Mikaela Mayer Targets World Titles, Lizbeth Crespo in the Way By David A. Avila Mikaela Mayer always stands out. Years ago, an amateur tournament comprised of teams from different nations engaged in a high school gymnasium in Oxnard, Calif. Dozens of female boxers exchanged blows and showed off their technique. But it was difficult […]
Gen X Champs Mariana Juarez and Yesica Bopp versus Millennials By David A. Avila Unknown by many fans of female boxing, during the 1990s Mexico declared female prizefighting illegal for a number of years into the 21st century. Today, Mexico now has become a super power in female prizefighting. Mariana Juarez was one of […]
Katie Taylor’s Battle vs. Delfine Persoon Begs for Rematch By David A. Avila Katie Taylor emerged the winner after 10 brutal rounds against punching machine Delfine Persoon to win by majority decision. It gives the Irish fighter all four major world titles but does it give her the title of undisputed world champion? Though […]
Tiara “T Baby” Brown Fights Angel Gladney on Saturday By David A. Avila Tiara Brown puts aside her street protecting duds and returns to the boxing ring against veteran Angel Gladney. Washington D.C. police officer Brown (7-0, 5 KOs) meets Gladney (10-14-1) at the Mystics Sports Arena in D.C. on Saturday May 18. At […]
Tiara “T Baby” Brown is Both Featherweight Contender and Police Officer of the Year By Felipe Leon Who would have thought a baby named after a Duncan Hines cookie from the 80s would grow to be an extraordinary accomplished boxer as well as Washington D.C.’s Police Officer of the Year? That is […]
Mexico Rising and Female Fight News Feb. 18, 2019 By David A. Avila Mexico’s power in female prizefighting resides in the smaller weight classes from super bantamweights on down. WBC light flyweight titlist Yesenia Gomez defended her title successfully a few days ago, or did she? Gomez (15-5-3, 6KOs) was judged the winner by […]
Mikaela Mayer Too Much for Mexico’s Yareli Larios and Keeps NABF Title By David A. Avila It was the first time Mikaela Mayer had ever lost a round but after a second frame spent probing she slipped into overdrive and never looked back in her second successful defense on Friday. “It’s not the amateurs […]
Mikaela Mayer Faces Mexico’s Tough Yareli Larios on Friday on ESPN Card By David A. Avila Southern California’s Mikaela Mayer’s hunting for a world title in 2019 and the search party begins with Mexico’s Yareli Larios. NABF super featherweight titlist Mayer (9-0, 4 KOs) meets Larios (13-1-1, 3 KOs) the daughter of a two-time […]
Promoter Ronald Cruz-Hunt Exporting Female Boxing to Tijuana Just as you have your big name female fighters with elite promoters like Mikaela Mayer with Top Rank and Katie Taylor with Matchroom Boxing USA, there are countless fighters who battle it out in the trenches on club level shows throughout the United States. The […]
Female Prizefighting: A Look Back at 2018 By David A. Avila It was the best year yet for female prizefighting in 2018 and expect even more in 2019. Blame it on Rio for what’s slowly and powerfully developing into a slow growing tidal wave of appeal. Boxing fans are catching on to female boxing […]