Alarcon vs Perez: History In the Making By Felipe Leon Although female boxing in the last couple of years has gotten more TV attention in the United States, the sport has been a staple south of the border on Mexican airwaves. Female boxing regularly gets featured on prime time on both terrestrial […]
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 […]
Lourdes “Pequeña Lulu” Juarez: “I Have Made My Own Name Now.” By Felipe Leon Mexican flyweight contender Lourdes “Pequeña Lulu” Juarez (24-2, 3KO) says she is ready for her time in the spot light. The 31-year-old mother of two, is better known as the youngest sister of the fighting Juarez clan along with […]
The Best Comes In Threes: Zamora vs McMorrow By Felipe Leon In the world of female boxing, Mexico imposes a large shadow over the sport. In spite of that, it wasn’t until the legendary Mariana “Barbie” Juarez captured the WBC bantamweight title in April of last year the country had their first three-divisional […]
Esmeralda “Joya” Moreno Defends In Mexico, “Rusita” Rivas Challenges In Colombia By Felipe Leon Esmeralda “Joya” Moreno is in a unique situation. After failing to exact revenge against Jessica “Kika” Chavez last September in the final of the WBC flyweight tournament, the 30-year-old mother of one still holds her WBC light flyweight world […]
Arely Muciño Fights for Her Place in History
By Felipe Leon
One person possibly happier than Monserrat “Raya” Alarcon when the Mexico City native captured the WBO flyweight title over Nana Yoshikawa
2018 Wish List Part II By Felipe Leon In 2017 we saw the sport of female boxing get to a level we had not seen before in quite some time. In part one we went through the list from super feather to heavyweight of the female division for matches we would like to see. […]
Tsunami Tenkai Beats Carleans Rivas for Regional Title
Former WBA super flyweight champion Tsunami Tenkai of Tokyo beat Carleans Rivas
European Report: Christina Hammer and other notes By Phil Woolever Anticipation is rising for the upcoming saga between Germany’s Christina Hammer and US phenom Claressa Shields, currently penciled in for summer of 2018. A current Showtime contract timetable for 2018, pending finalization, has both Hammer and Shields fighting in co-headlining contests […]
Mexico vs The World
In boxing Mexico has always been a powerhouse. On the male side Mexico has more world champions than any other country