Mexican Battles: Zamora vs Millan & Rivas vs Larios
Fighting For a Chance: Zamora vs. Millan &
Yazmin Rivas vs. Larios
While the big news in female boxing in the United States is the upswing the sport
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Big Fights Looming and Female Fight News for week of Oct. 16
Female Fight News for week of Oct. 16 Big Fights Coming
Many proclaim Cecilia Braekhus the best female fighter pound for pound and she very well could be
UFC and Bellator Courting Amanda Serrano
Is Female Boxing Losing Another One? Amanda Serrano Considers MMA By Felipe Leon The fact female fighters do not get the respect they deserve is no secret. For years their biggest argument has been although they do everything their male counterparts do, the vast majority of them do not get anywhere near […]
Amanda Serrano Guns for Fifth World Title In Fifth Weight Class
Amanda Serrano Guns for a Fifth World Title in Fifth Weight Class By David A. Avila A few years ago women’s boxing was hidden in the shadows as female MMA took the much brighter center stage though only in existence for a couple decades. More than a few claimed women’s boxing in the United […]
Melissa St. Vil Defends WBC Silver Title in Haiti
Melissa St. Vil Defends WBC Silver Title in Haiti By Janice Yim and David A. Avila Haitian native Melissa St. Vil returns to the warmer climate of her island country once again in defense of her title. It’s still cold in St. Vil’s (9-2-3) adopted New York City and once again she returns to […]
Female Fight News for week of March 7, Heather Hardy and more
Female Fight News for week of March 7, 2017 Heather Hardy and more One Olympian triumphed in her third foray into the professional world and another will enter the stage a second time in what will be another historic moment for women’s prizefighting. But first, Brooklyn’s Heather “the Heat” Hardy returned to the boxing ring […]
Mariana “Barbie” Juarez’s State of Address
With the retirement of Ana Maria “Guerrera” Torres and Jackie “Aztec Princess” Nava currently serving as a senator in the Mexican government, Mariana “Barbie” Juarez (44-9-4, 17KO) is the most recognized Mexican female fighter of her generation. The Mexico City native has captured major world titles in two different divisions, flyweight and super flyweight, […]
Cecilia Braekhus Decisively Beats Svensson; Who’s Next?
Norway’s Cecilia Braekhus Decisively Beats Svensson; Who’s Next? A battle between Nordic prizefighters saw Cecilia Braekhus calmly control the action to defeat Klara Svensson by unanimous decision on Friday to retain the welterweight world championship. Norway’s Braekhus (30-0, 8 Kos) remained undefeated and kept the WBC, WBA IBF and WBO titles against Sweden’s Svensson (17-2, […]
The Future of Amanda Serrano
The Future of Amanda Serrano If anybody in female boxing can be riding a high its WBO super bantamweight champion Amanda Serrano (31-1-1, 23KO) of New York and her manager/trainer Jordan Maldonado. After a very successful 2016 where she fought four times, captured her third and fourth world titles and won every one of […]
Fresh Faces: Sulem Urbina
Fresh Faces: Sulem Urbina (Editor’s note: Sulem Urbina’s fight set for Saturday was canceled) Like my many female fighters before her and surely after her, Sulem Urbina, 26, of Phoenix, AZ, has dedicated her life to the sport she loves. Her whole life revolves around her strapping on the gloves. Urbina (3-0) […]