Welterweight Champ Cecilia Braekhus vs Super Lightweight Champ Jessica McCaskill in April By David A. Avila An April clash pits world champions Cecilia Braekhus against Jessica McCaskill announced Matchroom Boxing on Friday. Braekhus (36-0, 9 KOs) will defend the WBA, WBO, IBF and WBC welterweight world titles against McCaskill (8-2, 3 KOs) on April […]
Mary “Merciless” McGee Captures History and IBF Super Lightweight Title By Felipe Leon It was a long time coming for the first and only female world champion out of Gary, Indiana, Mary “Merciless” McGee (26-3, 14KO). A pro for over 14 years it wasn’t until a couple of weeks ago she hoisted […]
Punching Preferred, Not Holding and Female Fight News By David A. Avila A major world title fight saw Jessica “Kaskilla” McCaskill retain the WBC and WBA super lightweight world titles by majority decision against Argentina’s Erica Farias otherwise known as “La Pantera.” A more appropriate name would be “La Anaconda” Farias showed an overwhelming […]
New World for Female Prizefighting By David A. Avila Once upon a time very few boxing fans paid attention to the female prizefighter world and those that did, were labeled kooks. Those days are gone and female prize fights are being televised and streamed but there are changes that come with it. Important changes. […]
Jessica McCaskill Out-Brawls Argentina’s Anahi Sanchez By David A. Avila Imagine a brutal brawl in a dark alley between two unforgiving warriors and that’s what fans saw as Jessica “Caskilla” McCaskill emerged the winner by unanimous decision over Anahi Sanchez for the WBA and WBC super lightweight world titles on Saturday. After 10 violent […]
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 […]
Katie Taylor Stepped Up; Who’s Next? Will it be Persoon, McCarter, Serrano, McCaskill or Braekhus? By David A. Avila Ireland’s Katie Taylor put an Irish whuppin on Brazil’s Rose Volante and added another title to her lightweight collection of the WBA, IBF and WBO belts. Next up could be Belgium’s Delfine Persoon who holds […]
The 10 Most Game-Changing Fights of 2018 The last 12 months were exciting ones for female boxing with new barriers being broken by women in the ring. The sport is evolving as well in the way consumers enjoy it with all the emerging streaming apps including DAZN, ESPN+ as well as more traditional terrestrial […]
Female Prizefighting: A Look Back at 2018 By David A. Avila It was the best year yet for female prizefighting in 2018 and expect even more in 2019. Blame it on Rio for what’s slowly and powerfully developing into a slow growing tidal wave of appeal. Boxing fans are catching on to female boxing […]
Breakthrough Fighter of the Year: Jessica “CasKilla” McCaskill and more news By David A. Avila About a year ago relatively unknown Jessica McCaskill challenged Ireland’s great Katie Taylor and rocked her with a Chicago style left hook. Though she lost the fight, she gained recognition. McCaskill then challenged Argentina’s Erica Farias for the WBC […]