Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano, Seniesa Estrada and more fight news By David A. Avila One of boxing’s best years in a decade culminates with Katie Taylor delivering another salvo of her brand of fighting. We saw battles between top super featherweights like Mikaela Mayer, Maiva Hamadouche, Alycia Baumgardner, and Terri Harper tangle in superior […]
Alycia Baumgardner Wins WBC and IBO Titles and More News From Around the World By David A. Avila An explosion of punches and boom it was over. Alycia Baumgardner beat Terri Harper to the punch and the IBO and WBC titles changed hand in an instant. It can happen that way and it did. […]
Costa Rica’s Yokasta Valle Visits Southern California By Felipe Leon Female fighters like Yokasta Valle and others don’t make as much money as their male counterparts so they improvise: Jackie Nava is an architect and former Mexican senator. Tiara Brown is a former police officer in Washington DC. Yesica Bopp is a […]
Fight of the Year Candidates in LA with Seniesa Estrada, Tsunami Tenkai, Naoko Fujioka and Sulem Urbina By David A. Avila Maybe it was the intense heat, but Los Angeles and the world witnessed two electrifying world title bouts between Japan and the US last Friday. Both are candidates for Fight of the Year. […]
Seniesa Estrada Wins Savage Battle Vs. Japan’s Tsunami Tenkai in L.A. By Tarrah Zael LOS ANGELES-It was a big night for women boxing Friday night at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Golden Boy promotions put on a stacked card featuring many notable fighters from the Los Angeles area. Women’s […]
Naoko Fujioka Retains WBA World Title Against Sulem Urbina in Los Angeles By Tarrah Zael LOS ANGELES-The main event on the Facebook fights also the best fight on that portion with Japan’s mighty Naoko Fujioka and Sulem Urbina in a flyweight championship clash on Friday at the Banc of California. It […]
Seniesa Estrada vs Tsunami Tenkai on Friday in L.A. By Felipe Leon After struggling in the beginning of her career, fighting sporadically and out of her weight class, East Los Angeles’ own Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada (20-0, 8KO) has hit her stride since signing with Golden Boy Promotions back in 2018. Coming off […]
Summer Jam in LA: Japan vs America and More News By David A. Avila American fight fans get a first-time glimpse of Japan’s best female fighters this week as WBA flyweight champ Naoko Fujioka and WBO light flyweight titlist Tsunami Tenkai have arrived and are ready for this country’s best. Stepping up against the […]
Japan’s Best Naoko Fujioka and Tsunami Tenkai Coming to America By David A. Avila In less than two weeks Japan versus USA will take place in Los Angeles. Two of the very best fighters from the island nation will arrive when WBA flyweight world titlist Naoko Fujioka and WBO light flyweight world titlist Tsunami […]
Marlen Esparza Shocks Mexico’s Ibeth Zamora, New WBC Flyweight Champion By Felipe Leon In an all-action back-and-forth war and candidate for fight of the year, Houston, Texas’ Marlen Esparza survived an early knockdown to win a close and perhaps controversial unanimous decision over long-reigning veteran Ibeth “La Roca” Zamora (32-7, 12KO) for the […]