City of Angels Sends Three into Action This Week – Maricela Cornejo, Seniesa Estrada and Adelaida Ruiz By David A. Avila Three City of Angels representatives head to other destinations this week and all of their bouts will be streamed or televised. Maricela Cornejo (13-4, 5 KOs) a former middleweight title contender heads to […]
Top Ten Fights for 2021 By Felipe Leon 2020 has been a difficult year for the whole world let alone the sport of boxing. Despite the pandemic female boxing has thrived with major events and fighters getting much needed exposure on huge platforms like ESPN and DAZN. Like the rest of the […]
Can 2020 Match 2019 for 10 Great Moments in Female Prizefighting The 10 Most Game-Changing Fights of 2019 By Felipe Leon Last year followed the trend of the last half-decade as a solid one with good if not great fights in women’s boxing. Little by little the sport is gaining ground not only […]
Franchon Crews-Dezurn Eager to Tame Alejandra “Tigre” Jimenez By David A. Avila Few endure for long the hidden potholes and unforeseen roadblocks the life of a female prizefighter can produce. Franchon Crews-Dezurn learned early in boxing to forsake wheels and put on tracks like a Sherman Tank. Now she’s rolling. Crews-Dezurn (6-1, 2 KOs) […]
New Decade and New Expectations with Shields, Napoleon and Crews-Dezurn, plus more Female Fight News By David A. Avila American stars kick off the new decade with Claressa Shields, Franchon Crews-Dezurn and Alicia Napoleon Espinosa headlining world title fights this weekend. Could this be the Roaring 20s for female prizefighting? Shields (9-0) seeks to […]
Female Boxing Wish List for 2020 – Part I By Felipe Leon Boxing is full of tradition. From the national anthems sung before a main event to who gets announced first between a challenger and a champion. Here at the ThePrizeFighters.com we are no different. With the end of the year approaching we […]
DAZN, Showtime and Women’s Boxing and Female Fight News By David A. Avila Three years have passed since female Olympians removed their head gear and obtained professional licenses. In 2016, former gold medalists Claressa Shields and Katie Taylor departed the amateur boxing world and entered the prize rings without skipping a beat. Women’s prizefighting […]
No Surrender in Female Boxing World – Serrano, Hardy plus Claressa and Seniesa News By David A. Avila If you watched the two world title fights this past weekend you saw a pair of electric performances. First, we saw Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano reclaim the WBO featherweight world title with a unanimous decision […]
Battle of Divas: Heavy-Hitter Franchon Crews-Dezurn Victorious Over Maricela Cornejo By Felipe Leon LOS ANGELES-For reasons like this, Larry Merchant, the legendary commentator formerly of HBO, poignantly dubbed boxing the “theater of the unexpected.” After weeks of promoting the first defense of WBC super middleweight champion Baltimore, Maryland’s Franchon “Heavy-Hitting Diva” Crews-Dezurn against […]
Franchon Crews Dezurn to Face Maricela Cornejo Again in L.A. By David A. Avila One day you’re facing the heavyweight world champion, the next day it’s a former foe. It’s a topsy-turvy world for WBC super middleweight titlist Franchon Crews Dezurn and other female prizefighters. A last minute change of opponents due to visa […]