Packed Week of Women’s Boxing and More News By David A. Avila (Photo by 360 Promotions) Back in 2015, when we first published this boxing web site dedicated to women’s prizefighting, news was scarce. No longer. Women’s boxing has made tremendous leaps into newsworthiness. Even a canceled fight between million-dollar fighter Amanda Serrano’s and […]
Amanda Serrano, Social Influencers and More News (Photo by JP Yim) By David A. Avila Mixing social influencers with prizefighters seems to work. If you have the right mixture. Amanda “Real Deal” Serrano and Jake Paul are combining forces again to stage another pro fight card mixed with social influencers on Saturday Aug. 6, at […]
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 […]
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 […]
Super Middleweight Showdown Scratched, So Cal Revs Up and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila A quickly pieced-together super middleweight battle for undisputed status fell apart due to visa entanglements. Perhaps it’s for the better. WBC and WBO super middleweight titlist Franchon Crews-Dezurn was ready to clash with IBF and WBA titlist […]
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and More Fight News Sept. 6, 2021 By David A. Avila In a mere nine days women’s elite prizefighting swung 360 degrees from good to bad and back to good again. A week ago, we saw southpaw slugger Amanda “the Real Deal” Serrano handily defeat Mexico’s Yamileth Mercado. […]
Super Flyweights Title Fights in Japan and Mexico and more fight news By David A. Avila Two of the greatest fighting countries in the world headline this week’s best action. Japan stages WBO super flyweight titlist Miyo “Mushashi” Yoshida defending against Tomoko Okuda, while Mexico pits WBC super flyweight titlist Guadalupe Martinez against Lourdes […]
New WBA Champ Kali Reis Wants Layla McCarter and other female fight news By David A. Avila Two veterans Layla McCarter and Kali Reis fought and won this past weekend. They originally were set to fight each other but business got in the way. Still, McCarter flew down to Mexico and fought 10 hard […]
Elvina White, a Muslim, Seeks Fight on Matchroom Boxing Card in Saudi Arabia By David A. Avila “Ich mochte in Saudia Arabia kampfen!” says Austria’s Elvina White. Translated from German it means “I want to fight in Saudi Arabia.” In less than a month a monstrous fight card takes place in Saudi Arabia featuring […]
Female Fight News Aug. 13, 2018 Mariana and Jackie By David A. Avila Mexico’s reigning queen of boxing Mariana “Barby” Juarez defeated Japan’s Terumi Nuki once again in defense of the WBC bantamweight world title. It was the second time in a year that Juarez vanquished Nuki and like before, it was not easy. […]