Tag Archives: Naoko Fujioka

Fighter of the Year 2021: Seniesa Estrada

Our Fighter of the Year is Seniesa Estrada, Plus Other Award Winners   By the Prizefighters staff It was a year that saw the best of the best tangle with each other until the final months, final weeks and final days of 2021. We saw Katie Taylor, Chantelle Cameron and Kali Reis all perform their […]

Marlen Esparza vs Anabel Ortiz

Marlen Esparza vs Anabel Ortiz in San Antonio, Texas   By David A. Avila Marlen Esparza, world champion. It has a magical ring to it and though she’s accomplished incredible amateur success representing the USA, it’s even better boxing as a professional. “It’s been a lot more exciting, 1000 percent. Slower, but everything means a […]

Amanda Serrano vs Miriam Gutierrez and More News

Amanda Serrano’s Turn in Tampa and More Fight News   By David A. Avila Brooklyn’s Amanda Serrano takes on yet another challenge in moving up to lightweight to face Spain’s Miriam Gutierrez. A Serrano win assures a showdown with Katie Taylor early next year. After winning seven weight division world titles and dominating every foe […]

Vietnam’s Thi Thu Nguyen Dethrones Etsuko Tada for WBO Title

Thi Thu Nguyen beats Japan’s Estuko Tada to Be Vietnam’s First Champion   By Yuriko Miyata   History has been written as top contender Thi Thu Nhi Nguyen (5-0, 1KO) edged the champion Etsuko Tada (20-4-3, 7KOs) by decision to snatch her WBO minimumweight title in a 10-rounds scheduled contest at Wadong Gymnasium, in Ansan, […]

Two “Fight of the Year” Candidates in LA

Fight of the Year Candidates in LA with Seniesa Estrada, Tsunami Tenkai, Naoko Fujioka and Sulem Urbina   By David A. Avila Maybe it was the intense heat, but Los Angeles and the world witnessed two electrifying world title bouts between Japan and the US last Friday. Both are candidates for Fight of the Year. […]

Naoko Fujioka Defeats Sulem Urbina in Slugfest

Naoko Fujioka Retains WBA World Title Against Sulem Urbina in Los Angeles     By Tarrah Zael   LOS ANGELES-The main event on the Facebook fights also the best fight on that portion with Japan’s mighty Naoko Fujioka and Sulem Urbina in a flyweight championship clash on Friday at the Banc of California.   It […]

Two World Title Fights in L.A: Japan vs America

Summer Jam in LA: Japan vs America and More News   By David A. Avila American fight fans get a first-time glimpse of Japan’s best female fighters this week as WBA flyweight champ Naoko Fujioka and WBO light flyweight titlist Tsunami Tenkai have arrived and are ready for this country’s best. Stepping up against the […]

Naoko Fujioka and Tsunami Tenkai Ready to Defend Titles in USA

Japan’s Best Naoko Fujioka and Tsunami Tenkai Coming to America   By David A. Avila In less than two weeks Japan versus USA will take place in Los Angeles. Two of the very best fighters from the island nation will arrive when WBA flyweight world titlist Naoko Fujioka and WBO light flyweight world titlist Tsunami […]

Mexico’s Isabel “Estrella” Millan Retires

Isabel “Estrella” Millan Retires   By Felipe Leon   Many might believe the hardest decision for a professional boxer is to actually climb into a prize ring armed with only a pair of gloves and a dream.  Speak to enough of them and they will tell you that is the easiest of them all and […]

The Prizefighter’s Top Female Fighters “Pound for Pound”

Best Female Fighters Pound for Pound and More News   By the Prizefighters.com staff Here at the Prizefighters.com our process for selecting those on the Pound for Pound list consists of basing each fighter by their skills, experience and fighting other high level foes. Popularity doesn’t matter. Regardless of television or streamed fights it all […]