Tag Archives: Delfine Persoon

Delfine Persoon Beats St. Vil; Is Katie Taylor Next?

Delfine Persoon Calmly Dismantles Melissa St. Vil to Retain WBC Title   By Phil Woolever   Delphine Persoon only displays her game face when it’s time to get down to business.   It was business time again on Saturday night in the XPO center at Kortrijk, Belgium where Persoon defended her WBC Lightweight belt  with […]

Melissa St. Vil vs. Delfine Persoon for WBC Title

Delfine Persoon Faces Melissa St Vil  in Belgium   By Phil Woolever   Highly regarded Delfine Persoon, 42-1 (17 KO) makes the 9th  defense of her WBC lightweight belt this Saturday night in her native Belgium, against the solid US challenger Melissa St. Vil, 11-3-4 (1 KO).   Both fighters looked relaxed and cordial during […]

Melissa St. Vil Goes to Belgium and More Female Fight News

Melissa St.Vil Lands in Belgium for WBC Title Challenge   By David A. Avila Brooklyn’s Melissa St. Vil has already arrived in Europe and if you know anything about the Haitian-American fighter, the country of Belgium is in for a surprise. St. Vil (11-3-4) challenges WBC lightweight titlist Delfine Persoon (42-1) on Saturday March 9, […]

Things Female Prizefighting Needs to Succeed

What Female Boxing Needs to Succeed and Grow   By David A. Avila Germany’s Christina Hammer returns to the boxing ring on Saturday when she faces Elene Sikmashvili in a middleweight contest in Berlin. If she wins, as most undoubtedly she will, Hammer is poised to face America’s Claressa Shields sometime in April. Their clash […]

A Wish List: Franchon Crews, Mikaela Mayer, Melissa St. Vil and More

A Wish List for 2019 – Part I   Another year in the books for the wonderful world of female boxing and although 2018 was not as good as 2017 as far as action we did see some historical fights including the debut of female boxing on HBO.  We can only hope that next 12 […]

Pound for Pound the Best Female Prizefighters on the Planet

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 […]

Claressa Shields Hits L.A. and more female fight news

Claressa Shields On Female Tripleheader in L.A. and Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Claressa “T-Rex” Shields arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon, hopped in a car and drove to El Cholo’s restaurant where she met about a dozen media members to discuss her Southern California invasion. Flying coast to coast is […]

Layla McCarter Itching to Prove She’s Pound for Pound Best and More Fight News

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 […]

Chicago showdown: WBC Champ Erica Farias vs. Jessica McCaskill

WBC Champ Erica Farias vs Chicago’s Jessica McCaskill   By David A. Avila Chicago’s Jessica “CasKilla” McCaskill has heavy hands and big plans for this weekend. McCaskill (5-2, 3 KOs) expects to topple the monster of the super lightweight division Erica “La Pantera” Farias (26-2, 10 KOs) on Saturday Oct. 6, at Wintrust Arena in […]

East Coast and West Coast Title Fights Amanda Serrano and Louisa Hawton

Female Fight News Sept. 3, 2018 East and West Coast Title Battles   By David A. Avila Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano chases a sixth world title in as many weight classes this Saturday in New York while Louisa Hawton chases her second in California. East Coast and West Coast female world title challengers are […]