Reporting from Japan: Etsuko Tada Powers by Naoko Shibata
Reporting from Japan: Etsuko Tada Powers by Naoko Shibata
Showdowns between fellow rivals have always pleased fans in Japan.
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Maricela Cornejo and Female Fight News for week of Nov. 13, 2017
Female Fight News for week of Nov. 13, 2017 Maricela Cornejo
Two pound for pound best Belgium’s Delfine Persoon and Mexico’s Mariana
Mexican Battles: Zamora vs Millan & Rivas vs Larios
Fighting For a Chance: Zamora vs. Millan &
Yazmin Rivas vs. Larios
While the big news in female boxing in the United States is the upswing the sport
Kika Chavez Win Changes Flyweight Landscape
Ripples in the light flyweight-flyweight pond
With this past weekend’s win by Jessica “Kika” Chavez (30-4-3, 4KO) over Esmeralda “Joya” Moreno
Rocking Japan: Shibata Wins and Atomweight Tourney Nearing End
Shibata Wins and Atomweight Tourney Nearing End By Yuriko Miyata Former IBF light flyweight champion Naoko Shibata (17-4-1, 6KOs) came back to the ring to stop Shisa Manopgym (0-3) of Thailand at 1:20 in the second round in a six-round contest on Friday Sept. 1, at the famous Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. […]
Southern California’s Heating Up Female Fight News week of Sept. 4, 2017
Female Fight News for week of Sept. 4, Southern California Heating Up By David A. Avila Southern California has become the heart and soul of prizefighting when it comes to the men. In the past female prizefighters were in abundance up and down the state, but over these past five years the talent pool […]
Promoting and Female Fight News for week of Aug. 28
Female Fight News for week of Aug. 28, 2017 Promoting and Actual Worth By David A. Avila Another light week slides into female boxing this week with only scattered bouts around the world. Mexico has the top fight this week as Lourdes “Lulu” Juarez fights Cecilia Santoscoy for one of the WBC minor titles […]
Mexico’s Kenia Enriquez Wants It All
Kenia Enriquez Wants It All By Felipe Leon TIJUANA, MEXICO-As expected once you win a world title, the goal of every fighter who straps on a pair of gloves whether they are male or female, changes will knock on your door. Tijuana, Mexico’s Kenia Enriquez (19-1, 9KO) is not the exception. Since winning […]
Kenia “La Gema” Enriquez Wins Second World Title
Kenia Enriquez Wins Second World Title and other results By Felipe Leon CIUDAD OBREGON, Mexico-Tijuana’s Kenia Enriquez captured her second world title, the interim WBC light flyweight strap, with a thunderous left hook to the liver that sent electric shocks through the game Maria Salinas in the third round. The championship bout […]
Female Fight News for week of March 7, Heather Hardy and more
Female Fight News for week of March 7, 2017 Heather Hardy and more One Olympian triumphed in her third foray into the professional world and another will enter the stage a second time in what will be another historic moment for women’s prizefighting. But first, Brooklyn’s Heather “the Heat” Hardy returned to the boxing ring […]