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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 […]

Mexico’s Erika Cruz Beats Canada’s Jelena Mrdjenovich Again

WBA Featherweight Champ Erika Cruz Beats Mrdjenovich Again Decisively in Mexico   By David A. Avila Mexico’s Erika Cruz proved to former champion Jelena Mrdjenovich that her first win over the Canadian was not a fluke in decisively retaining the WBA featherweight world title on Saturday. “I wanted to prove when I became a champion […]

Big Japan Fight Card and More Title Fights Internationally

World Title Fights from Japan to England and More News   By David A. Avila In less than two weeks the super stars of women’s boxing clash with Claressa Shields, Savannah Marshall, Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner involved in unification bouts that will change the boxing landscape. But before those fights, a few others taking […]

A Look Back at Women’s Boxing’s Bonanza in 2021

Women Boxing’s Biggest Year Happened in 2021   By David A. Avila Prizefighting in the women’s fight world accelerated to heights never reached before these past 12 months. My personal coverage of women’s prizefighting began in the mid-1990s and the sport had already existed many decades, and it is safe to say no other era […]

Erika Cruz Wins, Kenia Fight Canceled in Mexico

Erika “Dinamita’ Cruz Retains WBA Featherweight Title, Kenia Fight Canceled   By David A. Avila WBA featherweight titlist Erika “La Dinamita” Cruz cranked up the machine and simply out-worked Melissa Esquivel to retain the world title by split decision on Friday in Mexico. The battle between two Mexican featherweights saw southpaw Cruz (14-1, 3 KOs) […]

Amanda Serrano vs Yamileth Mercado in Aug.

Amanda Serrano Will Fight Mexico’s Yamileth Mercado on Showtime ppv   By David A. Avila LOS ANGELES-Dressed in a trim black skirt and halter top Amanda Serrano sat poised on the stage of the Novo Theater on Tuesday during introductions of an upcoming fight card. Politely she listened to other participants like Jake Paul and […]

Mexico’s Erika Cruz Declines Big Offer for Amanda Serrano Fight

Mexico’s Erika Cruz Declines Fight with Amanda Serrano on PPV Card   By The Prizefighters.com Dream fights are sometimes merely dreams. A featherweight unification clash between Amanda “the Real Deal” Serrano and Mexico’s Erika Cruz will not happen despite numerous offers. “Erika Cruz turned down $100,000 dollars to fight Amanda,” said Lou DiBella promoter of […]

Chantelle Cameron vs Melissa Hernandez in Las Vegas

Chantelle Cameron vs Melissa Hernandez for WBC Title and More News   By David A. Avila It’s more than just a showdown between WBC super lightweight titlist Chantelle Cameron and challenger Melissa “Huracan” Hernandez, it’s a clash of styles pitting a new age fighter against a skilled veteran of numerous ring wars. England’s Cameron (13-0, […]

Erika Cruz Wins WBA Featherweight Title and More Fight News

Erika Cruz, Katie Taylor and More Fight News   By David A. Avila A tearful Erika Cruz accepted congratulations and the WBA featherweight world title belt amid some shocked observers at West Point U.S. Military Academy and those watching via television and streaming from around the world. The southpaw Mexico City prizefighter out-punched and out-pointed […]

Erika Cruz Dethrones WBA Featherweight Titlist Jelena Mrdjenovich

Mexico’s Erika Cruz Hernandez Defeats Canada’s Jelena Mrdjenovich at West Point   By Felipe Leon   Longtime world champion Jelena Mrdjenovich was dethroned on Thursday. Erika Cruz is the new world champion.   “That’s not fair, I can see,” that might be the defining phrase of Jelena Mrdjenovich’s career.  On Thursday night, from the historic […]