Best of the Best in Women’s Prizefighting and More Boxing News By David A. Avila It’s the end of the year. Here are our awards for the best in women’s boxing. But first, a rundown on the state of the sport. Maybe its my imagination but it seems that fewer female fights of magnitude took […]
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 […]
Fighter of the Year and Other Achievements; Welcome to 2024 By David A. Avila It was a year that saw countries like Thailand, Japan and France go full throttle into the women’s boxing world and we also saw a small group of champions strive even harder to push the sport even further. None were […]
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 […]
Nery Plata Beats Sarah Boorman by Split-Decision in Germany to Keep WBA and WBC Light Flyweight Titles By David A. Avila Behind a scathing left hook Mexico’s Yesica Nery Plata blasted her way to victory by split decision over Germany’s Sarah Boorman and retained her WBC and WBA light flyweight world titles on Saturday. […]
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) […]