Tag Archives: Naoko Fujioka

Seniesa Estrada and the Big Bang Heard Around the World

Seniesa Estrada: Her Vicious Knockout Sent Shockwaves    By David A. Avila People went out of their minds when Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada blitzed Miranda Adkins with a lightning three and four-punch combination that rendered her unconscious in seven seconds. Cries of mismatch, fix and horror erupted from all points of the world in all […]

East L.A.’s Seniesa Estrada KOs Adkins in 7 Seconds

East L.A.’s Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada Easily Disposes of Adkins   By David A. Avila Anxious to return to the prize ring Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada needed only seconds to prove the vast difference between undefeated records as she battered Miranda Adkins unconscious mercilessly on Friday night. This is prizefighting. Estrada (19-0, 8 KOs) in […]

Boxing Returns to Japan in July

Boxing Returns to Japan in July; Top Fighters are Ready   By Yuriko Miyata   Since the JPBA Japan Professional Boxing Association and JBC Japan Boxing Commission decided to suspend shows at the end of February due to the COVID19 spread, boxing will resume with some conditions for safety: the events will be closed to […]

The Prizefighters Pound for Pound Best in Female Boxing

Female Pound for Pound Ratings 2020   By David A. Avila With the world of boxing ready to re-launch, it is time to re-establish the top prizefighters in the world. Most of the elite suffered postponements of one type or another and are eager to perform. From Asia to America fighters are seeking ways to […]

Layla McCarter, Naoko Fujioka and Others Testing the Younger Fighters

Forty-Year Old Greats Like Layla and Naoko Are Ready to Test the Youngsters   By David A. Avila Many of the best fighters in the world are into their 40s. If you take a look around the world from Japan to Argentina from contenders to world champions a long list of fighters exist that are […]

Smaller Fighters Raring to Go in Wild West

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 […]

Japan’s World Champions Naoko Fujioka and Miyo Yoshida in U.S. Visit

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 […]

Female Boxing Wish List Pt. II – Lulu, Mariana and More

Female Boxing Wish List for 2020 Part II   By Felipe Leon   There is no denying female boxing is on an upswing.  Some might say a new golden era.  There is no indication of the bubble bursting any time soon with new ways to watch and follow the sport with applications like DAZN and […]

Women’s Boxing’s Best Pound for Pound in 2019 and other news

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 […]

East L.A.’s Seniesa Estrada Beats Marlen Esparza

Seniesa Estrada Beats Marlen Esparza in Entertaining Las Vegas Fight   By David A. Avila LAS VEGAS, Nevada-Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada walked away with the interim WBA flyweight title by technical decision over Marlen Esparza after a bloody forehead gash forced a stoppage after a clash of heads on Saturday. “I couldn’t see anything,” said […]