Female Fight News Aug. 27, 2018 Super featherweights By David A. Avila Super featherweight prospect Mikaela Mayer brought light to the division with her dominating win this past weekend. After beating Hungary’s Edina Kiss by technical knockout on Saturday, it shed light on a division that overflows with talent all over the world. Mayer […]
Mikaela Mayer KOs Edina Kiss in Three in Arizona By David A. Avila Mikaela Mayer wasted no time in dropping Edina Kiss with the first power blow landed and eventually stopping her by technical knockout on Saturday. Now it’s on to a world title. Southern California’s Mayer (7-0, 4 KOs) almost showed disdain for […]
Mikaela Mayer On The Hunt for KOs in Arizona By David A. Avila In a little over a year Mikaela Mayer enters the boxing ring for the seventh time but this time as a full fledge super featherweight. “We tried to fight at super featherweight before but the girls we contacted dropped out and […]
Female Fight News Aug. 20, 2018 Divas Collide By David A. Avila Every year Mexican Independence Day weekend represents one of boxing’s two biggest weekends; Cinco de Mayo is the other major fight weekend in the city of Las Vegas. This year it all begins on Thursday September 13, and Mexican-American super middleweight contender […]
Female Fight News July 30, 2018 Katie Taylor Defeats Another 8 to 1 Underdog By David A. Avila Here comes the lightweight division. While Irish Katie Taylor vanquished American lightweight Kimberly Connor in England on Saturday, a battle between lightweight contenders in the U.S. saw Christina Linardatou edge Alycia Baumgardner by split decision. The […]
Selina Barrios Wins Firefight with Aida Satybaldinova by KO in Texas By David A. Avila It was gasoline to fire as Selina Barrios won the battle of undefeated lightweights by surprise knockout over Aida Satybaldinova on Saturday. Explosive is the key word. Expectations were at the high octane level as Texas fighter Barrios (4-0, […]
Female Fight News for week of July 2, 2018 Mayer and media exposure By David A. Avila Watching Mikaela Mayer stretch her pro winning streak to six without a loss was a treat not offered on television or any other media outlet a mere two years ago. Female prizefighting has gained footing in the […]
Mikaela Mayer Scores Knockdown, But No Knockout in Win in OKC By David A. Avila Mikaela Mayer scored a knockdown against Canada’s Sheena Kaine and won in dominating fashion to win by unanimous decision on Saturday. Mayer (6-0, 3 KOs) faced a fighter in Kaine (5-1, 1 KO) with similar height, similar record and […]
Mikaela Mayer Looking for KOs in OK City on Saturday By David A. Avila Since signing a professional contract Mikaela Mayer has blitzed the prizefighting world like one of her speedy three-punch combinations and already has five wins in five bouts in less than 12 months. Mayer (5-0, 3 KOs) seeks her sixth win […]
Female Fight News June 25, 2018 Shields and Gabriels Aftermath By David A. Avila All eyes interested in the female fight world were riveted toward Detroit where budding American superstar Claressa Shields and Costa Rica’s national heroine Hanna Gabriels met in a battle for two vacant middleweight world titles. What fans around the world […]