Tag Archives: female boxing

Women’s International Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2016 and More News

Women’s International Boxing Hall of Fame and Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Led by a squad of female prizefighters from the 90s and early 2000s a dozen will be inducted to the Women’s International Boxing Hall of Fame at the end of this month. It’s the class of 2019. World champions from […]

Marlen Esparza Keeps NABO Title, Wants Seniesa Estrada Next

Marlen Esparza Brushes Aside Osorio, Wants Seniesa Estrada   By Tarrah Zael   2012 Olympic bronze medalist and WBO NABO Flyweight champion Marlen Esparza (7-0, 1 KO) of Houston, Texas retained her belt against Mexico’s former world title challenger Sonia Osorio (13-7, 3-1 KO) at Fantasy Spring’s Thursday Night Fights on July 18.   This […]

Argentina’s Evelyn Bermudez and Silvia Torres End in Draw in Mexico

Bermudez Floors Torres Twice But Fight Ends In a Draw   By Felipe Leon   In an all-out battle from the Domo del Sindicato del IMSS in Coyoacan, a suburb of Mexico City, Evelyn “Princesita” Bermudez (12-0-1, 3KO) of Argentina retained her IBF light flyweight title with a draw over ten rounds against local favorite […]

Adelaida Ruiz and Lorraine Villalobos Both Win in So Cal

Adelaida Ruiz Comes Back with Win; Villalobos Wins Too   By Felipe Leon   PICO RIVERA, Ca.-Adelaida “La Cobra” Ruiz (8-0, 4KO) captured a regional title with a lopsided super flyweight six round decision over Tijuana, Mexico’s Myrka Aguayo (2-1) in the night’s co-featured bout.  Scores were 60-54 three times in an all-action fight.   […]

Mikaela Mayer vs Lizbeth Crespo in Las Vegas

Mikaela Mayer Targets World Titles, Lizbeth Crespo in the Way   By David A. Avila Mikaela Mayer always stands out. Years ago, an amateur tournament comprised of teams from different nations engaged in a high school gymnasium in Oxnard, Calif. Dozens of female boxers exchanged blows and showed off their technique. But it was difficult […]

Greece’s Christina Linardatou Beats Hobbs in Athens

Greece’s Christina Linardatou Retains World Title in Athens   By David A. Avila Hard charging Christina Linardatou retained the WBO super lightweight world title by decision in her adopted country Greece over Deanha Hobbs on Friday. But it wasn’t easy. Linardatou (12-1, 6 KOs) showed the crowd at the Olympic Hall Galatsi in Athens that […]

Unification Battles: McCaskill, Sanchez, Acuna and Nava

Unification Battles and Other Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Unification, the word, lingers in the air like a cloud of cigar smoke. Next up in the unification battle of female world titlists will be Chicago’s Jessica McCaskill and Argentina’s Anahi Sanchez vying for each other’s super lightweight belts in the USA. And […]

Tiara Brown vs. Angel Gladney on Saturday in D.C.

Tiara “T Baby” Brown Fights Angel Gladney on Saturday   By David A. Avila Tiara Brown puts aside her street protecting duds and returns to the boxing ring against veteran Angel Gladney. Washington D.C. police officer Brown (7-0, 5 KOs) meets Gladney (10-14-1) at the Mystics Sports Arena in D.C. on Saturday May 18. At […]

Marlen Esparza Returns With a Win

Marlen Esparza Wins NABO Flyweight Title in Southern Calif.   By David A. Avila INDIO, Calif.-Dressed in bright red robes and trunks, Marlen Esparza marched in with her team closely behind into the boxing ring. A year had passed since her last bout, but the former Olympic bronze medalist emerged the winner by decision and […]

Selina Barrios vs Melissa Hernandez

Seliina Barrios vs. Melissa Hernandez and More Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Texas born Selina “Aztec Queen” Barrios travels a rocky path that most professionals with less than two years-experience seldom partake. She fights anybody who wants to fight regardless of record or experience. She doesn’t worry about it. But out of […]