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 […]
Smaller Weight Female Fighters Ready and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Over the weekend a quartet of Japanese female boxers headed by two world champions visited Southern California. WBA flyweight world titlist Naoko Fujioka a five-division world champion and Miyo Yoshida the WBO super flyweight world titlist both sparred numerous rounds […]
Japanese Fighters Fujioka and Yoshida Arrive in Southern California to Test Waters By Felipe Leon Earlier this week as the sun was setting to the west of Los Angeles, a plane was landing from the East. Traveling in it were the current WBA female flyweight champion Naoko Fujioka (18-2-1, 7KO), arguably the best […]
New Decade and New Expectations with Shields, Napoleon and Crews-Dezurn, plus more Female Fight News By David A. Avila American stars kick off the new decade with Claressa Shields, Franchon Crews-Dezurn and Alicia Napoleon Espinosa headlining world title fights this weekend. Could this be the Roaring 20s for female prizefighting? Shields (9-0) seeks to […]
Pound for Pound in 2019 and More News By David A. Avila The end of a tumultuous and successful year 2019 in female prizefighting has arrived. Some fought less than expected and some fought more. Several weight divisions saw unification bouts take place with Claressa Shields becoming undisputed middleweight world champion and Katie Taylor […]
Franchon Crews Enters the Golden Age and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Franchon Crews Dezurn grabbed her first fight and win in a year by knockout. Despite holding the WBC super middleweight world title her match against Kayla Williams was a non-title fight and ended by knockout. On most occasions it […]
Eri Matsuda and Miyo Yoshida Win in All-Female Tokyo Card By Yuriko Miyata “The Victoriva” event celebrated its first anniversary with its fourth boxing card in a year at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on March 13th. This all-women promotion has worked well and been settled as a regular series all in 12 […]
Katie Taylor Stepped Up; Who’s Next? Will it be Persoon, McCarter, Serrano, McCaskill or Braekhus? By David A. Avila Ireland’s Katie Taylor put an Irish whuppin on Brazil’s Rose Volante and added another title to her lightweight collection of the WBA, IBF and WBO belts. Next up could be Belgium’s Delfine Persoon who holds […]
Melissa St.Vil Lands in Belgium for WBC Title Challenge By David A. Avila Brooklyn’s Melissa St. Vil has already arrived in Europe and if you know anything about the Haitian-American fighter, the country of Belgium is in for a surprise. St. Vil (11-3-4) challenges WBC lightweight titlist Delfine Persoon (42-1) on Saturday March 9, […]
Best of Japan in 2018 and Comprehensive Look at Boxing Crazy Japan By Yuriko Miyata Japan has been one of the greatest powers in female boxing especially in the lighter weight divisions in the last decade. Although the number of reigning world champions is less than that at its peak in 2016, […]