Fernandez Beats Balderas in Juarez, Mexico By Felipe Leon With a close unanimous decision full of action, local Diana “La Bonita” Fernandez (21-3, 4KO) kept her WBC Latino super flyweight title beating Debani “La Esquisita” Balderas (10-3-2, 2KO) of Monterrey, Mexico, over ten rounds Saturday night. The fight took place in Fernandez’s […]
Marlen Esparza Brushes Aside Osorio, Wants Seniesa Estrada By Tarrah Zael 2012 Olympic bronze medalist and WBO NABO Flyweight champion Marlen Esparza (7-0, 1 KO) of Houston, Texas retained her belt against Mexico’s former world title challenger Sonia Osorio (13-7, 3-1 KO) at Fantasy Spring’s Thursday Night Fights on July 18. This […]
Greece’s Christina Linardatou Retains World Title in Athens By David A. Avila Hard charging Christina Linardatou retained the WBO super lightweight world title by decision in her adopted country Greece over Deanha Hobbs on Friday. But it wasn’t easy. Linardatou (12-1, 6 KOs) showed the crowd at the Olympic Hall Galatsi in Athens that […]
Unification Battles and Other Female Fight News By David A. Avila Unification, the word, lingers in the air like a cloud of cigar smoke. Next up in the unification battle of female world titlists will be Chicago’s Jessica McCaskill and Argentina’s Anahi Sanchez vying for each other’s super lightweight belts in the USA. And […]
Tiara “T Baby” Brown Fights Angel Gladney on Saturday By David A. Avila Tiara Brown puts aside her street protecting duds and returns to the boxing ring against veteran Angel Gladney. Washington D.C. police officer Brown (7-0, 5 KOs) meets Gladney (10-14-1) at the Mystics Sports Arena in D.C. on Saturday May 18. At […]
Maiva Hamadouche Could Be The Most Dangerous Fighter in Women’s Boxing By Phil Woolever Present days are probably the most opportune times yet for female boxers. In this scenario specifically, women who currently campaign around the lightweight to welterweight divisions have a promising amount of talented, marketable potential opponents and a steadily […]
Claressa Shields is America’s Biggest Star and Female Fight News By David A. Avila The regal coronation ceremony has begun for Claressa Shields the newest addition to the prestigious members of the undisputed club. Now there are two. In female prizefighting’s first true mega fight Shields showed the world with an overpowering performance that […]
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 […]
Poland’s WBC Super Welterweight Champ Ewa Piatkowska: “I Want All the Belts” By David A. Avila Poland’s only world champion Ewa Piatkowska likes contact sports and especially likes to fight. Need proof? When an offer to meet Aleksandra Lopes for the WBC super welterweight world title arrived in September 2016, it was like a […]