Female Fight News for July 16, 2018 West Coast Shines and Future Action By David A. Avila Two Southern California contenders fought in front of a small audience in Los Angeles but in front of a large national audience on ESPN. Up north, another contender performed too. West Coast boxing finally had its turn […]
Mid-Year Progress Report Part I By Felipe Leon The year so far in female boxing has been an excellent one. We have seen Cecilia Braekus break the glass ceiling over at HBO while Claressa Shields gave us one of the most watched fights on Showtime in a number of years. With June […]
Female Fight News for May 21, 2018 Tiara Brown’s in Town By David A. Avila Tiara Brown won world and national titles in the amateur boxing world, defeated some of the toughest female boxers in the world, patrols as a police officer in one of the more rugged metropolitan cities in America. So why […]
Shelly Vincent: A Survivor, Back in the Ring By Felipe Leon. When it comes to a sport, there can’t be anything more difficult than professional boxing. Yes there is baseball where you have to hit a 100 mile-per-hour fastball within a split second and there is football where if you have the ball […]
Female Fight News Feb. 12, 2018 Heather Hardy vs Ana Julaton By David A. Avila Normally we do not cover MMA but an extraordinary matchup pits Heather “The Heat” Hardy against Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton in two clashes: one in the cage and another in the boxing ring. It’s a two-part confrontation. It has […]
Female Fight News for week of Jan. 15, 2018 Promoters
By David A. Avila
Female prizefighting ignited with a bang as Claressa Shields opened up the year with an eye-catching
Beasts of the East: Best Female Fighters East Coast
By David A. Avila
With television focusing primarily on female prizefighters of the East Coast
2018 Wish List Part I By Felipe Leon There is no doubt that the last 12 months have been the best in quite a while for female boxing. From Amanda Serrano’s dominating performance against Mexican Yazmin “Rusita” Rivas opening up the year 2017 to Katie Taylor’s first defense of her newly captured WBA lightweight […]
Female Fight News for week of Oct. 30, 2017 Melissa St. Vil By David A. Avila Haiti’s first female champion Melissa St. Vil returned to the island once again and won by technical knockout in a non-title fight. It was significant for St. Vil because it was her first win by knockout after 16 […]
Female Fight News and results for Aug. 21, 2017 American Television By David A. Avila American television has not fully bought into female prizefighting. It’s a slow painstaking ordeal that needs to be taken in baby steps. But it’s difficult for the female boxing community to maintain patience. While MMA forges ahead with television […]