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Claressa Shields Becomes Quickest to Win Third Division World Title

Claressa Shields Wins WBC and WBO Super Welterweight Titles in Atlantic City, Napoleon Loses   By David A. Avila Claressa “G.W.O.A.T.” Shields grabbed a record third division world title behind a relentless attack against Ivana Habazin to win the vacant WBO and WBC super welterweight world titles by unanimous decision on Friday. Oh, and she […]

Female Boxing Messiah: Claressa Shields Ready for Showtime

Claressa Shields Ready to Lead Female Fight Game   By David A. Avila Meet the messiah of women’s boxing. Three years ago Claressa Shields arrived with a bag full of gold medals, 168 pounds worth of confidence and bewildering fighting skills never seen before in female prizefighting. The scary part for future foes is at […]

Knockout Puncher of the Year is Adelaida “La Cobra” Ruiz

Knockout Puncher of the Year is Adelaida Ruiz; plus three best KOs of 2018   By David A. Avila One of the main complaints boxing fans make about female prizefighting is the lack of knockouts. A number of reasons are responsible for knockouts being rare in female boxing but the primary reason has to be […]

Layla Wins in Alabama, Hernandez Retires and more

Layla Wins in Alabama, But Melissa Retires and other female fight news Elite female prizefighters Layla “Amazing” McCarter and Melissa “Huracan” Hernandez performed on the big stage before the Alabama crimson fans. “It was kind of empty when we fought but the fans were great,” said McCarter. McCarter (38-13-5, 9 Kos) defeated Hernandez (22-7-3, 7 […]

Layla McCarter vs Melissa Hernandez on Big Card

Layla McCarter and Melissa Hernandez Ready to Perform and other female news All eyes in the female boxing world will be looking toward the south when a couple of America’s best Layla “The Amazing” McCarter and Melissa “Huracan” Hernandez clash on a major fight card. Seldom are women included. McCarter (37-13-5) and Hernandez (22-6-3) have […]