Saemi Hanagata and Eri Matsuda Battle to a Draw in Tokyo; champ retires By Yuriko Miyata Nothing is better for a world champion than completing their career on the throne. IBF atomweight champion Saemi Hanagata has just made it. Hanagata (16-7-5, 7KOs) retained her title for the second time by a majority draw (93-97, […]
Franchon Crews-Dezurn Returns to Form and Other Female Fight News By David A. Avila Welcome to the world of female prizefighting. A year ago, rumors of a deadly virus were emerging. It’s here and still doing damage worldwide. But the women continue to thrive slowly but steadily despite the cancellations and changes in protocol. […]
Tomoko Okuda Dethrones Miyo Yoshida to Win WBO Crown By Yuriko Miyata Bloody challenger Tomoko Okuda (7-2-2, 1KO) overcame WBO super flyweight queen Miyo Yoshida (14-2) by a unanimous technical decision last Sunday at Edion Arena, Osaka. Okuda, an OPBF and Japan bantamweight champion, dropped Yoshida in the first round and led […]
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. […]
Etsuko Tada Regains WBO Title via KO of the Year in Japan By Yuriko Miyata One punch concluded unfinished business to open a new hope as former WBA, IBF and WBO world champion Etsuko Tada stopped Ayaka Miyao to regain the WBO minimum weight crown. It was a rematch between Tada (20-3-3, 7 […]
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 […]
Seniesa Estrada: Her Vicious Knockout Sent Shockwaves By David A. Avila People went out of their minds when Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada blitzed Miranda Adkins with a lightning three and four-punch combination that rendered her unconscious in seven seconds. Cries of mismatch, fix and horror erupted from all points of the world in all […]
Boxing Returns to Japan in July; Top Fighters are Ready By Yuriko Miyata Since the JPBA Japan Professional Boxing Association and JBC Japan Boxing Commission decided to suspend shows at the end of February due to the COVID19 spread, boxing will resume with some conditions for safety: the events will be closed to […]
Smaller Weight Female Fighters Ready and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Over the weekend a quartet of Japanese female boxers headed by two world champions visited Southern California. WBA flyweight world titlist Naoko Fujioka a five-division world champion and Miyo Yoshida the WBO super flyweight world titlist both sparred numerous rounds […]
Japanese Fighters Fujioka and Yoshida Arrive in Southern California to Test Waters By Felipe Leon Earlier this week as the sun was setting to the west of Los Angeles, a plane was landing from the East. Traveling in it were the current WBA female flyweight champion Naoko Fujioka (18-2-1, 7KO), arguably the best […]