Tag Archives: USA

Female Boxing Hit With Cheating Scandal

Cheating Found in All Sports Including Female Boxing   By David A. Avila An era of cheating has enshrouded the entire sports world from the least profitable to the most lucrative. Even the sport of female prizefighting has been touched by those seeking to gain a winning edge. Combat sports has one female fighter who […]

Female Boxing Wish List Pt. II – Lulu, Mariana and More

Female Boxing Wish List for 2020 Part II   By Felipe Leon   There is no denying female boxing is on an upswing.  Some might say a new golden era.  There is no indication of the bubble bursting any time soon with new ways to watch and follow the sport with applications like DAZN and […]

Tiara Brown vs Vanessa Bradford and More Female Fight News

Tiara Brown, Melissa St.Vil, Mikaela Mayer and More Fight News   By David A. Avila Several elite prize fights available for viewing highlight this week’s schedule. Not too long ago anyone interested in watching female prizefighting was out of luck. Television rarely showed the women for decades especially in the USA. That’s all changed. Here’s […]

Marlen Esparza Returns to So Calif. and More Female Fight News

Marlen Esparza Returns, Naoko and Tsunami and More Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Change, can make you want to hustle. Marlen Esparza the NABO flyweight titlist returns to the boxing ring minus a few wrinkles and adding a few new bullets to the arsenal. Houston’s Esparza (6-0, 1 KO) puts it all […]

World is Watching Claressa Shields vs Christina Hammer

A World Awaits Claressa Shields vs Christina Hammer for Undisputed Championship   By David A. Avila America’s Claressa Shields appeared on the prizefighting scene like a cyclone tearing down everything in her path including the old guard in a mere three years. Germany’s Christina Hammer entered the professional ranks almost in secret and has been […]

Greatest Female Fights in Last 25 Years

Prizefighters.com Shares A Few of the Greatest Female Fights in Last 25 Years   By David A. Avila With Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer poised to clash on Saturday in an epic middleweight showdown, here are a few dazzling female fights to compare. Over the decades many battles between female prizefighters took place. Many of […]

Countdown for Claressa Shields vs Christina Hammer

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, […]

Claressa Shields Says Christina Hammer Won’t Go the Distance

Claressa Shields vs Christina Hammer   By Felipe Leon   Although many believe the best recent year in professional female boxing was in 2017 when the sport exploded on U.S. airwaves or at least much more than in the ten years before, 2019 brings us the first truly mega fight of the sport.   On […]

Melissa St. Vil vs. Delfine Persoon for WBC Title

Delfine Persoon Faces Melissa St Vil  in Belgium   By Phil Woolever   Highly regarded Delfine Persoon, 42-1 (17 KO) makes the 9th  defense of her WBC lightweight belt this Saturday night in her native Belgium, against the solid US challenger Melissa St. Vil, 11-3-4 (1 KO).   Both fighters looked relaxed and cordial during […]

Analyzing Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada and Other Light Flyweights

Analyzing Seniesa Estrada and Other Light Flyweights plus Female Fight News   By David A. Avila A few of the best light flyweights appeared in Tijuana, Mexico last weekend and it suddenly hit me: that very few people outside of the hardcore female boxing fans know about the 108-pound light flyweights, or anybody below 126 […]