Seliina Barrios vs. Melissa Hernandez and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Texas born Selina “Aztec Queen” Barrios travels a rocky path that most professionals with less than two years-experience seldom partake. She fights anybody who wants to fight regardless of record or experience. She doesn’t worry about it. But out of […]
Claressa Shields is America’s Biggest Star and Female Fight News By David A. Avila The regal coronation ceremony has begun for Claressa Shields the newest addition to the prestigious members of the undisputed club. Now there are two. In female prizefighting’s first true mega fight Shields showed the world with an overpowering performance that […]
A World Awaits Claressa Shields vs Christina Hammer for Undisputed Championship By David A. Avila America’s Claressa Shields appeared on the prizefighting scene like a cyclone tearing down everything in her path including the old guard in a mere three years. Germany’s Christina Hammer entered the professional ranks almost in secret and has been […]
Prizefighters.com Shares A Few of the Greatest Female Fights in Last 25 Years By David A. Avila With Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer poised to clash on Saturday in an epic middleweight showdown, here are a few dazzling female fights to compare. Over the decades many battles between female prizefighters took place. Many of […]
Mega Fight Countdown and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila The countdown begins. Less than three weeks remain until the big splash between Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer by the Atlantic Ocean. Hammer (24-0, 11 KOs) meets Shields (8-0, 2 KOs) at the Boardwalk Hotel in Atlantic City on April 13. Showtime […]
Katie Taylor Stepped Up; Who’s Next? Will it be Persoon, McCarter, Serrano, McCaskill or Braekhus? By David A. Avila Ireland’s Katie Taylor put an Irish whuppin on Brazil’s Rose Volante and added another title to her lightweight collection of the WBA, IBF and WBO belts. Next up could be Belgium’s Delfine Persoon who holds […]
Katie Taylor, Lourdes Juarez, Tiara Brown and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Ireland’s extremely talented Katie Taylor looks to unify the lightweight world championship with a head-to-head clash against Brazil’s little known Rose Volante. Fans of the female fight world are hoping it’s an entertaining match. WBA, IBF titlist Taylor (12-0, […]
Gates Open For Claressa Shields vs. Christina Hammer By David A. Avila So what does Christina Hammer’s victory mean for female prizefighting? It sets up the potential showdown against America’s best Claressa Shields in one of the biggest fights in the history of female professional boxing. Germany’s best versus America’s best presents a contrast […]
What Female Boxing Needs to Succeed and Grow By David A. Avila Germany’s Christina Hammer returns to the boxing ring on Saturday when she faces Elene Sikmashvili in a middleweight contest in Berlin. If she wins, as most undoubtedly she will, Hammer is poised to face America’s Claressa Shields sometime in April. Their clash […]
Claressa Shields Charging Forward After Winning Fighter of the Year and More By David A. Avila It was a remarkable year in a burgeoning career that’s only Claressa Shield’s third year as a professional. Just how far can she strive? Already strapped with multiple world title belts in the super middleweight division and now […]