U.S. Olympic Females Claressa and Mikaela and other International Fight News Claressa Shields and Mikaela Mayer make up the North American squad and are about to enter the Olympic competition in Rio de Janeiro. Both have completely different styles. Shields, 21, returns to the Olympics after powering her way to gold in London in 2012. […]
Mikaela Mayer in Rio Olympics and other female fight news Most of our coverage focuses on female professional prizefighting, but with the inclusion of professionals this year by the International Olympic Committee, we felt it necessary to mention those women participating in Olympic boxing. Mayer, 26, is one of two North American females on Team […]
Layla McCarter and Melissa Hernandez Ready to Perform and other female news All eyes in the female boxing world will be looking toward the south when a couple of America’s best Layla “The Amazing” McCarter and Melissa “Huracan” Hernandez clash on a major fight card. Seldom are women included. McCarter (37-13-5) and Hernandez (22-6-3) have […]
WBC lightweight champ Delfine Persoon Wins Again, plus other Female Chatter By Prizefighter.com staff WBC female lightweight titlist Delfine Persoon (36-1) of Belgium retained the title by unanimous decision against Dominican Republic’s Christina Linardatou (8-1) on Saturday. The 10-round bout took place in Roeselare, Belgium. Persoon, 31, has long dominated the lightweight division but has […]
Fresh Faces: Poula Estrada By Felipe Leon Palmdale, California, is not exactly a boxing mecca. Part of the Los Angeles County, the small suburb has some notable residents from the likes of Afroman, a one-hit wonder rap artist, to Debbie Rowe, the mother of the late Michael Jackson’s children. That might all change in […]
INGLEWOOD, CALIF.-Fans roared as former champion Kenia “La Gema” Enriquez stopped San Diego’s Amaris “Diamond Girl” Quintana at 16 seconds into the fifth round in a light flyweight clash that was furious while it lasted on Saturday. Enriquez (16-1, 8 Kos), the former WBO flyweight champion from Tijuana, dropped down a weight division to 108 […]
Layla McCarter Wins in Mexico – It’s no secret that in the land of pyramids female prizefighting has taken root and flourished to the nth degree. Layla “The Amazing” McCarter knows this so she accepted an offer to travel to Mexico to soak in the atmosphere, meet the people and perform inside the boxing ring. […]