European Report: Christina Hammer and other notes By Phil Woolever Anticipation is rising for the upcoming saga between Germany’s Christina Hammer and US phenom Claressa Shields, currently penciled in for summer of 2018. A current Showtime contract timetable for 2018, pending finalization, has both Hammer and Shields fighting in co-headlining contests […]
“LA Diva” Maricela Cornejo Learns On The Job By Felipe Leon By all accounts and purposes, former WBC International super middleweight champion Maricela “La Diva” Cornejo (8-2, 2KO) is ready for whatever is next in her boxing career. The 30-year-old, originally of Washington state but now fighting out of the Inland Empire east […]
Lucia Rijker and Female Fight News for week of Aug. 14, 2017 By David A. Avila Perhaps the greatest female fighter of any era, Lucia Rijker, was inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame over the weekend. Unlike another from her country, actor Jean Claude Van Damme, the “Muscles from Brussels,” who appeared […]
“Tigre” Jimenez Ready to Roar in Mexico By Felipe Leon Traditionally the heavyweight division is the glamour weight class in boxing. It is believed the way the division goes, so does boxing. In female boxing, it is the other way around. The heavier the fighter, the less attention she receives. Unless your last […]
Female Fight News for week of Aug. 7, 2017 Olympian Week By David A. Avila Olympian week took hold as former American team mates both made history over the weekend in different parts of the U.S.A. The sleeping giant has awoken Claressa Shields dominated WBC super middleweight champion Nikki Adler to rip the world […]
Claressa Shields TKOs Her Way to World Titles By David A. Avila Mission accomplished. Claressa Shields blasted Germany’s Nikki Adler through five rounds to win the WBC and IBF super middleweight titles by technical knockout with one swoop on Friday. “I’m happy and blessed. I got the TKO. I knocked out the world champion […]
Claressa Shields Looking to Prove She’s the Best By David A. Avila Claressa “T-Rex” Shields claims to be the best female fighter pound for pound. Nothing wrong with confidence. Shields (3-0) looks to prove her claim when she faces Germany’s undefeated Nikki Adler (16-0) for the WBC and IBF super middleweight world titles on […]
Female Fight News for week of July 31, Katie Taylor and More By David A. Avila One of the lightest weeks of the boxing calendar saw female prizefighting take center stage last weekend and again this coming weekend. Katie Taylor, the pride of Ireland, made her American debut with a one-sided thrashing of Texan […]
Claressa Shields Fights Nikki Adler for WBC Super Middleweight Title By David A. Avila Not satisfied with just winning belts Claressa “T-Rex” Shields will now fight for the WBC super middleweight title it was announced on Wednesday. A mere two weeks after capturing the WBC Silver super middleweight title, Shields (3-0, 1 KO) now […]
Female Fight News for week of March 7, 2017 Heather Hardy and more One Olympian triumphed in her third foray into the professional world and another will enter the stage a second time in what will be another historic moment for women’s prizefighting. But first, Brooklyn’s Heather “the Heat” Hardy returned to the boxing ring […]