Welterweight Changes With Price vs Jonas in England and More News and Notes By David A. Avila A cosmic shift took place for welterweights in London, England. Welsh fighter Lauren Price (9-0, 2 Kos) established dominance as a welterweight champion with a convincing win over Liverpool’s Natasha Jonas (16-3-1) to grasp most of the sanctioning […]
Tsunami Tenkai in Argentina and Other Big Showdowns By David A. Avila Tsunami Tenkai leads a trio of critical showdowns with world title implications. All three are very juicy match ups. First, Natasha Jonas and Lauryn Price tangle in London, England for several welterweight titles, while lightweight WBC titlist Caroline DuBois fights Bo Mi Re […]
Rating Top Female Welterweights and Other News By David A. Avila We are entering the month of March madness. Welterweights like Natasha Jonas and several others are scheduled to fill this coming month with marquee match ups in England and the USA. No other weight division seems to be as loaded as the 147-pound […]
Anne Sophie Mathis, Yessica Chavez and Mary Jo Sanders in Hall of Fame and Other Female Fight News By David A. Avila Four female fighters will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at Canastota this year. Mexico’s Yesica Chavez leads three others including France’s Anne Sophie Mathis, and American’s Mary Jo Sanders and […]
Reflections on Mayer-Jonas, Upcoming Battles and Kali Reis By David A. Avila It was an incredible bout with two high-powered champions Natasha Jonas and Mikaela Mayer firing on all cylinders. It seems ludicrous to say, but the IBF welterweight world title clash could have been even better. Just on skill alone, the match between […]
Mikaela Mayer, Natasha Jonas, Cyborg and More News By David A. Avila (Photo by JP Yim) Allies do fight each other. England’s Natasha Jonas defends the IBF welterweight title against America’s Mikaela Mayer this weekend. Both wanted and lobbied for it. Jonas (14-2-1, 9 Kos) is a stylish southpaw who moved up in weight […]
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 […]
Denmark’s Dina Thorslund and More Big Women’s Boxing Moments from 2023 By David A. Avila What a year. Not to punch holes in a corpse. Though boxing lost Showtime as a media outlet for televising prizefighting events, I truly believe it was due to not showing female boxing on its events all this year […]
Ebanie Bridges vs Miyo Yoshida; Amanda Serrano Dumps WBC Belt and More News By David A. Avila Extraordinary. One is a former Australian ring girl, trainer, teacher turned boxing world champion. The other is a single mother from Asia who moved to another continent in pursuit of her American dreams in New York. On […]
Mikaela Mayer Wants 3-Minute Rounds Versus Natasha Jonas and More News By David A. Avila Leave it to Mikaela Mayer to walk the talk. The feisty Mayer confronted Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom about staging the upcoming welterweight title fight at 3-minute rounds instead of two. He tried to balk but was pinned on the […]