Cheating Found in All Sports Including Female Boxing By David A. Avila An era of cheating has enshrouded the entire sports world from the least profitable to the most lucrative. Even the sport of female prizefighting has been touched by those seeking to gain a winning edge. Combat sports has one female fighter who […]
Claressa Shields vs Ivana Habazin Reboots, Dicaire, Miller and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila It’s official. Claressa Shields (9-0, 2 KOs) will be facing Ivana Habazin (20-3, 7 KOs) for the vacant WBC and WBO super welterweight world titles on Friday Jan. 10, 2020 at Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City. […]
Victoriva 5 Showcase in Tokyo: Hanagata, Alarcon, Matsuda and More By Yuriko Miyata A vigorous promoting company DANGAN is doing a great job of running the all-women event “Victoriva”. The fifth version was held last Thursday at the boxing Mecca, Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. In the main event, current IBF atomweight champion […]
Big Week in Women’s Boxing: Hardy, Serrano, Crews, Jimenez and Japan By David A. Avila Stars emerge this week with several of the world’s best engaged in classic duels from Japan to the USA in three successive nights. An all-female tournament called Victoriva erupts in Tokyo as eight women’s bouts are scheduled to take […]
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 […]
Battle of the Japanese Titans Naoko Fujioka vs Tsunami Tenkai on July 12 By Yuriko Miyata One of the greatest national derby matches in the history of Japanese female boxing has been set for July 12th at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Naoko Fujioka (18-2, with 7KOs) owner of five weight division world championship […]
Melissa Hernandez Reloads and Female Fight News April 29, 2019 By David A. Avila If anyone thought the new wave of young talented fighters coming from the amateur world signals a takeover, just hold on a minute. There are plenty of skilled veterans remaining to remind boxing fans that speed, power and youth are […]
Monserrat Alarcon vs Nora Cardoza By Felipe Leon All of a sudden the tiniest of weight classes in all professional boxing is heating up. Last September in one of the best fights of 2018 Mexican Brenda “Bonita” Flores raged war against Louisa “Bang Bang Lulu” Hawton of Australia for the vacant WBC interim […]
Prizefighters.com Shares A Few of the Greatest Female Fights in Last 25 Years By David A. Avila With Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer poised to clash on Saturday in an epic middleweight showdown, here are a few dazzling female fights to compare. Over the decades many battles between female prizefighters took place. Many of […]
Eri Matsuda and Miyo Yoshida Win in All-Female Tokyo Card By Yuriko Miyata “The Victoriva” event celebrated its first anniversary with its fourth boxing card in a year at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on March 13th. This all-women promotion has worked well and been settled as a regular series all in 12 […]