Yokasta Valle Unifies in Costa Rica and Adelaida Ruiz Wins Too By David A. Avila Costa Rica’s champion Yokasta Valle returned home after a lengthy training camp overseas and showed native fans new wrinkles in dominating Vietnam’s Thi Thu Nguyen to unify the minimumweight titles on Thursday. “Dreams come true with hard work,” said […]
Women Warriors Dominate Boxing Scene This Week By David A. Avila Top American fighters led by Claressa Shields take their titles, reputations and test their star power overseas in the United Kingdom while another fight card tests American promoters in Central America all this week. Women’s boxing is breaking barriers. Strap season arrives with […]
World Title Fights from Japan to England and More News By David A. Avila In less than two weeks the super stars of women’s boxing clash with Claressa Shields, Savannah Marshall, Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner involved in unification bouts that will change the boxing landscape. But before those fights, a few others taking […]
Super Middleweight Raquel Miller and More Fight News By David A. Avila (Photo by Al Applerose) Its rare to see fighters above 147 pounds in the west coast of the USA perform but action begins on Thursday with the arrival of a young amateur star and the return to California of a long-established veteran. […]
Best Fighters in the World Pound for Pound Are? By David A. Avila (Image by Felipe Leon) We rarely do rankings more than twice a year for Pound for Pound ratings. Our rankings are based on one major comparison: who would beat who if they were all the same weight? The rankings are not […]
Lure of Big Fights in America Brings Yokasta and Others (Photo by Al Applerose) By David A. Avila A full circle has completed when it comes to female prizefighting in the United States of America. Fighters from around the world are headed to the US or America as most call it. The latest to […]
IBF Champ Yokasta Valle Defeats Lorraine Villalobos By David A. Avila (photo by Al Applerose) ANAHEIM, Ca.-Costa Rica’s Yokasta Valle sped past Lorraine Villalobos to win by unanimous decision and unravel her abilities in front of American fans in Anaheim and retain the IBF minimumweight world title on Saturday. Speed was a major factor. […]
Flyweight Champions Fujioka and Esparza Collide, Mikaela in SoCal, Thorslund in Denmark and More News By David A. Avila Three up and three down. A trio of world title fights led by big Savannah Marshall showcased the talent now wielded in women’s prizefighting last week and now three more title clashes take place this […]
Ebanie Bridges, Yokasta Valle, Savannah Marshall and More News and Notes By David A. Avila About Last Week. Several marquee women fought world title fights and battled for contender status in England, Costa Rica and Mexico. There was good and bad that happened. A hearty congratulations to Australia’s Ebanie Bridges who banged out a […]
Yokasta Valle Retains IBF Title and More Results from MarvNation Card By David A. Avila Costa Rica’s Yokasta Valle once again defeated Japan’s Sana Hazuki to retain the IBF minimumweight world title in a clinch fest that was more frustrating than entertaining on Friday in her home country. Valle (24-2, 9 Kos) won by […]