Saemi Hanagata Wins in Tokyo, Miyo Yoshida in Kagoshima By Yuriko Miyata A couple of important fights took place in Japan as Saemi Hanagata honored her namesake by winning a world title in Tokyo and Miyo Yoshida made a defense in Kagoshima, Japan. After six years, endurance and hard work finally […]
Japan Reporting: Miyo Yoshida Wins OPBF plus other results By Yuriko Miyata An all-female fight card named “Victoriva” returned to the boxer’s holy place at Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall on Monday night. In the main event, Miyo Yoshida (10-1), ranked number one by Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation, defeated number two ranked […]
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 […]
Japan Reporting: Ex-Champ Yuko Kuroki Wins Convincingly By Yuriko Miyata Former WBC female minimumweight champion Yuko Kuroki successfully earned a victory by unanimous decision over Momoko Kanda, a former OPBF 102lbs titlist, on Tuesday night at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. It was a coming back fight for the popular ex-world champion […]
Japan Reporting: Ebata, Tenkai and other Results from Tokyo By Yuriko Miyata A pair of Japanese proficient fighters proved that they are still on top of the world. WBO minimumweight champion Kayoko Ebata (12-7, 6KOs) made her first defense and former WBA super flyweight champion Tsunami Tenkai (25-12, 14KOs) also successfully […]
Female Fight News March 5, 2018 Layla McCarter By David A. Avila Layla “The Amazing” McCarter held her number one spot in the welterweight rankings by spanking dangerous Victoria Cisneros and winning by stoppage. It was McCarter’s (41-13-5, 11 KOs) fourth knockout win in seven fights. The win on Saturday in Ignacio, Colorado also […]
The first female national championship in the minimumweight division went to Jun Yabuki after a six round clash against Fuka Komura on Monday.
Reporting from Japan: Miyo Yoshida EdgesTakano in Bantamweight Final
TOKYO-The woman with a brand new white championship belt for Japan
WBO featherweight titlist Cindy “Checkmate” Serrano meets an old foe of the family on Saturday at Barclays Center in her hometown of Brooklyn
Female Fight News for week of Oct. 2, 2017 Mexico and more
All eyes were on Mexico as a number of top female fighters from that country took