Kim Clavell Joins the Minimumweight Party and More News By David A. Avila Canada’s Kim Clavell seemed comfortable at the lower minimumweight division in defeating Sol Cudos for the IBF title last week. Immediately after winning she specified her interest in fighting Yokasta Valle for the WBC title she won back last year. It […]
Undisputed Fly Champ Gabriela Fundora Challenged by Kenia Enriquez By David A. Avila The tall menacing figure of Gabriela Fundora extended her arms up proudly after battering Canada’s Alexas Kubicki and forcing the referee to stop the fight. Once again she retained the undisputed flyweight championship. Undisputed. That’s a lofty term. Following the lopsided […]
If No Laila Ali, Plenty of OGs Around Like McCarter, Cooper Can Take On Young Guns By David A. Avila When Claressa Shields tracked down the fast-moving Lani Daniels to remain the undisputed heavyweight champion, sitting in the sold-out Detroit audience was former top dog Laila Ali. Almost immediately some fans called out Shields […]
Yokasta Valle and Marlen Esparza Fight in Mexico and More News By David A. Avila They had to meet. Yokasta Valle and Marlen Esparza finally meet in the boxing ring. On Saturday March 29, two of the best lower-weight champions Valle (32-3, 10 Kos) and Esparza (15-2, 1 KO) clash in a flyweight division match […]
Rating Top Female Welterweights and Other News By David A. Avila We are entering the month of March madness. Welterweights like Natasha Jonas and several others are scheduled to fill this coming month with marquee match ups in England and the USA. No other weight division seems to be as loaded as the 147-pound […]
Claressa Shields, Layla McCarter and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila If you win titles from middleweight to heavyweight like Claressa Shields, you definitely qualify as the baddest woman on the planet. Over the decades I’ve seen them all come and go. Legendary fighters like Laila Ali, Ann Wolfe, Christy Martin, Holly […]
Amanda and Katie 2 Draw More than 74 Million Viewers in Another Record Breaking Fight and More News By David A. Avila Every time Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano tangle, they’re smashing records and establishing new territory for women’s prizefighting. Women have been fighting professionally for centuries but few people knew it. It’s only […]
Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Inducts Layla McCarter and More News By David A. Avila Its slightly confusing. Layla McCarter was inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame this past weekend in Las Vegas. But she is fighting this Saturday in Mexico. Usually, most sports hall of fames wait until an athlete retires […]
Nery Plata Beats Sarah Boorman by Split-Decision in Germany to Keep WBA and WBC Light Flyweight Titles By David A. Avila Behind a scathing left hook Mexico’s Yesica Nery Plata blasted her way to victory by split decision over Germany’s Sarah Boorman and retained her WBC and WBA light flyweight world titles on Saturday. […]
Mikaela Mayer Wants 3-Minute Rounds Versus Natasha Jonas and More News By David A. Avila Leave it to Mikaela Mayer to walk the talk. The feisty Mayer confronted Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom about staging the upcoming welterweight title fight at 3-minute rounds instead of two. He tried to balk but was pinned on the […]