Christy Martin Movie is Nationwide and More News By David A. Avila Legendary Christy Martin was sighted all over the Los Angeles landscape last week from attending movie premieres to watching the World Series at Dodger Stadium with actress Sydney Sweeney. The movie based on her book and life “Christy” will be shown nationwide […]
Mikaela Mayer Beats Mary Spencer and Picks up WBA, WBC, WBO Titles in Canada (Photo by JP Yim) By David A. Avila Mikaela Mayer motored past Mary Spencer with a blizzard of punches to dethrone the WBA super welterweight titlist and capture the WBC and WBO titles in front of a Canadian audience on […]
Champions Mikaela Mayer and Mary Spencer Collide in Montreal By David A. Avila While many champions seek home field advantage others like Mikaela Mayer just want to fight. Wherever and whenever. Put her in England. No Problem. Put her in Canada. No problem. Mayer (21-2, 5 Kos) travels to Montreal to face Mary Spencer […]
Mizuki “Mimi” Hiruta Receives Ring Magazine Title Belt and More News By David A. Avila The rise of women’s boxing continues and was evident last weekend with Most Valuable Promotions presenting a bevy of high-quality matches including the WBC light fly world title defense of Lourdes “Little Lulu” Juarez against former champion Yesica Nery […]
Dream Fights and More Women’s Boxing News By David A. Avila Since the early 1990s I’ve watched women’s boxing evolve into its current state. Over the years I’ve witnessed some incredible boxing by women from all over the world. One of the first female fighters I actually saw ringside was a tiny minimumweight Wendy […]
Best Female Pound for Pound Fighters and More News July 2025 (Photo by Stephanie Trapp) By David A. Avila Claressa Shields proved once again why she is the best female fighter on the planet with a dominant performance over a talented and tough Lana Daniels for the heavyweight world championship. Shields remains undisputed heavyweight […]
New York Revisited: Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano and Friends Again Sold Out Madison Square Garden By David A. Avila Women’s boxing sells. Along with selling out Madison Square Garden the all-female boxing card by Most Valuable Promotions featuring Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano 3, drew an average of 6 million viewers worldwide according to […]
Claressa Shields Is the Pound for Pound Best and More News By David A. Avila For the next three months most of the top female fighters in the world will be heading to the prize ring to demonstrate their prowess. Claressa Shields returns as a heavyweight and has a date with New Zealand’s Lani Daniels […]
Yokasta Valle and Marlen Esparza Fight in Mexico and More News By David A. Avila They had to meet. Yokasta Valle and Marlen Esparza finally meet in the boxing ring. On Saturday March 29, two of the best lower-weight champions Valle (32-3, 10 Kos) and Esparza (15-2, 1 KO) clash in a flyweight division match […]
Welterweight Changes With Price vs Jonas in England and More News and Notes By David A. Avila A cosmic shift took place for welterweights in London, England. Welsh fighter Lauren Price (9-0, 2 Kos) established dominance as a welterweight champion with a convincing win over Liverpool’s Natasha Jonas (16-3-1) to grasp most of the sanctioning […]