Ramla Ali KOs Crystal Garcia Nova in Saudi Arabia By David A. Avila (Photo by Prizefighters.com) In a history-making display Ramla Ali needed less than two minutes to prove female prowess in the prize ring with a knockout over Crystal Garcia Nova in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Ali became the first Muslim female to […]
Ramla Ali, Dominant in London By David A. Avila Super bantamweight fighter Ramla Ali returned home to England with a new team, new style and proved it was no problem in defeating the very tough Agustina Belen Rosas by unanimous decision on Saturday. “I was a bit nervous having this many people come out […]
Undisputed Welterweight Champion Jessica McCaskill Stops Mexico’s Alma Ibarra By David A. Avila Undisputed welterweight champion Jessica McCaskill blasted past Mexico’s Alma Ibarra like a rhino through tissue paper in winning by stoppage to retain the championship on Saturday in San Antonio, Texas. Though much shorter in height, Chicago’s McCaskill (12-2, 5 Kos) brutalized […]
Lure of Big Fights in America Brings Yokasta and Others (Photo by Al Applerose) By David A. Avila A full circle has completed when it comes to female prizefighting in the United States of America. Fighters from around the world are headed to the US or America as most call it. The latest to […]
Mikaela Mayer to Fight Alycia Baumgardner and More News By David A. Avila (Photo by Al Applerose) After months of vigorous tossing of social media grenades between rival Americans Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner, the acidic war of words is over and now the real action begins. Top Rank announced Monday it financially backs […]
Persoon vs Mekhaled, Montebello Fights and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila A super featherweight match featuring two French-speaking champions takes place far from their native soil. It could be called the battle of the French Foreign Legion when Belgium’s Delfine Persoon (46-3) and France’s Elhem Mekhaled (15-0) meet 10 rounds on […]
Two Million Dollar Fight – Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano and More News By David A. Avila (Photo by JP Yim) Thousands of fans are descending on New York City to witness the most anticipated fight in recent times between Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano and undefeated Katie Taylor for the lightweight world championship. […]
Terri Harper Wins First Lightweight Fight, Erica Farias Wins Too in England By David A. Avila In two battles between Britain and Argentina it was former super featherweight titlist Terri Harper moving up to lightweight and winning her split with a convincing win against Argentina’s Yamila Abellaneda on Saturday. It was Harper’s first foray […]
Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano, Claressa Shields and More Fight News By David A. Avila Members of the millionaire’s club gathered in the United Kingdom with Claressa Shields blazing past Ema Kozin in Wales to re-establish herself as the middleweight world champion while Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor arrived in London Shields, Serrano and Taylor […]
Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano, Seniesa Estrada and more fight news By David A. Avila One of boxing’s best years in a decade culminates with Katie Taylor delivering another salvo of her brand of fighting. We saw battles between top super featherweights like Mikaela Mayer, Maiva Hamadouche, Alycia Baumgardner, and Terri Harper tangle in superior […]