Tag Archives: Mexico

Poland’s Ewa Brodnicka Keeps WBO Super Featherweight Title

Ewa Brodnicka: Poland’s Wonder Woman Keeps WBO Title by Majority Decision vs. Janeth Perez   By Phil Woolever   Anyone who may have doubted undefeated Ewa Brodnicka’s self-confidence or sense of humor didn’t have to look farther than the weigh-in prior to her victory over Janeth Perez to understand where the WBO Super-Featherweight titlist is […]

Unification Battles: McCaskill, Sanchez, Acuna and Nava

Unification Battles and Other Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Unification, the word, lingers in the air like a cloud of cigar smoke. Next up in the unification battle of female world titlists will be Chicago’s Jessica McCaskill and Argentina’s Anahi Sanchez vying for each other’s super lightweight belts in the USA. And […]

Melissa Hernandez Reloads and More Female Fight News

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 […]

Guadalupe Martinez Beats Jessica Chavez in Mexico

Lupe Martinez Holds Off Jessica “Kika” Chavez to Retain WBC Title   By Felipe Leon   Mexican veteran Jessica “Kika” Chavez had a dream of becoming only the second female fighter from Mexico to capture three world titles in as many divisions.   She will have to try again.   Tonight in her hometown of […]

Lupita Martinez vs Kika Chavez in Mexico

Lupita Martinez vs Jessica “Kika” Chavez for WBC Super Fly Title   By Felipe Leon   There are two female fights in Mexican boxing lore by which all others are measured.  In 2011 Ana Maria “La Guerrera” Torres and Jackie “Princesa Azteca” Nava faced each in two epic wars televised at a national level in […]

Selina Barrios vs Melissa Hernandez

Seliina Barrios vs. Melissa Hernandez and More Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Texas born Selina “Aztec Queen” Barrios travels a rocky path that most professionals with less than two years-experience seldom partake. She fights anybody who wants to fight regardless of record or experience. She doesn’t worry about it. But out of […]

Montserrat Alarcon vs Nora Cardoza for WBA Title in Mexico

Monserrat Alarcon vs Nora Cardoza   By Felipe Leon   All of a sudden the tiniest of weight classes in all professional boxing is heating up.  Last September in one of the best fights of 2018 Mexican Brenda “Bonita” Flores raged war against Louisa “Bang Bang Lulu” Hawton of Australia for the vacant WBC interim […]

Mexico’s Arely Mucino vs Venezuela’s Yairineth Altuve

Arely Muciño vs Yairineth Altuve for WBO Flyweight Title   By Felipe Leon   Sometimes a tragedy can be a blessing in disguise.  Two months ago current WBO flyweight champion Arely Muciño of Monterrey, Mexico, was gearing up to travel to England to defend her title against Olympian Nicola Adams.  Despite being a pro for […]

Greatest Female Fights in Last 25 Years

Prizefighters.com Shares A Few of the Greatest Female Fights in Last 25 Years   By David A. Avila With Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer poised to clash on Saturday in an epic middleweight showdown, here are a few dazzling female fights to compare. Over the decades many battles between female prizefighters took place. Many of […]

Tina Rupprecht and Maricela Quintero Fight to a Draw in Germany

WBC titlist Tina Rupprecht Held to a Draw by Mexico’s Maricela Quintero    By Phil Woolever   In the women’s ranks, maybe you can call last Saturday night’s tied up tussle just north of Munich something like kissing your brother.   The competitive but unspectacular tie verdict was one step forward, one step back for […]