Tag Archives: featherweight

Skye Nicolson Shuts Out Dyana Vargas

Skye Nicolson Batters Dyana Vargas in WBC Title Defense in Philadelphia   By David A. Avila Skye Nicolson used a battering right jab and showed off a more aggressive style against Dominican slugger Dyana Vargas in retaining the WBC featherweight title by unanimous decision on Saturday. It was a shutout win but could have been […]

Canada’s Jelena Mrdjenovich Wants It All

Canada’s Jelena Mrdjenovich Wants it All In the male dominated side of professional boxing, it is rare when an established champion must travel outside his familiar confines to defend his own title, but in the female side of the sport, it is a common occurrence as women look for the biggest challenges, best deal or […]

Heather Hardy “I Didn’t Come This Far, Just to Come This Far.”

Heather Hardy Wants More: “I Didn’t Come This Far Just To Come This Far” With only four weeks to prepare, undefeated WBC International super bantamweight champion Heather “The Heat” Hardy (18-0, 4KO) stepped into the ring against her most important opponent to date, Shelly Vincent (18-1, 1KO), last Sunday, August 21st, at the Ford Amphitheatre […]

Brooklyn’s Heather Hardy Wins Scorcher on Televised Card

Heather Hardy Wins Scorcher on US Televised Card After years of obscurity female prizefighting finally found itself on the national stage with a pair of undefeated featherweights on a televised card. Heather “The Heat” Hardy (18-0, 4 Kos) and Shelly “Shelito’s Way” Vincent made the most of the opportunity with 10 rounds of fistic fury […]