Tag Archives: Marlen Esparza

The Prizefighters.com Pound for Pound Best Top 10

Best of the Best Female Fighters Pound for Pound   By David A. Avila (Photo by Skysports) Claressa Shields (13-0, 2 Kos) – It’s already been seven years since Shields entered the professional ranks as a two-time Olympic gold medalist. Time flies. Now 27, she has fought 111 rounds and lost no more than 10 […]

Another Look at Jessica Nery Plata and Kim Clavel’s Battle in Canada

Nery Plata and Clavel Light Up Canada, Other Light Flyweight Contenders and More News   By David A. Avila (Photo by Kalkine Media) When Mexico’s Jessica Nery Plata and Canada’s Kim Clavel erupted for 10 rounds in a ferocious struggle this past weekend, it put the exclamation point on a division that often gets overlooked. […]

Fighter of the Year 2022: Alycia Baumgardner

Alycia Baumgardner is Fighter of the Year 2022, Plus Other Awards and News.   By David A. Avila Every year it gets more difficult to choose the fighter whose performance outdoes all others over a 12-month period. And this year was even more difficult with many world titlists eager to battle each other to claim […]

The Return of Cecilia Braekhus and More Fight News

Cecilia Braekhus Returns, Sulem Urbina in NYC and More News    By David A. Avila (Photo by Al Applerose) After 21 months away from the prize ring Cecilia Braekhus, the Norwegian queen of boxing, returned to reclaim her former sizzle and status as one of the best female fighters in the world. It started in […]

Japan’s Miyo Yoshida and Naoko Fujioka Coming to America

Japan’s Best Female Fighters Yoshida and Fujioka are Ready to Compete Against the World   By David A. Avila (Photo by Al Applerose) Warrior cultures such as Japan’s and other countries with similar history seem to develop a taste for prizefighting even among the women. Despite a lack of interest by its own big sports […]

Another Look at Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada and More

Another Look at Seniesa Estrada, Lower Weight Classes and More News   By David A. Avila (Photo by Al Applerose) Las Vegas and the world saw Seniesa Estrada provide a commanding performance in the minimumweight category. If you think no one else remains to compete against, you are wrong. In female prizefighting Asia leads the […]

Arely Mucino, Katie Taylor, Clash in Abu Dhabi and More

Arely Mucino, Katie Taylor, Super Lightweight Clash in Desert and More News   By David A. Avila (Photo by Al Applerose) SAN DIEGO, Ca.-Despite an early clash of heads Arely “Machine Gun” Mucino battled through an enormous swelling alongside her eye to dethrone Argentina’s Leonela Yudica and win the IBF flyweight title by split decision. […]

Katie Taylor, Arely Mucino and More Fight News

Taylor is Back and Flyweights Too and More News   By David A. Avila (Photo by JP Yim) The Katie Taylor returns to the prize ring and that’s reason enough to shove away all other plans and activities. Any time one of the top pound-for-pound queens step back in the ring that’s a special occasion. […]

Marlen Esparza Wins in Texas and More Female Fight News

Marlen Esparza Wins in Texas, Sulem in California and Sandy Ryan in England and More News   By David A. Avila Marlen Esparza continued to put a stranglehold on the flyweight world title with another solid performance in defeating the very strong but unknown challenger from Venezuela Eva Guzman. Now that the mandatory has been […]

Female Boxing Dominates This Week

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 […]