Women’s Boxing: Ranking the Top Countries and More News By David A. Avila Ranking the countries. When it comes to women’s boxing, American female prizefighters have always led the way for the rest of the world. For the past 100 years Americans tried forcing their way into the public eye in traveling circuses, boxing […]
Amanda Serrano vs Katie Taylor II on Netflix and More News and Notes By David A. Avila It was too big not to happen. Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor meet again for the undisputed super lightweight world championship and this time in Texas. “This is the biggest moment in women’s boxing history and Katie […]
Valentine’s Day Special: Mizuki Hiruta and Others You Should Know By David A. Avila You should know these names. If you are a fan of women’s boxing these names should be familiar such as Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano, Claressa Shields and Chantelle Cameron. That’s just an introduction. Ten years ago, only Serrano was fighting […]
Another Look at Franchon Crews-Dezurn, Yesica Nery, Boxing Styles and News By David A. Avila Lessons learned. Different styles in boxing can disturb other styles regardless of their records. That’s what happened when Franchon Crews-Dezurn delved into the fire zone with punches flying and upset the timing of Shadasia Green by forcing the fight […]
World Title Fights in U.S. and Germany Shadasia, Franchon, Boorman and Nery Plata and More News By David A. Avila Two potentially explosive world title fights take place this weekend. First, a showdown between former champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn and Shadasia Green ends the year for big-time women world title fights this year. Crews-Dezurn (8-2) […]
Mizuki Hiruta Dominates Casey Morton; Japanese Great Naoko Fujioka Retires and More By David A. Avila In her first defense of the WBO super flyweight title, Mizuki Hiruta savagely knocked out contender Casey Morton on Tuesday. It was Hiruta’s first defense of the title. Hiruta (5-0, 1 KO) showed the crowd at the famous […]
Japan’s Mizuki Hiruta Ready to Defend WBO Title on Tuesday in Tokyo By Yuriko Miyata Japan’s new front runner Mizuki Hiruta is defending her WBO super flyweight title against Hawaiian veteran Casey Morton (11-3-3, 3KOs) in a 10 round bout at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo on June 13th. It is a mandatory fight for the […]
Nery Plata and Clavel Light Up Canada, Other Light Flyweight Contenders and More News By David A. Avila (Photo by Kalkine Media) When Mexico’s Jessica Nery Plata and Canada’s Kim Clavel erupted for 10 rounds in a ferocious struggle this past weekend, it put the exclamation point on a division that often gets overlooked. […]
Kim Clavel vs Jessica Nery Plata, Under the Radar Fighters and More News By David A. Avila Exposure remains key for any prizefighter whether it’s woman or man in the world of professional boxing. Even world champions lack visibility. Canada’s Kim Clavel may be known in her home country but worldwide, she still lacks […]
Pound for Pound Top 12 in Women’s Boxing and More News By David A. Avila Women’s prizefighting took off in 2021. Many big fights took place and many former top-rated Pound for Pound tumbled out of the list and were replaced. Welcome to the new list of 2022. This is my personal list. […]