Tag Archives: Top Rank

Shields, Marshall, Mayer & Baumgardner on Sept. 10. It’s Official

All Female Card in London Led by Shields, Marshall, Mayer and Baumgardner   By David A. Avila An all-female fight card led by Claressa Shields, Savannah Marshall, Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner will take place in September in the United Kingdom, it was formally announced by the promoters. No punches were pulled as three of […]

Mikaela Mayer to Fight Alycia Baumgardner Announces Top Rank

Mikaela Mayer to Fight Alycia Baumgardner and More News    By David A. Avila (Photo by Al Applerose) After months of vigorous tossing of social media grenades between rival Americans Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner, the acidic war of words is over and now the real action begins. Top Rank announced Monday it financially backs […]

Mikaela Mayer Wins and Fellow Olympians Win Too

American Olympians Mayer, Esparza and Fuchs Win and More News   By David A. Avila Three American Olympians led by Mikaela Mayer showcased their brand of prizefighting and all were televised or streamed. It’s a new era for female prizefighting. This past Saturday, in her native Southern California, Mayer trounced another American Jessica Han who […]

Mikaela Mayer Beats Jennifer Han in SoCal

Mikaela Mayer Dominant in Return to So Cal   By Tarrah Zael COSTA MESA, Ca. – Mikaela Mayer retained her junior lightweight titles and showed the boxing world with class that women boxing is more than relevant after her dominant win over Jennifer Han at The Hangar in Orange County, California on Saturday night.   […]

Mikaela Mayer and Maiva Hamadouche, Finally

Mikaela Mayer vs Maiva Hamadouche in Las Vegas on Friday   By Felipe Leon Despite having laced up gloves for nearly 15 years now, current WBO super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer (15-0, 5KO) still feels she is walking into the unknown when it comes to her boxing career.   She will take another unprecedented step, […]

WBO Champ Mikaela Mayer Staves Off Erica Farias in Las Vegas

Mayer Successfully Defends WBO Super Featherweight Title       By Al Applerose     LAS VEGAS-Champion Mikaela Mayer continued her trek towards world domination in defending her WBO super featherweight title with a unanimous decision over former two-time world champion Erica Farias of Argentina on Saturday.    WBO super featherweight titlist Mayer (15-0, 5 KOs) made her first defense of the title, but […]

France’s Maiva Hamadouche Wants Mikaela Mayer Showdown and More

Maiva Hamadouche Targets Mikaela Mayer, Olympics and Looks at a Big Year By Phil Woolever One of the hottest topics in women’s boxing involves an intriguing series of potential contests between the top super-featherweight titlists, to unify the most prestigious of those championships.   France’s Maiva Hamadouche wants to prove she’s the best of that elite […]

Mikaela Mayer Eager to Tame Super Featherweights Titlists

Mikaela Mayer wins WBO and Wants The Other Titles Too   By Felipe Leon   Halloween night in the United States is known for its parade of disguises, candy and parties but for undefeated super featherweight Mikaela Mayer it will forever be etched in her memories as the night she became a world champion.  That […]

Women’s Boxing Gaining A Grip in the Fight World

Women’s Boxing Gaining Traction and More Female Fight News   By David A. Avila While most of the sports world slowed down, boxing kept trudging along especially women’s prizefighting. Bulging with cash in his pockets, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing was able push the female prizefighting agenda forward with a number of big matchups for […]

Mikaela Mayer Takes WBO Title From Ewa Brodnicka

Mayer Captures WBO Super Featherweight Title in Las Vegas   By Felipe Leon   American Mikaela Mayer (14-0, 5KO) moved towards world domination in capturing the vacant WBO super featherweight title with a lopsided unanimous decision over former world champion Ewa Brodnicka (19-1, 2KO) of Poland.  The scheduled ten round championship fight was the semi-main […]