Amanda Serrano and Other Female Fight News By David A. Avila After learning a mega fight was finally arranged, Amanda Serrano requested a quick fight to find her boxing footing and easily dispatched Brazil’s Simone Aparecida Da Silva like a fleck on her sweater last weekend. “I had to stop her,” said Serrano, a […]
Delfine Persoon Defeats Helen Joseph and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Former lightweight champion Delfine Persoon dropped down a weight division and defeated Nigeria’s Helen Joseph who moved up several weight divisions to fight the Belgian fighter for the interim WBA super featherweight title. Anyone familiar with both fighters knows they […]
Countdown for Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer and more female fight news By David A. Avila Countdown has begun for the middleweight coronation. It’s the first of its kind in the world of female prizefighting and will be shown nearly worldwide. In a mere five days WBA, IBF and WBC titlist Claressa Shields (8-0, […]
Seniesa Estrada Grabs Fourth Straight KO and Sulem Urbina Wins Too in Tijuana By David A. Avila A night that could have been majestic ended up falling a little flat. Expectations of watching Seniesa Estrada defend the WBC Silver light flyweight title were dismissed by Zanfer Promotions and DAZN who opted to show local […]
Mexico Rising and Female Fight News Feb. 18, 2019 By David A. Avila Mexico’s power in female prizefighting resides in the smaller weight classes from super bantamweights on down. WBC light flyweight titlist Yesenia Gomez defended her title successfully a few days ago, or did she? Gomez (15-5-3, 6KOs) was judged the winner by […]
Female Fight News Claressa Shields and World Title Fights By David A. Avila Claressa Shields will be fighting Scotland’s Hannah Rankin in defense of the IBF and WBA middleweight titles on Nov. 17, said Salita Promotions. It keeps the ball rolling for the undefeated super star. Despite a cancellation of the mega fight with […]
Sulem Urbina Shines in Tijuana, Mexico By David A. Avila Sulem Urbina showed fans in Tijuana the difference two years can make. Urbina (7-0) returned to Tijuana where she made her pro debut two years ago and defeated Lesley Rodriguez (2-4-1) in a six round flyweight contest on Saturday, July 28. The former Mexican […]
Female Fight News for week of Dec. 11, 2017 Cecilia Braekhus
Norway’s Cecilia Braekhus is no stranger to the female boxing world.
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It is always means something to be first. It might be a personal goal or something nobody has ever done before.
Female Fight News for week of Dec. 4, 2017 Sulem Urbina By David A. Avila America finally catches up. After years of female prizefighting from the U.S. taking a back seat to the rest of the world the women in the states are finally getting recognition. Two former amateur stars appear on major fight […]