Layla McCarter Analyzes Taylor and McCaskill Wins and More News By David A. Avila Women’s prizefighting has entered a completely new realm – promoters with television or Internet streaming contracts are now signing female boxers. With it come new rules and requirements: some good and some not so good. One such requirement emerging is […]
Costa Rica’s Yokasta Valle Seeking More Titles By Felipe Leon For many if not all boxers born outside of the United States, the dream to fight in that country is a vivid one. The promise of a purse containing dollars, more likely the biggest of their career, and the exposure from fighting in […]
Katie Taylor Retains World Titles After Beating Persoon By David A. Avila Ireland’s Katie Taylor can finally say that she indeed is the undisputed lightweight world champion after defeating Belgium’s Delfine Persoon by unanimous decision in their rematch on Saturday. It was gritty once again. “I knew it was going to be a tough battle […]
Katie Taylor vs Delfine Persoon II Analysis By Felipe Leon Despite being in the middle of a life-threatening pandemic, the boxing Gods have aligned and given us history making female boxing contests two weekends in a row. This Saturday night (afternoon in the United States), August 22nd, from the Matchroom Fight Camp in […]
A Changing of the Guard: Cecilia Braekhus and More By David A. Avila As Norwegian prizefighter Cecilia Braekhus walked into the boxing ring at night, soft notes drifted from the Sam Cooke melody “A Change is Gonna Come.” Never was a song more prophetic. A new welterweight champion Jessica McCaskill was crowned last Saturday […]
Chicago’s McCaskill Defeats Norway’s Braekhus By Felipe Leon There aren’t many fighters who retire undefeated and as champions. Perhaps you can count them on one hand. 38-year-old Cecilia “First Lady” Braekhus (36-1, 9KO) will not be one of them. Jessica “CasKilla” McCaskill pulled the upset and defeated Braekhus to become the undisputed […]
Cecilia Braekhus vs Jessica McCaskill the Breakdown for Saturday Aug. 15 Clash By Felipe Leon This Saturday night the undefeated, unified and undisputed welterweight world champion Cecilia “First Lady” Braekhus (36-0, 9KO) will look to defend all her titles against the unified super lightweight champion Jessica “CasKilla” McCaskill (8-2, 3KO) in the featured […]
A Summer Mega Fight Braekhus and McCaskill in US on Saturday By David A. Avila Pandemic or not the women’s fight world puts its best foot forward and once again a mega fight takes place this week. Welterweight queen Cecilia Braekhus (36-0, 9 KOs) meets the fast-charging super lightweight queen Jessica McCaskill (8-2, 3 […]
Will Harper – Jonas be a Classic Battle or a Classic Blowout? By Phil Woolever Friday night’s intriguing clash between Terri Harper and Natasha Jonas at Matchroom’s Fight Camp in England could have all the ingredients of an instant classic. Maybe. Depending on how the overhead stars align at Brentwood, Essex, […]
WBC and IBO Titlist Terri Harper Eager to Face Olympian Natasha Jonas on Friday By David A. Avila Terri Harper defends the IBO and WBC super featherweight titles on Friday against Natasha Jonas in a clash between British stalwarts. The boxing world is watching. Harper, 23, (10-0, 5 KOs) is the youngest of the […]