Honoring Yesenia Gómez & María Cecilia Román on their Birthday — Latin America’s World Champions Boxing has a long and proud tradition of champions rising from Latin America. Yesenia Gómez and María Cecilia Román are among the women who have carried that legacy into the world spotlight, standing out for their resilience, championship achievements, and […]
Kenia Enriquez and Layla McCarter Speak Out and Other Female Fight News By David A. Avila Two of the best female prizefighters on the planet Kenia Enriquez and Layla McCarter share the same dilemma: both are shunned and avoided by world champions and top contenders. It says a lot about boxing sanctioning organizations such […]
Yesenia Gomez vs Ana Victoria Polo Preview By Felipe Leon Perhaps more surprising than WBC light flyweight champion Yesenia Gomez’s win for the title is her reign. Not many expected the 23-year-old Gomez (15-5-3, 6KO) of Cancun, Quintana Roo, to get a draw over the much more experienced and known Esmeralda “Joya” Moreno […]
Mexico Rising and Female Fight News Feb. 18, 2019 By David A. Avila Mexico’s power in female prizefighting resides in the smaller weight classes from super bantamweights on down. WBC light flyweight titlist Yesenia Gomez defended her title successfully a few days ago, or did she? Gomez (15-5-3, 6KOs) was judged the winner by […]
Yesenia Gomez vs. Erika Hanawa for WBC Light Flyweight Title in Cancun The 2019 female boxing season continues south of the border in Mexico with competing world titles on the two biggest terrestrial networks in Mexico. On the bigger one, Televisa, Promociones del Pueblo presents the first defense of the newly crowned WBC junior […]
Best of Japan in 2018 and Comprehensive Look at Boxing Crazy Japan By Yuriko Miyata Japan has been one of the greatest powers in female boxing especially in the lighter weight divisions in the last decade. Although the number of reigning world champions is less than that at its peak in 2016, […]
Female Fight News for week of May 22, 2017 Renaissance By David A. Avila Dreams are being made and dreams are being chased by female prizefighters around the globe. In Japan a 41-year-old finally saw her world title goals achieved. Meanwhile, a 23-year-old from Tijuana, Mexico finds inspiration from a gutsy Puerto Rican woman […]
Kayoko Ebata: Newest Member to Japan’s World Championship Club By Yuriko Miyata More than 20 hard years of persistence paid off, finally. Kayoko Ebata (11-7, 6 Kos), a former OPBF flyweight champion, won the WBO strawweight title by unanimous decision over Erika Hanawa (7-1, 2 Kos) who was the top rated OPBF atomweight on […]
Female Fight News for week of May 15, 2017 Cindy Serrano and more By David A. Avila Puerto Rico’s Serrano sisters continue to blaze history in 2017 and in Mexico a long-standing champion was dethroned over the weekend. France heated up and next week is Japan’s turn. Cindy Serrano successfully defended the WBO featherweight […]
Female Fight News for week of March 21, 2017 Olympians We’re in the age of the Olympians. Two Olympians from the 2012 London Olympics perform this weekend in different parts of the world. Ireland’s Katie Taylor (3-0, 2 Kos) just recently fought on March 4th and won by stoppage against Monica Gentili. Now, she returns […]