Female Fight News for week of Aug. 28, 2017 Promoting and Actual Worth By David A. Avila Another light week slides into female boxing this week with only scattered bouts around the world. Mexico has the top fight this week as Lourdes “Lulu” Juarez fights Cecilia Santoscoy for one of the WBC minor titles […]
Female Fight News and results for Aug. 21, 2017 American Television By David A. Avila American television has not fully bought into female prizefighting. It’s a slow painstaking ordeal that needs to be taken in baby steps. But it’s difficult for the female boxing community to maintain patience. While MMA forges ahead with television […]
Female Fight News for week of Aug. 7, 2017 Olympian Week By David A. Avila Olympian week took hold as former American team mates both made history over the weekend in different parts of the U.S.A. The sleeping giant has awoken Claressa Shields dominated WBC super middleweight champion Nikki Adler to rip the world […]
Mikaela Mayer Sizzles in Pro Debut in Hometown L.A. By David A. Avila LOS ANGELES-Mikaela Mayer blitzed to her first pro win with an emphatic knockout victory over Widnelly Figueroa in front of her native hometown on Saturday. It has been years since she fought in Los Angeles. “I’m from here but I rarely […]
Mikaela Mayer Debuts on Big Stage in City of Angels By Igor Frank LOS ANGELES-Ten years ago Mikaela Mayer walked into the Mejiro Gym, L.A in Woodland Hills, California. “I just turned seventeen,” said Mayer while in Hollywood on Wednesday. “And I kind of had been to four different high schools and I just […]
Female Fight News for week of July 31, Katie Taylor and More By David A. Avila One of the lightest weeks of the boxing calendar saw female prizefighting take center stage last weekend and again this coming weekend. Katie Taylor, the pride of Ireland, made her American debut with a one-sided thrashing of Texan […]
Female Fight News for week of July 24 American Assault By David A. Avila American prizefighting arrived with a boom last week and continues on with assistance from Ireland. Boricua star Amanda “Real Deal” Serrano brushed aside Hungary’s Edina Kiss with a third round knockout on the island paradise of Puerto Rico. It was […]
Female Fight News for week of July 17, Amanda Serrano “The Real Deal.” By David A. Avila It looks like it’s North America’s turn for female prizefighting. The spotlight has been turned on brightly for many of the top Americans including the announcement that another U.S. Olympian Mikaela Mayer will now be fighting as […]
Top Rank Signs US Olympian Mikaela Mayer; Is Shannon O’Connell Next? By David A. Avila Female prizefighting returns to one of the top boxing promotion companies in the world after a lengthy darkness. Mikaela Mayer the 2016 US Olympian will be making her pro debut on Aug. 5, at Microsoft Theater in downtown Los […]
Mariana Juarez, Ramona Kuehne and Female Fight News for week of July 10, 2017 By David A. Avila It’s almost like Christmas in July. Katie Taylor’s coming to town to add yet another star attraction to the world of women’s boxing in the USA. And there is one more female Olympian to come who […]