off their talent. In Norway, a glass ceiling was burst by welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus who ended a ban on women’s boxing in […]