Tag Archives: Delfine Persoon

Mikaela Mayer Faces Christina Linardatou and More News

Mikaela Mayer Back in London and More News   (Photo by Al Applerose) By David A. Avila Mikaela Mayer returns to action after enduring a narrow split-decision defeat and welcoming her back will be another former world champion Christina Linardatou this weekend. But this time as lightweights. For the second time in less than a […]

Amanda Serrano and Stacked Show One Week Away in NYC

Amanda Serrano and Stacked Show One Week Away in NYC New York Kind of Show at Madison Square Garden and More Boxing News By David A. Avila Just over a week remains until a firestorm erupts in Manhattan as multiple world champions such as Amanda Serrano and Alycia Baumgardner arrive to showcase their fighting skills […]

Women’s Pound for Pound Rankings and More News

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 […]

Can Elhem Mekhaled Handle Delfine Persoon and More News

Persoon vs Mekhaled, Montebello Fights and More Female Fight News   By David A. Avila A super featherweight match featuring two French-speaking champions takes place far from their native soil. It could be called the battle of the French Foreign Legion when Belgium’s Delfine Persoon (46-3) and France’s Elhem Mekhaled (15-0) meet 10 rounds on […]

Mega Fight in NYC Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano

Two Million Dollar Fight – Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano and More News   By David A. Avila (Photo by JP Yim) Thousands of fans are descending on New York City to witness the most anticipated fight in recent times between Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano and undefeated Katie Taylor for the lightweight world championship. […]

Super Featherweights Reigning Supreme in Women’s Prizefighting

The Super Featherweight Take Over in Women’s Prizefighting and More Fight News   By David A. Avila Two weight divisions in women’s prizefighting dominate in popularity. The super featherweights that seem centered in Europe and the flyweights dominate in the western area of North America. Let’s stick with the super feathers. England’s Terri Harper (11-1-1) […]

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano are War Ready

Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano, Claressa Shields and More Fight News   By David A. Avila Members of the millionaire’s club gathered in the United Kingdom with Claressa Shields blazing past Ema Kozin in Wales to re-establish herself as the middleweight world champion while Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor arrived in London Shields, Serrano and Taylor […]

Women’s Top 12 Pound for Pound in Boxing

  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. […]

Mikaela Mayer and Maiva Hamadouche, Finally

Mikaela Mayer vs Maiva Hamadouche in Las Vegas on Friday   By Felipe Leon Despite having laced up gloves for nearly 15 years now, current WBO super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer (15-0, 5KO) still feels she is walking into the unknown when it comes to her boxing career.   She will take another unprecedented step, […]

WBA Champ Hyun Mi Choi and More News

WBA Champ Hyun Mi Choi Wins Again and More News and Results By David A. Avila WBA super featherweight titlist Hyun Mi Choi added another notch to her belt with a technical knockout win over challenger Simone Aparecido da Silva over the weekend in South Korea. Choi, 30, remains in place as one of the challengers […]