Maricela Cornejo vs Erin Toughill in Hollywood on Sunday By David A. Avila In a place once famous for staging some of the best entertainment during World War II, prizefighting returns to the saloon of the Hollywood stars. 360 Promotions brings back its boxing series on Sunday Jan. 27, with former titlist Maricela “La […]
Layla McCarter and Female Fight News for Nov. 26, 2018 By David A. Avila If you don’t know about the talent of Layla McCarter you truly have not been following female boxing with full attention the past 20 years. Based in Las Vegas, McCarter has captured world titles from featherweight to super welterweight and […]
Mega Fight: Claressa Shields vs. Christina Hammer on Nov. 17 By David A. Avila Female prizefighting’s first mega fight has finally arrived. Michigan’s ultra-ambitious Claressa Shields fights Germany’s heralded Christina Hammer for the title of undisputed middleweight world champion on Nov. 17 it was announced on Tuesday. “There are no hard feelings toward her,” […]
Layla McCarter : “I Know Who I Am And What I’ve Done In This Sport” By Phil Woolever There could be an appropriately wild scene at a place called the Wildpark Stadium in Karlsruhe, Germany this Saturday night. A huge outdoor card is scheduled, with 21 (!) pro bouts currently on the […]
Claressa Shields: Targets All Lined Up
By Felipe Leon
Throughout the year a big subject in the sport of boxing is how 2017 has been one of the best
Lucia Rijker and Female Fight News for week of Aug. 14, 2017 By David A. Avila Perhaps the greatest female fighter of any era, Lucia Rijker, was inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame over the weekend. Unlike another from her country, actor Jean Claude Van Damme, the “Muscles from Brussels,” who appeared […]
Female Fight News for week of Aug. 7, 2017 Olympian Week By David A. Avila Olympian week took hold as former American team mates both made history over the weekend in different parts of the U.S.A. The sleeping giant has awoken Claressa Shields dominated WBC super middleweight champion Nikki Adler to rip the world […]
American female boxers finally get their moment in the sun and America is watching. When Amanda Serrano (30-1-1, 23 Kos) meets Mexico’s Yazmin Rivas (35-9-1, 10 Kos) in the boxing ring on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, it marks the very first time in decades that a major network like Showtime televises and promotes […]
Dancing With The Stars In Boston: Laila Ali Floats Into The Tradition BOSTON — Laila Ali doesn’t box anymore. Her final professional fight was won nearly a decade ago, in 2007. The youngest of eight children born to the late great Muhammad Ali, Laila did something in the fight game that her famous father could […]
Laila Ali vs Claressa Shields the Dream Match That Will Never Happen Some TSS readers (hey, you know who you are) are enthused about the recent uptick of interest in women’s boxing. Others (you know who you are as well) believe any resurgence of popularity is not only a waste of traditional fight fan’s […]