Battle in Japan for Mizuki Hiruta, Yuko Kuroki and Mika Iwakawa By David A. Avila Battle. Mizuki Hiruta, a pink flame-haired super flyweight world champion, spearheads an all-female fight card in Tokyo this week. WBO super flyweight titlist Hiruta (5-0) defends against South Korea’s Ji Hyun Park (26-3) on Friday Jan. 12, at Korakuen […]
World Title Fights in U.S. and Germany Shadasia, Franchon, Boorman and Nery Plata and More News By David A. Avila Two potentially explosive world title fights take place this weekend. First, a showdown between former champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn and Shadasia Green ends the year for big-time women world title fights this year. Crews-Dezurn (8-2) […]
Mizuki Hiruta Dominates Casey Morton; Japanese Great Naoko Fujioka Retires and More By David A. Avila In her first defense of the WBO super flyweight title, Mizuki Hiruta savagely knocked out contender Casey Morton on Tuesday. It was Hiruta’s first defense of the title. Hiruta (5-0, 1 KO) showed the crowd at the famous […]
Japan’s Mizuki Hiruta Ready to Defend WBO Title on Tuesday in Tokyo By Yuriko Miyata Japan’s new front runner Mizuki Hiruta is defending her WBO super flyweight title against Hawaiian veteran Casey Morton (11-3-3, 3KOs) in a 10 round bout at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo on June 13th. It is a mandatory fight for the […]
Top 12 Pound for Pound List for ThePrizefighters.com in June 2023 and More News By David A. Avila It was Claressa Shields turn in the spotlight and the undisputed middleweight champion banged her way to victory over the very strong Maricela Cornejo by decision in Detroit last weekend. Shields again substantiated her position as […]
Battle of Aussies Ebanie Bridges vs Shannon O’Connell in England and More News By David A. Avila Two dynamic Australian fighters tangle in England as IBF bantamweight titlist Ebanie Bridges defends against fellow Aussie Shannon O’Connell. “It’s the biggest woman’s fight in Australian history,” said Bridges. One represents the new wave of women’s prizefighting […]
Mizuki Hiruta Wins WBO super fly World Title in Tokyo and More News By Yuriko Miyata It is already a natural part of the Japanese boxing scene to see a show that promotes only women boxers. The third version was just held at famous Korakuen Hall in Tokyo last Thursday, as undefeated Mizuki […]
Kuroki and Iwakawa, Two New World Champs in Japan and Other Results on All-Women’s Card By Yuriko Miyata Two world title fights were hosted at Korakuen Hall the 60-year-old Mecca of Japan in an even called Queen’s Quest 2022. Since day one of female professional boxing under the JBC that started in […]