WBC lightweight champ Delfine Persoon Wins Again, plus other Female Chatter By Prizefighter.com staff WBC female lightweight titlist Delfine Persoon (36-1) of Belgium retained the title by unanimous decision against Dominican Republic’s Christina Linardatou (8-1) on Saturday. The 10-round bout took place in Roeselare, Belgium. Persoon, 31, has long dominated the lightweight division but has […]
Former flyweight champion Mariana “Barbie” Juarez (43-8-3, 17KO) announced her intentions to climb up to the bantamweight division in her next scheduled bout and look for a title at the 118-pound limit. The announcement was made during the weekly World Boxing Council (WBC) weekly press conference held at their offices in Mexico City last Tuesday. The […]
Originally slated for December of 2015, the second annual WBC Female Boxing Convention was pushed back a month to the tail end of January 2016 because according of the overwhelming response from the female boxing community. Over 40 professional female fighters representing 30 countries made their way to the Grand Hotel in the heart of […]