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 […]
Alycia Baumgardner Wins WBC and IBO Titles and More News From Around the World By David A. Avila An explosion of punches and boom it was over. Alycia Baumgardner beat Terri Harper to the punch and the IBO and WBC titles changed hand in an instant. It can happen that way and it did. […]
Alycia Baumgardner Invades England for IBO and WBC titles By David A. Avila When it comes to world championship fights most American men have never competed or defended on British shores. American women like Alycia Baumgardner, on the other hand, are almost eager to take up the challenge. “The opportunity came and we took […]
Bantamweight Battle: Shannon Courtenay Defends WBA Title vs Jamie Mitchell and More By David A. Avila Ever since Shannon Courtenay cracked into the land of the world champions with a lethal right cross a year ago, the bantamweight from England has opened eyes with a swagger and a curtsey. No backward steps for this […]
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and More Fight News Sept. 6, 2021 By David A. Avila In a mere nine days women’s elite prizefighting swung 360 degrees from good to bad and back to good again. A week ago, we saw southpaw slugger Amanda “the Real Deal” Serrano handily defeat Mexico’s Yamileth Mercado. […]
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 […]
Bantamweight Thunder, Layla McCarter and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Beware of the unknown in the prizefighting world. It’s a lesson many fail to remember. England’s Shannon Courtenay (7-1) took the vacant WBA bantamweight world title by unanimous decision, but it was Australia’s Ebanie Bridges (5-1) who took the hearts of […]
Maiva Hamadouche Targets Mikaela Mayer, Olympics and Looks at a Big Year By Phil Woolever One of the hottest topics in women’s boxing involves an intriguing series of potential contests between the top super-featherweight titlists, to unify the most prestigious of those championships. France’s Maiva Hamadouche wants to prove she’s the best of that elite […]
Best in Prizefighting in 2020 – Jessica McCaskill and More By David A. Avila It was a crazy year and despite the problems of the world some of the elite women prizefighters were able to share their talent. Here’s a look at some of those best moments. Prizefighter of the Year Jessica McCaskill When […]