Tag Archives: WBO

Seniesa Estrada Outduels Tsunami Tenkai in Savage Battle

Seniesa Estrada Wins Savage Battle Vs. Japan’s Tsunami Tenkai in L.A.   By Tarrah Zael   LOS ANGELES-It was a big night for women boxing Friday night at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Golden Boy promotions put on a stacked card featuring many notable fighters from the Los Angeles area. Women’s […]

Seniesa Estrada Faces Heavier Task in Japan’s Tsunami Tenkai

Seniesa Estrada vs Tsunami Tenkai on Friday in L.A. By Felipe Leon   After struggling in the beginning of her career, fighting sporadically and out of her weight class, East Los Angeles’ own Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada (20-0, 8KO) has hit her stride since signing with Golden Boy Promotions back in 2018.   Coming off […]

Franchon Crews-Dezurn, Yokasta Valle and Other Fight News

Franchon Crews-Dezurn Returns to Form and Other Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Welcome to the world of female prizefighting. A year ago, rumors of a deadly virus were emerging. It’s here and still doing damage worldwide. But the women continue to thrive slowly but steadily despite the cancellations and changes in protocol. […]

Tomoko Okuda Wins Super Flyweight World Title in Japan

Tomoko Okuda Dethrones Miyo Yoshida to Win WBO Crown   By Yuriko Miyata   Bloody challenger Tomoko Okuda (7-2-2, 1KO) overcame WBO super flyweight queen Miyo Yoshida (14-2) by a unanimous technical decision last Sunday at Edion Arena, Osaka.   Okuda, an OPBF and Japan bantamweight champion, dropped Yoshida in the first round and led […]

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 […]

Savannah Marshall Wins WBO Title by Stoppage

Savannah Marshall Stops Hannah Rankin for WBO Title and More Results   By David A. Avila England’s Savannah Marshall slowly and deliberately dissected Scotland’s Hannah Rankin to win the vacant WBO middleweight world title by stoppage on Saturday. There was no disputing the end. Marshall (9-0, 7 KOs) built an entire reputation on a single […]

WBO Champ Dina Thorslund vs Nina Radovanovic

Dina Thorslund Defends WBO Super Bantam Title against Radovanovic in Denmark   By Phil Woolever   While many fighters, fans, and promoters in the USA are still dealing with strict audience restrictions due to the Covid19 pandemic, more and more countries around the world have begun hosting live fight audiences of varying social distance sizes […]

Alejandra Jimenez Use of Banned Substance Confirmed

Mexico’s Alejandra Jimenez Dirty Sample Confirmed   By David A. Avila No doubt, super middleweight contender Alejandra Jimenez of Mexico has tested dirty in a second sample for a banned substance. After more than a month of waiting, the B sample for Jimenez’s PED test taken by VADA (Voluntary Anti-Doping Association), was opened on Wednesday […]

Japan’s World Champions Naoko Fujioka and Miyo Yoshida in U.S. Visit

Japanese Fighters Fujioka and Yoshida Arrive in Southern California to Test Waters    By Felipe Leon   Earlier this week as the sun was setting to the west of Los Angeles, a plane was landing from the East.  Traveling in it were the current WBA female flyweight champion Naoko Fujioka (18-2-1, 7KO), arguably the best […]

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 […]