Lou DiBella Bringing Heather Hardy and Others to UFC Fight Pass on Friday May 14 By Felipe Leon There is no other promotor in the last 20 years who has supported female boxing more than Lou DiBella of DiBella Entertainment and here comes another big show. Heather Hardy (22-1) fights Jessica Camara […]
Clash of Mrdjenovich vs Cruz at West Point and More Fight News By David A. Avila That swelling wave of women prizefighters continues to grow larger and more visible. WBA featherweight titlist Jelena Mrdjenovich defends against Mexico’s Erika Cruz in the main event on Thursday April 22, at West Point, New York. The Ring City […]
Women’s Prizefighting in Pandemic 2020 and More Fight News By David A. Avila Great strides took place in women’s prizefighting despite a year of tremendous loss. A few of the best were able to showcase their skills and attitude that had remained under a cloak of neglect. Women prizefighters like Katie Taylor, Jessica McCaskill, […]
Team Amanda Serrano Answers Back on Matchroom Boxing’s Demand of $10 Gs By David A. Avila Cursed from the beginning the Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor fight has been riddled with cancellations, postponements and accusations due to unforeseen changes including the worldwide pandemic because of Covid-19. Now, Eddie Hearn of Matchboxing which is contracted […]
Brian Cohen: In Process of Building An Empire By Felipe Leon It is easy to believe for someone who grew up around boxing to find a place in it for the majority of their lives. For Brian Cohen of Philadelphia, PA, CEO of Team Empire Boxing, his place was in female boxing. […]
Mary “Merciless” McGee Captures History and IBF Super Lightweight Title By Felipe Leon It was a long time coming for the first and only female world champion out of Gary, Indiana, Mary “Merciless” McGee (26-3, 14KO). A pro for over 14 years it wasn’t until a couple of weeks ago she hoisted […]
Manhattan Project II: Heather “The Heat” Hardy vs Amanda “Real Deal” Serrano By David A. Avila When the Manhattan Project was secretly organized it led to the eventual construction of the first nuclear bomb. Prepare for Manhattan Project 2 and this version could lead to an explosion of epic female proportions when WBO featherweight […]
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 […]
Hanna Gabriels vs Abril Vidal in World Title Clash – UFC Fight Pass will stream By David A. Avila Costa Rica’s queen of boxing Hanna Gabriels returns to the boxing ring but this time she has all of Norther America watching. WBA super welterweight world titlist Gabriels (19-2-1, 11 KOs) defends against undefeated Argentine […]
Catching Up with Franchon Crews-Dezurn By Felipe Leon Despite female boxing really coming into its own in the last half-decade, it has taken the bigger promoters of the sport time to catch up. Lou DiBella of DiBella Entertainment has been one that has believed in female fighting for quite some time, keeping a […]