Jelena Mrdjenovich Leads Busy World Title Fight Weekend By David A. Avila Featherweights and super featherweight collide for world titles this week. Canada’s Jelena Mrdjenovich (40-10-2, 19 KOs) meets Paola Torres (12-4-1, 4 KOs) for the WBA featherweight world title at the Wild Card Boxing Gym parking lot in Los Angeles on Thursday Dec. 17. […]
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 […]
Layla McCarter Answers Call to Fight Kali Reis, Awaits Response By David A. Avila An open call for someone to fight Kali Reis for a vacant world title was made and immediately answered by Layla McCarter, one of the best in the world at any weight. “I saw on social media a challenge to […]
Layla McCarter: Seeks Katie Taylor or Jessica McCaskill Fight By Felipe Leon Besides 2020 being the year of Covid-19, many can say the year has also been of the female boxer. One might argue the best fights for the majority of the year have been between women. In mid-August we had a changing […]
Layla McCarter Analyzes Taylor and McCaskill Wins and More News By David A. Avila Women’s prizefighting has entered a completely new realm – promoters with television or Internet streaming contracts are now signing female boxers. With it come new rules and requirements: some good and some not so good. One such requirement emerging is […]
Three-Minute Rounds or Bust Say Top Female Fighters By David A. Avila As female prizefighting re-emerges from coronavirus limbo a clarion call to make a change to three-minute rounds has been established by two of the sport’s top performers Claressa Shields and Seniesa Estrada. Otherwise known as the G.W.O.A.T. and Lil’ G.W.O.A.T. Shields and […]
Female Pound for Pound Ratings 2020 By David A. Avila With the world of boxing ready to re-launch, it is time to re-establish the top prizefighters in the world. Most of the elite suffered postponements of one type or another and are eager to perform. From Asia to America fighters are seeking ways to […]
Forty-Year Old Greats Like Layla and Naoko Are Ready to Test the Youngsters By David A. Avila Many of the best fighters in the world are into their 40s. If you take a look around the world from Japan to Argentina from contenders to world champions a long list of fighters exist that are […]
Cecilia Braekhus: Undisputed Welterweight Champion By Felipe Leon According to the undefeated, unified and undisputed welterweight champion Cecilia “First Lady” Braekhus there are worse places to be stuck at than Big Bear, CA. The idyllic snowy mountaintop village, 60 miles east of Los Angeles, has been her home for the better part of […]
Out of the Past: Revisiting Canada’s Vaia Zaganas, Now in Hollywood By David A. Avila Fear of diving in the streets of L.A. forced the Canadian from Vancouver to choose a move to Las Vegas instead of Los Angeles in the early 2000s when she decided to try her hand at prizefighting. “You know […]