Women’s Boxing Events at Orleans Casino in Las Vegas This Week and Other News By David A. Avila Wake up America. The women are taking over sports. Promoters are signing female fighters left and right especially after Netflix and other networks are basically telling them women fighters should be included in deals. Why did it […]
International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame, WBC Summit and More News By David A. Avila Two powerful organizations devoted to women’s boxing meet in Las Vegas, Nevada to propel their sport to the world. In a four day span the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Council will converge to […]
Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Inducts Layla McCarter and More News By David A. Avila Its slightly confusing. Layla McCarter was inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame this past weekend in Las Vegas. But she is fighting this Saturday in Mexico. Usually, most sports hall of fames wait until an athlete retires […]
If Seniesa Estrada Fights Yokasta Valle Again, Make it 12 Three-Minute Rounds By David A. Avila Fans gathered from throughout the southwest and beyond to witness Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada and Yokasta Valle battle for the undisputed minimumweight world championship in Glendale, Arizona. It was like watching two furious tornados erupt with speed and […]
Mini Champs Seniesa Estrada and Yokasta Valle Battle for Big Bucks and Undisputed Championship By David A. Avila It’s taken 20 years for female prizefighters in the smaller divisions to arrive at this historical moment. World titlists Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada and Yokasta Valle become not only the first to battle for undisputed minimumweight […]
Taylor and Serrano Magic at MSG, Future Plans, Three-Minute Rounds and More By David A. Avila (Photo by JP Yim) Waiting at the JFK Airport for my return flight to Southern California on Sunday afternoon, a little Latino boy possibly nine or ten years old stood shadow boxing near a pillar watching his own […]
Out of the Past: Revisiting Canada’s Vaia Zaganas, Now in Hollywood By David A. Avila Fear of diving in the streets of L.A. forced the Canadian from Vancouver to choose a move to Las Vegas instead of Los Angeles in the early 2000s when she decided to try her hand at prizefighting. “You know […]
Daisy Lang: “I Dreamed of Being a World Champion”
Daisy “the Lady” Lang leads a significant group of superb female prizefighters