Tag Archives: Amanda Serrano

Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada Unchained

Seniesa Estrada Unchained, Most Valuable Promotions, Miyo Yoshida and More News   (Photo by JP Yim) By David A. Avila When Seniesa “Super Bad’ Estrada injured an arm while defending her world titles, it took away the ability to prepare for the biggest fight of her life. For about a minute. She soon adapted and […]

Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke and More

Amanda Serrano vs Nina Meinke in Puerto Rico and More News   By David A. Avila Suddenly, Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano has become the face of women’s boxing. While others have departed for other combat sports, or quietly engaged in pivotal battles but remain as silent as a monk, Serrano has risen to the […]

Mizuki Hiruta and Other Fighters You Should Know

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 […]

The Prizefighters.com Fighter of the Year and More

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 […]

Boxing Moments From Around the Women’s World in 2023

Denmark’s Dina Thorslund and More Big Women’s Boxing Moments from 2023   By David A. Avila What a year. Not to punch holes in a corpse. Though boxing lost Showtime as a media outlet for televising prizefighting events, I truly believe it was due to not showing female boxing on its events all this year […]

Another Look at Franchon Crews-Dezurn, Yesica Nery, Boxing Styles and More

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 […]

Ebanie Bridges vs Miyo Yoshida and Amanda Dumps WBC

Ebanie Bridges vs Miyo Yoshida; Amanda Serrano Dumps WBC Belt and More News   By David A. Avila Extraordinary. One is a former Australian ring girl, trainer, teacher turned boxing world champion. The other is a single mother from Asia who moved to another continent in pursuit of her American dreams in New York. On […]

Will Mikaela Mayer vs Natasha Jonas be 3-Minute Rounds?

Mikaela Mayer Wants 3-Minute Rounds Versus Natasha Jonas and More News   By David A. Avila Leave it to Mikaela Mayer to walk the talk. The feisty Mayer confronted Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom about staging the upcoming welterweight title fight at 3-minute rounds instead of two. He tried to balk but was pinned on the […]

Mayerlin Rivas Defends World Title in L.A.

Mayerlin Rivas Meets Erika Cruz in LA Title Fight and More News   By David A. Avila Suddenly the Southern California area has become “target zero” for women’s world title fights. For the second consecutive week a world title fight featuring women from other countries will challenge each other in the Los Angeles area. This […]

Amanda Serrano Blows Door Open for Women Fighters

Amanda Serrano Blows Door Open and Other News and Notes   By David A. Avila Amanda Serrano tossed down the gauntlet to the boxing world proclaiming that female prizefighters are not second class and can demand equal terms as male fighters. Serrano’s willingness to fight 12 three-minute rounds against Danila Ramos last weekend, despite sanctioning […]