Maiva Hamadouche Targets Mikaela Mayer, Olympics and Looks at a Big Year By Phil Woolever One of the hottest topics in women’s boxing involves an intriguing series of potential contests between the top super-featherweight titlists, to unify the most prestigious of those championships. France’s Maiva Hamadouche wants to prove she’s the best of that elite […]
Top Ten Fights for 2021 By Felipe Leon 2020 has been a difficult year for the whole world let alone the sport of boxing. Despite the pandemic female boxing has thrived with major events and fighters getting much needed exposure on huge platforms like ESPN and DAZN. Like the rest of the […]
Mikaela Mayer wins WBO and Wants The Other Titles Too By Felipe Leon Halloween night in the United States is known for its parade of disguises, candy and parties but for undefeated super featherweight Mikaela Mayer it will forever be etched in her memories as the night she became a world champion. That […]
Three Day Revelation: Serrano, Mrdjenovich, Hamadouche and Choi By David A. Avila Led by powerful Amanda Serrano a crew of featherweights and super featherweights showed off their stuff to end the year. It was a reminder of the talent spread all over the world. Serrano (39-1-1, 29 KOs) holds the WBO featherweight world title and […]
Women’s Boxing Gaining Traction and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila While most of the sports world slowed down, boxing kept trudging along especially women’s prizefighting. Bulging with cash in his pockets, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing was able push the female prizefighting agenda forward with a number of big matchups for […]
Katie Taylor and the Art of Prizefighting and Other News By David A. Avila Timing beats speed. Except when you combine both speed and timing in a single package. That’s when you get a fighter like Ireland’s Katie Taylor. With a single laser-like shot Taylor dropped Miriam Gutierrez in the fourth round with a […]
Seismic Changes as Mikaela Mayer and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Seismic changes of extraordinary proportions erupted the past few days with many new world champions announcing their arrivals with their fists. America’s Mikaela Mayer claimed the WBO super featherweight title with dominance in wresting the title from Poland’s Ewa Brodnicka […]
Mayer Captures WBO Super Featherweight Title in Las Vegas By Felipe Leon American Mikaela Mayer (14-0, 5KO) moved towards world domination in capturing the vacant WBO super featherweight title with a lopsided unanimous decision over former world champion Ewa Brodnicka (19-1, 2KO) of Poland. The scheduled ten round championship fight was the semi-main […]
Female Title Fights From America to England and More By David A. Avila Octoberfest ends with a bang. Another hard-hitting weekend for women’s prizefighting features American standout Mikaela Mayer vying for her first crack at a world title and several other delicious matchups in California and England. Mayer (13-0) meets WBO super featherweight titlist Ewa […]
Featherweight Sensation Ellie Scotney, Network Attention and More Fight News By David A. Avila England unveiled featherweight prizefighter Ellie Scotney the former amateur standout who decided to go pro when the Tokyo Olympics were postponed. She looked pretty impressive. Scotney signed a long-term contract with Matchroom Boxing and should benefit with the international exposure […]