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 […]
Super Flyweights Title Fights in Japan and Mexico and more fight news By David A. Avila Two of the greatest fighting countries in the world headline this week’s best action. Japan stages WBO super flyweight titlist Miyo “Mushashi” Yoshida defending against Tomoko Okuda, while Mexico pits WBC super flyweight titlist Guadalupe Martinez against Lourdes […]
Boxing Returns to Japan in July; Top Fighters are Ready By Yuriko Miyata Since the JPBA Japan Professional Boxing Association and JBC Japan Boxing Commission decided to suspend shows at the end of February due to the COVID19 spread, boxing will resume with some conditions for safety: the events will be closed to […]
Cheating Found in All Sports Including Female Boxing By David A. Avila An era of cheating has enshrouded the entire sports world from the least profitable to the most lucrative. Even the sport of female prizefighting has been touched by those seeking to gain a winning edge. Combat sports has one female fighter who […]
Melissa Hernandez Reloads and Female Fight News April 29, 2019 By David A. Avila If anyone thought the new wave of young talented fighters coming from the amateur world signals a takeover, just hold on a minute. There are plenty of skilled veterans remaining to remind boxing fans that speed, power and youth are […]
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, […]
Ortiz vs Leon: “Avispa” Looks To Sting A Lion By Felipe Leon For all of 2017 there were talks that long-reigning 105-pound queen Anabel “Avispa” Ortiz (27-3, 4KO) would be leaving her strawweight hive and jumping to the light flyweight division in hopes of another world title in a different weight class. […]
The Best Comes In Threes: Zamora vs McMorrow By Felipe Leon In the world of female boxing, Mexico imposes a large shadow over the sport. In spite of that, it wasn’t until the legendary Mariana “Barbie” Juarez captured the WBC bantamweight title in April of last year the country had their first three-divisional […]
Japan’s Naoko Shibata Bids Farewell By Yuriko Miyata Female boxing in Japan has been led by positive, energetic, and superb women since its approval by the Japanese Boxing Commission(JBC) in 2008. Former IBF light flyweight champion Naoko Shibata was one of those great talents. Last month she decided to hang […]
Reporting from Japan: Etsuko Tada Powers by Naoko Shibata
Showdowns between fellow rivals have always pleased fans in Japan.