Bantamweight Battle: Shannon Courtenay Defends WBA Title vs Jamie Mitchell and More By David A. Avila Ever since Shannon Courtenay cracked into the land of the world champions with a lethal right cross a year ago, the bantamweight from England has opened eyes with a swagger and a curtsey. No backward steps for this […]
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and More Fight News Sept. 6, 2021 By David A. Avila In a mere nine days women’s elite prizefighting swung 360 degrees from good to bad and back to good again. A week ago, we saw southpaw slugger Amanda “the Real Deal” Serrano handily defeat Mexico’s Yamileth Mercado. […]
Reis Retains WBA Super Lightweight Title By Majority Decision Win Over Prazak By Felipe Leon EL CAJON-In the main event from the Sycuan Casino in the outskirts of San Diego, CA, the current WBA light welterweight champion Kali “KO Mequinonoag” Reis retained her title while capturing the vacant IBO strap with a majority decision […]
Las Vegas to Keep International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame By David A. Avila LAS VEGAS, Nevada- After several years of traveling from city to city the hall of fame for women will stay put, said Sue Fox the event creator and organizer. Las Vegas will remain the host city for the International Women’s […]
Kali Reis Confirmed for World Title Defense in SoCal and More News By David A. Avila Two world title fights are headed to Southern California. A pair of super lightweight world titlists WBA champ Kali Reis and IBF champ Mary McGee headline a fight card on Friday August 20, at Sycuan Casino Resort in […]
Best Female Fighters Pound for Pound and More News By the Prizefighters.com staff Here at the Prizefighters.com our process for selecting those on the Pound for Pound list consists of basing each fighter by their skills, experience and fighting other high level foes. Popularity doesn’t matter. Regardless of television or streamed fights it all […]
Lou DiBella Bringing Heather Hardy and Others to UFC Fight Pass on Friday May 14 By Felipe Leon There is no other promotor in the last 20 years who has supported female boxing more than Lou DiBella of DiBella Entertainment and here comes another big show. Heather Hardy (22-1) fights Jessica Camara […]
What’s Next for Katie Taylor and More Fight News May 3, 2021 By David A. Avila Ireland’s Katie Taylor maintained a firm grasp on the undisputed lightweight world championship with a riveting performance and unanimous decision win over England’s Natasha Jonas It was close, but not close enough. “It was probably a bit too […]
Franchon Crews-Dezurn Fights Ashleigh Curry on Saturday By Felipe Leon If somebody’s 2020 was rougher than most, at least in the world of female boxing, it has to be unified WBC and WBO super middleweight world champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn (6-1, 2KO). Her year began on Friday, January 10th, in San Antonio, Texas, with […]
New WBA Champ Kali Reis Wants Layla McCarter and other female fight news By David A. Avila Two veterans Layla McCarter and Kali Reis fought and won this past weekend. They originally were set to fight each other but business got in the way. Still, McCarter flew down to Mexico and fought 10 hard […]