Tag Archives: Guadalupe Martinez

Mexico Reporting: Lourdes Juarez Beats Diana Fernandez Again

Lourdes Juarez Retains WBC Super Flyweight Title Against Diana Fernandez   By Felipe Leon   WBC super flyweight champion Lourdes “Pequeña Lulu” Juarez (32-2, 4KO) of Mexico City successfully defended her newly minted green and gold belt against hometown favorite Diana “Bonita” Fernandez (23-4, 4KO) via a hard-fought split decision over ten rounds.   The […]

Lulu Juarez vs Diana Fernandez II

Lourdes “Pequeña Lulu” Juarez vs Diana “Bonita” Fernandez II Preview   By Felipe Leon   Back in late 2017 WBC super flyweight champion Lourdes “Pequeña Lulu” Juarez defeated Diana “Bonita” Fernandez via a hard fought split decision.  The ten rounder, then for Juarez’s minor flyweight title, was held in Fernandez’s hometown of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. […]

Prizefighter of the Year – Jessica McCaskill; plus more

Best in Prizefighting in 2020 – Jessica McCaskill and More   By David A. Avila It was a crazy year and despite the problems of the world some of the elite women prizefighters were able to share their talent. Here’s a look at some of those best moments. Prizefighter of the Year Jessica McCaskill When […]

Jelena Mrdjenovich Leads Busy World Title Fight Weekend

Jelena Mrdjenovich Leads Busy World Title Fight Weekend By David A. Avila Featherweights and super featherweight collide for world titles this week. Canada’s Jelena Mrdjenovich (40-10-2, 19 KOs) meets Paola Torres (12-4-1, 4 KOs) for the WBA featherweight world title at the Wild Card Boxing Gym parking lot in Los Angeles on Thursday Dec. 17. […]

Lulu Juarez Grabs Super Flyweight World Title in Mexico

Lourdes “Pequeña Lulu” Juarez Captures First World Title with Decision Over Martinez   By Felipe Leon   As promised earlier this week, Mexican Lourdes “Pequeña Lulu” Juarez (31-2, 4KO) brought happiness back to her family with an impressive unanimous decision for the WBC super flyweight world title over veteran Guadalupe “Lupita” Martinez (20-10, 6KO) on […]

Miyo Yoshida Defends WBO Title in Japan and More Fight News

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 […]

Mariana “Barbie” Juarez vs Yulihan Luna and More

Mariana “Barbie” Juarez vs Yulihan Luna Preview and Yesenia Gomez Too   By Felipe Leon   Despite the global pandemic, boxing is slowly but surely coming back to pre-Covid 19 action all over the world.  In Mexico, one of the superpowers of the sport, the return has been a bit slower than north of the […]

Top 30 Under 30 Female Prizefighters Pt. 1

Top 30 under 30 Female Prizefighters Part I By Felipe Leon   Female boxing in its present move is on the upswing. In this troubling year there is no denying some of the best fights we’ve seen behind closed doors have been with two women facing each other inside a ring.  There was a time one […]

Female Boxing Wish List Pt. II – Lulu, Mariana and More

Female Boxing Wish List for 2020 Part II   By Felipe Leon   There is no denying female boxing is on an upswing.  Some might say a new golden era.  There is no indication of the bubble bursting any time soon with new ways to watch and follow the sport with applications like DAZN and […]

Women’s Boxing’s Best Pound for Pound in 2019 and other news

Pound for Pound in 2019 and More News   By David A. Avila The end of a tumultuous and successful year 2019 in female prizefighting has arrived. Some fought less than expected and some fought more. Several weight divisions saw unification bouts take place with Claressa Shields becoming undisputed middleweight world champion and Katie Taylor […]