Franchon Crews Enters the Golden Age and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Franchon Crews Dezurn grabbed her first fight and win in a year by knockout. Despite holding the WBC super middleweight world title her match against Kayla Williams was a non-title fight and ended by knockout. On most occasions it […]
Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada Stops Abaniel with Super Body Shots in Hollywood By Tarrah Zael HOLLYWOOD, Ca.-Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada said she “wants to be a pioneer that women boxing talks about”, and that’s exactly what she did at Thursday Night Fights at the Avalon in Hollywood, California. She became the first […]
Melissa Hernandez Reloads and Female Fight News April 29, 2019 By David A. Avila If anyone thought the new wave of young talented fighters coming from the amateur world signals a takeover, just hold on a minute. There are plenty of skilled veterans remaining to remind boxing fans that speed, power and youth are […]
Marlen Esparza Wins NABO Flyweight Title in Southern Calif. By David A. Avila INDIO, Calif.-Dressed in bright red robes and trunks, Marlen Esparza marched in with her team closely behind into the boxing ring. A year had passed since her last bout, but the former Olympic bronze medalist emerged the winner by decision and […]
Lou DiBella Doubles Down Many say a second wave of female boxing has exploded in the United States since the late summer of 2016 when NBC Sports televised the first go-around between Heather Hardy and Shelly Vincent, the 10 round battle was considered the fight of the year and since then we’ve had a […]
“Diamond Girl” Fighting Against The Odds By Felipe Leon If you are familiar with Southern California female boxing then you know Amaris “Diamond Girl” Quintana (11-3-2, 3KO). Known for her relentless come-forward style, more than likely you have gotten out of your seat to cheer on the 28-year-old as she went […]
Mid-Year Progress Report Part II By Felipe Leon In the first part of the mid-year progress report we went from the heavyweight division to super featherweight giving our assessment of what has transpired within the weight class. Now we will tackle the lighter weight classes and check how close we are in getting […]
Female Fight News June 4, 2018 D-Day for American Fighters By David A. Avila D-Day is approaching for women’s prizefighting in the month of June led by an invasion force that includes Claressa “T-Rex” Shields dropping to the middleweight division. Seventy-four years ago, on June 6, the Allied Forces invaded Normandy Beach in France […]
Seniesa “SuperBad” Estrada Wins On ESPN By Felipe Leon LOS ANGELES-Undefeated East Los Angeles fighter Seniesa “Superbad” Estrada (13-0, 3KO) stayed busy and scored her third stoppage of her career with a third round TKO win over Puerto Rico’s Amarilis Adorno (1-7) in the swing bout of the Golden Boy Promotions fight card […]
Cecilia Braekhus Breaks Last Television Barrier, HBO Will Show Female Boxing By David A. Avila Norway’s Cecilia Braekhus has broken the last barrier and the undisputed welterweight champion’s defense will be televised by HBO it was announced today. HBO has never shown female boxing in its long history. Braekhus (32-0, 9 KOs) defends the […]