Claressa Shields, Franchon Crews-Dezurn and Female Fight News By David A. Avila Three years ago Claressa Shields and Franchon Crews-Dezurn met in the boxing ring unceremoniously at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Few paid attention to their clash that has become arguably the genesis for big time women’s prizefighting in the U.S.A. Decades […]
Promoter Ronald Cruz-Hunt Exporting Female Boxing to Tijuana Just as you have your big name female fighters with elite promoters like Mikaela Mayer with Top Rank and Katie Taylor with Matchroom Boxing USA, there are countless fighters who battle it out in the trenches on club level shows throughout the United States. The […]
Houston’s Marlen Esparza is Main Event in L.A. By David A. Avila Marlen Esparza was the first American woman to ever win an Olympic medal in boxing. Now she’s on the hunt to return to that mountain peak as a pro. But it takes work. Esparza (4-0) meets France’s Laetizia Campana (2-4) in the […]
Marlen Esparza Closes Out 2017 with Easy Win By David A. Avila INDIO, Calif.-Marlen Esparza dominated Mexico’s Karla Valenzuela all six rounds to thoroughly extinguish any upset hopes on Thursday. Esparza (4-0), the 2012 London Olympics bronze medalist, finally got to enter the ring at Fantasy Springs Casino and defeated Valenzuela (3-17-3) by unanimous […]
It’s True. Claressa Shields the Main Event on Showtime Card in March. Former U.S. Olympic superstar Claressa Shields signed an expected contract with television network Showtime on Tuesday. But not expected was that her fight will be the main event. It’s an historic moment in female boxing. “I did not expect to be the […]
Fortunately for 26 year-old former amateur standout Marina Ramirez (2-0) now fighting as a pro, the milestones in her punch for bucks’ career are coming in quick. Unlike many of her female boxer counterparts, Ramirez has not fought at dingy club shows or buried deep within numerous fight bout cards. Her pro fight debut […]
Born one of eight siblings, there might not have been another choice for 31-year-old super welterweight Raquel Miller (2-0, 1KO) but to become a fighter. Always boxing enthusiasts, her family would gather around the television and like most of the rest of the world in the late 80s, would watch the “baddest man on […]
Claressa Shields Turns Pro on Ward-Kovalev Card and Female Fight News Las Vegas will be the site for the professional debut of two-time Olympian Claressa Shields. The home of mega slots, glitzy hotels and a town that never sleeps gets first crack at hosting the double gold medal winner when Shields makes her debut […]