Cindy Serrano and Female Fight News for week of Oct. 9, 2017
WBO featherweight titlist Cindy “Checkmate” Serrano meets an old foe of the family on Saturday at Barclays Center in her hometown of Brooklyn
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Mexican Clashes and Female Fight News for week of Oct. 2, 2017
Female Fight News for week of Oct. 2, 2017 Mexico and more
All eyes were on Mexico as a number of top female fighters from that country took
Mikaela Mayer and Female Fight News for week of Sept.25
Female Fight News for week of Sept. 25, Mikaela Mayer and more By David A. Avila A seismic shift took place the last few weeks with several female prizefighters showcasing their talent in the West Coast. After many months of drought the West Coast has erupted with female prizefighters performing in Las Vegas, Los […]
Hannah, Kenia and Female Fight News for week of May 29
Female Fight News for week of May 30 Hannah and more By David A. Avila A super welterweight championship fight and a battle for a vacant light flyweight title took center stage last weekend in Central America and North America. Next weekend Argentina gets the spotlight with a super lightweight showdown. Hannah Gabriel who […]
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 […]
Fresh Faces: Sulem Urbina
Fresh Faces: Sulem Urbina (Editor’s note: Sulem Urbina’s fight set for Saturday was canceled) Like my many female fighters before her and surely after her, Sulem Urbina, 26, of Phoenix, AZ, has dedicated her life to the sport she loves. Her whole life revolves around her strapping on the gloves. Urbina (3-0) […]
Female Fight News for week of Jan. 23, 2017
Female Fight News for week of Jan. 23, 2017 European female boxing got started with a bang this week with several top fights taking place in France and Belgium. The big one was supposed to take place this weekend with Norway’s Cecilia Braekhus defending her welterweight belts against Swedens Karla Svensson. It was postponed […]
Female Fight News for Week of Dec. 19, 2016
Female Fight News for Week of December 19, 2016: Mariana Juarez, Marcela Acuna and more In a light weekend before the holiday season two future female Hall of Fame prizefighters Marcela Acuna and Mariana Juarez showed they are not done yet with performing and winning at a high level. On Saturday, in Cancun, Mexico, […]
Sulem Urbina Signs with Zanfer
Mexican-American Amateur Star Sulem Urbina Signs with Zanfer Promotions Amateur standout Sulem Urbina will not let tragedy mark her life. In 2013 her brother Alexis, an amateur with a bright future in his own right, died from injuries sustained in a home invasion at their family home in Phoenix, Arizona. It was their […]