Three-Minute Rounds, Katie Taylor and More By David A. Avila In a three-minute round battle between Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada and Marlen Esparza, the Olympic bronze medalist, the sports world got a glimpse of just how good female prizefighters can be with the extra minute. Yes, it was bloody due to an accidental clash […]
Katie Taylor, Seniesa Estrada, Marlen Esparza Fights to be Streamed on Saturday By David A. Avila Smaller weights finally get their day this weekend with not just one, but two world title fights taking place in the United Kingdom and the United States of America on Saturday. Katie Taylor (14-0, 6 KOs) dares to […]
DAZN, Showtime and Women’s Boxing and Female Fight News By David A. Avila Three years have passed since female Olympians removed their head gear and obtained professional licenses. In 2016, former gold medalists Claressa Shields and Katie Taylor departed the amateur boxing world and entered the prize rings without skipping a beat. Women’s prizefighting […]
No Surrender in Female Boxing World – Serrano, Hardy plus Claressa and Seniesa News By David A. Avila If you watched the two world title fights this past weekend you saw a pair of electric performances. First, we saw Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano reclaim the WBO featherweight world title with a unanimous decision […]
Amanda Serrano Defeats Heather Hardy and Wins WBO and WBC Titles By David A. Avila In a fight that featured no surprises Puerto Rican southpaw Amanda Serrano scorched Heather Hardy early but needed to go the full 10 rounds in capturing the WBO and WBC featherweight world titles by unanimous decision on Friday. “As […]
Tuesday Bombshells: Claressa Shields, Heather Hardy and Amanda Serrano incoming fights By David A. Avila It was a remarkable Tuesday. The female prizefighting world dropped two bombs today: Claressa Shields will indeed fight Croatia’s Ivana Habazin in a super welterweight world title clash. And second, New York’s undefeated Heather Hardy will fight seven-division world […]
Eva Wahlstrom Retains WBC Title With Split Draw in Las Vegas, Mitchell and Hart Draw Too By Tarrah Zael LAS VEGAS, NV.-In the headlined main event WBC female world super featherweight champion Eva Wahlstrom (22-1-2, 3 KO) defended and retained her title against challenger Ronica “Queen” Jeffrey (17-1-1, 1 KO) at […]
Las Vegas Hosts WBC World Title Fight Wahlstrom vs Jeffrey and more Female Fight News By David A. Avila In the heart of Las Vegas two top notch female prize fights including a world title match take place on Friday Aug. 2, and will be free to the public compliments of Roy Jones Jr. […]
Possible Female Fights for Second Half of 2019 By Felipe Leon One can say the new wave of female boxing in the United States began in the late summer of 2016 when Heather Hardy’s win over Shelly Vincent was broadcast on NBC Sports. Since then we have seen a resurgence of female boxing […]
Female Boxing 6-Month Progress Report By Felipe Leon After a historic 2018 where we saw a number of firsts in female boxing including the first female bout on HBO, this year has not let up. In the last six months we have seen a considerable up-swing in action as well as interest in female boxing […]