Terri Harper Wins First Lightweight Fight, Erica Farias Wins Too in England By David A. Avila In two battles between Britain and Argentina it was former super featherweight titlist Terri Harper moving up to lightweight and winning her split with a convincing win against Argentina’s Yamila Abellaneda on Saturday. It was Harper’s first foray […]
Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano, Claressa Shields and More Fight News By David A. Avila Members of the millionaire’s club gathered in the United Kingdom with Claressa Shields blazing past Ema Kozin in Wales to re-establish herself as the middleweight world champion while Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor arrived in London Shields, Serrano and Taylor […]
Heather Hardy and Terri Harper and More Fight News By David A. Avila In a surprise move, England’s Terri Harper and America’s Heather Hardy will meet in a lightweight clash in the United Kingdom in March said Matchroom Boxing. Harper, the former super featherweight world titlist and Hardy, the former featherweight world titlist, will […]
Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano, Seniesa Estrada and more fight news By David A. Avila One of boxing’s best years in a decade culminates with Katie Taylor delivering another salvo of her brand of fighting. We saw battles between top super featherweights like Mikaela Mayer, Maiva Hamadouche, Alycia Baumgardner, and Terri Harper tangle in superior […]
Jessica McCaskill Stops Kandi Wyatt in Seven in Las Vegas By David A. Avila Welterweight world champion Jessica McCaskill overpowered Canada’s Kandi Wyatt to win by technical knockout and show fans and her new promoter on Saturday why she’s undisputed and among the best pound for pound fighters in the world. In her first […]
Erika “Dinamita’ Cruz Retains WBA Featherweight Title, Kenia Fight Canceled By David A. Avila WBA featherweight titlist Erika “La Dinamita” Cruz cranked up the machine and simply out-worked Melissa Esquivel to retain the world title by split decision on Friday in Mexico. The battle between two Mexican featherweights saw southpaw Cruz (14-1, 3 KOs) […]
Kali Reis Pulls Out Win Against Jessica Camara in Super Lightweight Tourney By David A. Avila In a frenetic back-and-forth battle Kali Reis remained the WBA super lightweight champion by a razor close split decision over Canada’s Jessica Camara on Friday and moves on to face a two-title holder in the final of the […]
Battle of the Super Lightweights II: Kali Reis vs Jessica Camara on Friday By David A. Avila Canada’s super tough Jessica Camara challenges WBA titlist Kali Reis for not only her belt, but two others and entry to the finals of the super lightweight tournament. Both also are represented by the same management team. […]
Alycia Baumgardner Wins WBC and IBO Titles and More News From Around the World By David A. Avila An explosion of punches and boom it was over. Alycia Baumgardner beat Terri Harper to the punch and the IBO and WBC titles changed hand in an instant. It can happen that way and it did. […]
Alycia Baumgardner Invades England for IBO and WBC titles By David A. Avila When it comes to world championship fights most American men have never competed or defended on British shores. American women like Alycia Baumgardner, on the other hand, are almost eager to take up the challenge. “The opportunity came and we took […]