Kaliesha “Wild, Wild” West Retires After 12 Pro Years By David A. Avila Kaliesha “Wild” West announced her retirement this weekend with little fanfare, but while she fought professionally for 12 years her style and humility woke up an entire region to the world of boxing. Before West the area known as the Inland […]
West Coast Breakdown: A Dozen of the Best By David A. Avila Over the past year female prizefighters from the West Coast have been virtually invisible as television focused on the East. Unlike the boxers from places like New York and New Jersey, those on the west side of the U.S. are mostly smaller […]
Female Fight News for week of Sept. 18, 2017 Kaliesha West and more By David A. Avila After a few years of dormancy in female prizefighting the West Coast seems to be waking up from its slumber. Kaliesha “Wild” West a two-division world champion from Moreno Valley, Calif. returns to the prize ring after […]
Female Fight News for week of Aug. 7, 2017 Olympian Week By David A. Avila Olympian week took hold as former American team mates both made history over the weekend in different parts of the U.S.A. The sleeping giant has awoken Claressa Shields dominated WBC super middleweight champion Nikki Adler to rip the world […]
Golden Boy Promotions Jumps In With Two Feet By Felipe Leon Fighters are the most important piece in the boxing business. Without them, there is no boxing, plain and simple but right along with them are the promoters who with their financial investment and business acumen provide the platform for the fighters to […]
American female boxers finally get their moment in the sun and America is watching. When Amanda Serrano (30-1-1, 23 Kos) meets Mexico’s Yazmin Rivas (35-9-1, 10 Kos) in the boxing ring on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, it marks the very first time in decades that a major network like Showtime televises and promotes […]
Marlen Esparza Signed by Golden Boy Promotions Former U.S. Olympian Marlen Esparza signed a multi-year contract with Golden Boy Promotions stated Oscar De La Hoya the chairman of Golden Boy on Wednesday. “Before she ever steps foot into the ring as a professional, Marlen Esparza has already established herself as a rising star,” De […]
Here’s our list of female prizefighting’s top pro boxers in the world. A few will be fighting in the ring very soon and others have not fought for more than a year. But we’re basing our assessment on pure talent, not activity. In the U.S. many of the top female fighters have a difficult time […]
Female Boxing Televised on Showtime in 2017 says Showtime’s Espinoza The revolution will be televised, the revolution will be televised. And it will be live. Loosely using a quote from the late Gil Scott Heron, the revolution of American women’s boxing takes a giant leap with a boost from network television. Showtime will be […]
Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano dropped down to yet another weight division and not surprisingly won another world title; this time in the super bantamweight division. Serrano (30-1-1, 23 Kos) stopped Hungary’s Alexandra Lazar (8-2) in the first round to win the vacant WBO super bantamweight title on Tuesday in Puerto Rico. She already has […]