WBC titlist Tina Rupprecht Held to a Draw by Mexico’s Maricela Quintero By Phil Woolever In the women’s ranks, maybe you can call last Saturday night’s tied up tussle just north of Munich something like kissing your brother. The competitive but unspectacular tie verdict was one step forward, one step back for […]
Katie Taylor, Lourdes Juarez, Tiara Brown and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Ireland’s extremely talented Katie Taylor looks to unify the lightweight world championship with a head-to-head clash against Brazil’s little known Rose Volante. Fans of the female fight world are hoping it’s an entertaining match. WBA, IBF titlist Taylor (12-0, […]
Jessica Nery Plata vs Alondra Garcia in Guadalajara By Felipe Leon This Saturday night while Lourdes “Pequeña Lulu” Juarez, younger sister of the legendary Mariana “Barbie” Juarez, looks to give Venezuela’s Leiryn Flores her first loss and get a step closer to a world title on Televisa, on competing network Azteca a world […]
Yesenia Gomez vs. Erika Hanawa for WBC Light Flyweight Title in Cancun The 2019 female boxing season continues south of the border in Mexico with competing world titles on the two biggest terrestrial networks in Mexico. On the bigger one, Televisa, Promociones del Pueblo presents the first defense of the newly crowned WBC junior […]
A Wish List 2019 Part II With the advent of new applications to view professional boxing, ESPN+ and DAZN, as well as staples such as Showtime, at least in the United States there have been more platforms for female boxing. For the sport to expand the fights the fans want to see need to […]
Ibeth “Guerrera Otomi” Zamora vs Chaoz Minowa By Felipe Leon One of the most accomplished active female fighters of today, three-time world champion Ibeth “Guerrera Otomi” Zamora (29-6, 12KO) is ready to make the first defense of her WBC flyweight title this upcoming Saturday night, November 17th, in Puebla, Mexico, against Japan’s Chaoz […]
Bopp vs Robles By Felipe Leon There is a case for Argentina’s Yesica Yolanda Bopp to change her name from “Tuti” to the “Mexican Executioner”. There might not be another active or inactive female fighter that has beaten more opponents from Mexico than the current WBA junior flyweight champion. On Saturday night […]
Moreno vs Gomez: Ready For Another War By Felipe Leon It is hard to believe that at 31 years of age the current WBC light flyweight champion Esmeralda “La Joya” Moreno (35-10-2, 11KO) of Mexico City is a 13-year fight veteran with nearly 50 fights under her belt. This Saturday night she […]
Ortiz vs Leon: “Avispa” Looks To Sting A Lion By Felipe Leon For all of 2017 there were talks that long-reigning 105-pound queen Anabel “Avispa” Ortiz (27-3, 4KO) would be leaving her strawweight hive and jumping to the light flyweight division in hopes of another world title in a different weight class. […]
Diana “Bonita” Fernandez: “I Want To Be The New Face of Female Mexican Boxing” By Felipe Leon One of the newest faces at the Mexican national level Diana “Bonita” Fernandez (17-2, 4 KOs) makes her return on the biggest terrestrial television network in boxing-crazy Mexico this Saturday night from her hometown in Ciudad […]