Mariana “Barbie” Juarez vs Carolina “Barbie de Acero” Duer Preview By Felipe Leon With all the recent advances in female boxing, American toy manufacturer Mattel still has not released their Boxing Barbie. No problem, this Saturday night from Fresnillo, Mexico, and live nationally by Mexican mega-channel Televisa we’ll see two in-the-flesh Barbies face […]
Official Statement by Claressa Shields Posted by ThePrizefighters.com An official statement from Claressa Shields was sent to thePrizefighters.com and to other boxing media sites on Saturday afternoon. After the cataclysmic event that led to the cancellation of the long-awaited Shields versus Ivana Habazin super welterweight world title fight on Saturday Oct. 5, an e-mail […]
Claressa Shields vs. Ivana Habazin Cancelled After Attack on Trainer By David A. Avila A sneak attack against Ivana Habazin’s trainer by an unknown assailant as Claressa Shields was about to weigh-in sent trainer James Ali Bashir to the hospital and scuttled the super welterweight championship fight. Today was supposed to be 24-year-old Shields […]
Claressa Shields Chasing Legendary Status and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Take advantage and watch one of the most dynamic and influential prizefighters in the history of the sport when Claressa “T-Rex” Shields encounters Ivana Habazin for the vacant WBO super welterweight world title on Saturday. Fighters like Shields don’t come […]
Mark Taffet; From Corn and Peas to Mayweather and Pacquiao By Felipe Leon Life can take you down many roads. One day you are analyzing how well a particular brand of frozen peas are doing with housewives in a supermarket, another day you are in the thick of negotiations for the biggest […]
Victoriva 5 Showcase in Tokyo: Hanagata, Alarcon, Matsuda and More By Yuriko Miyata A vigorous promoting company DANGAN is doing a great job of running the all-women event “Victoriva”. The fifth version was held last Thursday at the boxing Mecca, Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. In the main event, current IBF atomweight champion […]
Big Week in Women’s Boxing: Hardy, Serrano, Crews, Jimenez and Japan By David A. Avila Stars emerge this week with several of the world’s best engaged in classic duels from Japan to the USA in three successive nights. An all-female tournament called Victoriva erupts in Tokyo as eight women’s bouts are scheduled to take […]
Fernandez Beats Balderas in Juarez, Mexico By Felipe Leon With a close unanimous decision full of action, local Diana “La Bonita” Fernandez (21-3, 4KO) kept her WBC Latino super flyweight title beating Debani “La Esquisita” Balderas (10-3-2, 2KO) of Monterrey, Mexico, over ten rounds Saturday night. The fight took place in Fernandez’s […]
Diana “La Bonita” Fernandez vs Debani Balderas in Juarez, Mexico By Felipe Leon A loss doesn’t mean an end to a career. A close disputed loss to a legend can even be better. That might be the case for 24-year-old Diana “La Bonita” Fernandez (20-3, 4KO) who in her last fight last […]
Three Top Female Fights Tonight: Napoleon, Reis, Joseph and More on UFC Fight Pass By David A. Avila WBA super middleweight titlist Alicia Napoleon leads a trio of female bouts as she meets Schemelle Baldwin the challenger for the world title today. Napoleon (11-1, 6 KOs) makes the second defense of the title when […]