DAZN, Showtime and Women’s Boxing and Female Fight News By David A. Avila Three years have passed since female Olympians removed their head gear and obtained professional licenses. In 2016, former gold medalists Claressa Shields and Katie Taylor departed the amateur boxing world and entered the prize rings without skipping a beat. Women’s prizefighting […]
Battle of Divas: Heavy-Hitter Franchon Crews-Dezurn Victorious Over Maricela Cornejo By Felipe Leon LOS ANGELES-For reasons like this, Larry Merchant, the legendary commentator formerly of HBO, poignantly dubbed boxing the “theater of the unexpected.” After weeks of promoting the first defense of WBC super middleweight champion Baltimore, Maryland’s Franchon “Heavy-Hitting Diva” Crews-Dezurn against […]
Amanda Serrano Defeats Heather Hardy and Wins WBO and WBC Titles By David A. Avila In a fight that featured no surprises Puerto Rican southpaw Amanda Serrano scorched Heather Hardy early but needed to go the full 10 rounds in capturing the WBO and WBC featherweight world titles by unanimous decision on Friday. “As […]
Big Week in Women’s Boxing: Hardy, Serrano, Crews, Jimenez and Japan By David A. Avila Stars emerge this week with several of the world’s best engaged in classic duels from Japan to the USA in three successive nights. An all-female tournament called Victoriva erupts in Tokyo as eight women’s bouts are scheduled to take […]
Ronica Jeffrey Challenges for Super Featherweight World Title in Las Vegas By Felipe Leon Despite a successful amateur career where she won the Golden Gloves three times and captured silver in a national tournament and as a pro having held the NABF, WIBF, WIBA, WBC Silver and WBU titles at different times, Brooklyn, […]
Mariana “Barby” Juarez Educates Youngster and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila One of the best known fighters in the world, Mariana “Barby” Juarez, showed us why she still also belongs among the top pound for pound lists with a strong performance against one of Mexico’s new wave of fighters. The older […]
Mikaela Mayer Wins in Las Vegas, World Title Next By David A. Avila LAS VEGAS-Mikaela Mayer showed the right stuff in overcoming a slow start against Lizbeth Crespo and successfully defended the NABF super featherweight title by unanimous decision on Saturday. The Mayer right cross was on point. A Las Vegas crowd of more […]
Katie Taylor Edges Delfine Persoon In A Disputed Decision By David A. Avila Undisputed may be a misnomer as Katie Taylor won by majority decision over Delfine Persoon in a bruising and brawling 10 round slugfest to win all of the major lightweight world titles on Saturday. The decision was debatable. Ireland’s Taylor (14-0, […]
PED Juicing Remains Rampant in Female Boxing World By David A. Avila Many female prizefighters are juicing. Women boxers are loading up on a variety of performance enhancement drugs with little scrutiny or fear of repercussion. Nobody knows the exact numbers but a few do not even pass the eye test for normal physiques. […]
Jessica McCaskill Out-Brawls Argentina’s Anahi Sanchez By David A. Avila Imagine a brutal brawl in a dark alley between two unforgiving warriors and that’s what fans saw as Jessica “Caskilla” McCaskill emerged the winner by unanimous decision over Anahi Sanchez for the WBA and WBC super lightweight world titles on Saturday. After 10 violent […]