Hanna Gabriels Fends Off Sturdy Attack from Argentina’s Abril Vidal By David A. Avila Nothing extraordinary was expected, yet Costa Rica’s Hanna Gabriels was forced to pull out her veteran’s bag of tricks to out-fight Argentina’s young gun Abril Vidal and retain the WBA super welterweight world title by unanimous decision on Wednesday. Gabriels […]
Hanna Gabriels vs Abril Vidal in World Title Clash – UFC Fight Pass will stream By David A. Avila Costa Rica’s queen of boxing Hanna Gabriels returns to the boxing ring but this time she has all of Norther America watching. WBA super welterweight world titlist Gabriels (19-2-1, 11 KOs) defends against undefeated Argentine […]
Naoko Fujioka vs Tsunami Tenkai in Japan and Female Fight News By David A. Avila A battle of titans takes place in Japan as Naoko Fujioka defends the WBA flyweight world title against Tsunami Tenkai on Friday July 12, in the famous Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. These are Japan’s two best female fighters. Fujioka […]
Dina Thorslund Overpowers April Adams in Denmark By Phil Woolever After all the heavy leather Dina Thorslund landed against her Australian challenger April Adams, it was those punches the WBO Super-Bantamweight Champion didn’t throw that seemed the most significant. When a huge series of shots wobbled Adams with a few moments to go […]
Mariana “Barby” Juarez Educates Youngster and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila One of the best known fighters in the world, Mariana “Barby” Juarez, showed us why she still also belongs among the top pound for pound lists with a strong performance against one of Mexico’s new wave of fighters. The older […]
Claressa Shields Chasing Third Division World Title in August By David A. Avila When other pound for pound boxers refuse to fight, what do you do? You challenge yourself. Two division world champion Claressa Shields could not entice other top champions so she will be dropping down to 154-pound super welterweight and meeting Croatia’s […]
PED Juicing Remains Rampant in Female Boxing World By David A. Avila Many female prizefighters are juicing. Women boxers are loading up on a variety of performance enhancement drugs with little scrutiny or fear of repercussion. Nobody knows the exact numbers but a few do not even pass the eye test for normal physiques. […]
Lupe Martinez Holds Off Jessica “Kika” Chavez to Retain WBC Title By Felipe Leon Mexican veteran Jessica “Kika” Chavez had a dream of becoming only the second female fighter from Mexico to capture three world titles in as many divisions. She will have to try again. Tonight in her hometown of […]
Puerto Rican Melissa Hernandez Tops Selina Barrios in Louisiana By David A. Avila It was old school versus new school and veteran Melissa Hernandez showed a representative of the new wave of fighters Selina Barrios that some lessons still need to be learned. Thirty-nine year old Hernandez (23-7-3, 7 KOs) scrapped off three years […]
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 […]