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Speed Kills as Yesica Bopp Dominates Luna Torroba

Yesica Bopp dominates Luna Torroba and shows no signs of slowing down By Diego Morilla Getting to the top is hard, and staying there is even harder. But true greatness lays in the ability to make hard tasks look easy, and that’s what the great Yesica Bopp did on this Saturday, April 22nd in the town […]

Yesica Bopp Faces Luna Torroba, But Targets North America

Yesica “Tuti” Bopp faces Luna Torroba, but aims for bigger stars   By Diego Morilla There are plenty of achievements accumulated, and they keep on coming. But the pioneer of Argentina’s amateur boxing and multiple world champion Yesica Bopp does not rest on her laurels, and she is coming for more. This Saturday, April 22nd, […]

Japan’s Naoko Fujioka Wins Historic World Title by KO

Japan’s Naoko Fujioka Wins Historic World Title by KO     By Yuriko Miyata   TOKYO-Adding a new achievement in Japanese boxing history, Naoko Fujioka captured her fourth world title on Monday with a technical knockout victory over number contender Isabel Millan of Mexico at 21 seconds into the final round of the bout for […]

Japan’s Fearless Naoko Fujioka: The Journey Continues

Japan’s Fearless Naoko Fujioka: The Journey Continues     By Yuriko Miyata   Former three-division world champion Naoko Fujioka (15-2, 6 Kos) is going to make another attempt to capture a fourth major title on March 13th in Tokyo Japan.   It will be a 10-round bout against WBF 112 lbs titlist Isabel Millan of […]

Best Female Prizefighters Pound for Pound 2016

Here’s our list of female prizefighting’s top pro boxers in the world. A few will be fighting in the ring very soon and others have not fought for more than a year. But we’re basing our assessment on pure talent, not activity. In the U.S. many of the top female fighters have a difficult time […]

Yesica Bopp Dominates Torres

Yesica Bopp Dominates Anahi Torres in Argentina   By Diego Morilla RIO HONDO, Argentina – In another superb display of boxing skills, Yesica Bopp defended her WBA mini-flyweight title with a dominant unanimous decision victory over Mexico’s Anahi Torres on Saturday night, capping a successful comeback that has seen her go 3-0 in 2016 after a year-long […]

Yesica Bopp Ready for Anahi Torres

Yesica Bopp: “I am working hard for whatever comes my way.”   By Diego Morilla Female boxing in Argentina has grown exponentially through the years, and a few fighters are responsible for that extraordinary growth. One of them is definitely Yesica Bopp, a perennial pound-for-pound entrant and current WBA mini-flyweight titlist, who is getting ready […]

WBC Tourney: Ibeth Zamora’s Turn

WBC Female Flyweight Tournament Update: Ibeth Zamora Jumps Into Mix   By Felipe Leon   After World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman announced in mid-September the launch of the WBC female flyweight tournament with the winner taking home the coveted diamond belt and 112-pound supremacy, three of the four fights for the first round were […]

Christy Martin’s Promotional Debut and Female Fight News

Christy Martin’s Promotional Debut Features Female Title Fight and other news   Many consider Christy “The Coalminer’s Daughter” Martin one of the greatest female fighters of all time. Now she’s tackling promoting. “I truly feel it was easier being the fighter,” said Martin. “But I am excited to start this new phase of my boxing […]