Terri Harper Wins First Lightweight Fight, Erica Farias Wins Too in England By David A. Avila In two battles between Britain and Argentina it was former super featherweight titlist Terri Harper moving up to lightweight and winning her split with a convincing win against Argentina’s Yamila Abellaneda on Saturday. It was Harper’s first foray […]
The Super Featherweight Take Over in Women’s Prizefighting and More Fight News By David A. Avila Two weight divisions in women’s prizefighting dominate in popularity. The super featherweights that seem centered in Europe and the flyweights dominate in the western area of North America. Let’s stick with the super feathers. England’s Terri Harper (11-1-1) […]
Japan Boxing Returns and More Fight News By David A. Avila An all-female fight card in Japan saw two world titles decided as the “Land of the Rising Sun” once again showcased its heavily talented women. Slowed by the pandemic and strict quarantine rules applied by Japan, not many fight cards were held last […]
Natasha Jonas and More Female Fight News Feb. 21, 2022 By David A. Avila Watching Natasha Jonas dismantle Chris Namus despite jumping up several weight divisions was proof once again that a skilled fighter can defeat a bigger foe despite a size difference. Jonas had proven her skills as an amateur star who was […]
Heather Hardy and Terri Harper and More Fight News By David A. Avila In a surprise move, England’s Terri Harper and America’s Heather Hardy will meet in a lightweight clash in the United Kingdom in March said Matchroom Boxing. Harper, the former super featherweight world titlist and Hardy, the former featherweight world titlist, will […]
Pound for Pound Top 12 in Women’s Boxing and More News By David A. Avila Women’s prizefighting took off in 2021. Many big fights took place and many former top-rated Pound for Pound tumbled out of the list and were replaced. Welcome to the new list of 2022. This is my personal list. […]
Women’s Prizefighting Big Bang Review of 2021 Pt. 2 By David A. Avila A fabulous year in women’s prizefighting needed two parts to summarize the amazing events including the beginning of a super lightweight tourney, the amazing continuation of Amanda Serrano’s march toward becoming world recognized and Katie Taylor proving she’s at another level […]
Our Fighter of the Year is Seniesa Estrada, Plus Other Award Winners By the Prizefighters staff It was a year that saw the best of the best tangle with each other until the final months, final weeks and final days of 2021. We saw Katie Taylor, Chantelle Cameron and Kali Reis all perform their […]
Another Look at Reis and Camara and More Clash of the Titans By David A. Avila When Kali Reis and Jessica Camara concluded their epic battle, it continued yet another weekend of back-to-back-to-back sensational championship fights. Furthermore, all were televised, streamed and available for fans. In all my decades covering women’s championship fights I […]
Alycia Baumgardner Wins WBC and IBO Titles and More News From Around the World By David A. Avila An explosion of punches and boom it was over. Alycia Baumgardner beat Terri Harper to the punch and the IBO and WBC titles changed hand in an instant. It can happen that way and it did. […]