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 […]
Amanda Serrano, Social Influencers and More News (Photo by JP Yim) By David A. Avila Mixing social influencers with prizefighters seems to work. If you have the right mixture. Amanda “Real Deal” Serrano and Jake Paul are combining forces again to stage another pro fight card mixed with social influencers on Saturday Aug. 6, at […]
Persoon vs Mekhaled, Montebello Fights and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila A super featherweight match featuring two French-speaking champions takes place far from their native soil. It could be called the battle of the French Foreign Legion when Belgium’s Delfine Persoon (46-3) and France’s Elhem Mekhaled (15-0) meet 10 rounds on […]
Debora Anahi Lopez and Estelle Mossely Defend World Titles and More News By David A. Avila Two world title fights in different parts of the world take place this week with France’s Estelle Mossely defending the IBO lightweight title in the Middle East while Argentina’s Anahi Lopez defends the WBO flyweight title in South […]
Super Middleweight Showdown Scratched, So Cal Revs Up and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila A quickly pieced-together super middleweight battle for undisputed status fell apart due to visa entanglements. Perhaps it’s for the better. WBC and WBO super middleweight titlist Franchon Crews-Dezurn was ready to clash with IBF and WBA titlist […]
Chicago’s Jessica McCaskill and Rick Ramos By Felipe Leon It doesn’t happen very often and much less in female boxing but there can’t be a bigger fight than when you face two unified world champions against each other and that’s what you will get when Jessica McCaskill faces Cecilia Braekhus. Currently there are six […]
Elvina White, a Muslim, Seeks Fight on Matchroom Boxing Card in Saudi Arabia By David A. Avila “Ich mochte in Saudia Arabia kampfen!” says Austria’s Elvina White. Translated from German it means “I want to fight in Saudi Arabia.” In less than a month a monstrous fight card takes place in Saudi Arabia featuring […]
Mega Fight Countdown and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila The countdown begins. Less than three weeks remain until the big splash between Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer by the Atlantic Ocean. Hammer (24-0, 11 KOs) meets Shields (8-0, 2 KOs) at the Boardwalk Hotel in Atlantic City on April 13. Showtime […]
Claressa Shields and Christina Hammer, Mega Train Makes First Stop in NYC By David A. Avila Female prizefighting hits a new plateau as America’s best fights Germany’s best in a battle for the undisputed middleweight world championship. It doesn’t get bigger than this. The top two middleweights in the world met the New York […]
Maricela Cornejo Beats Erin Toughill in closer fight than scores show By David A. Avila HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Hollywood specializes in facades and when Maricela Cornejo was announced the winner by unanimous decision over Erin Toughill, few knew if it was real or not. Cornejo (13-3, 5 KOs) was deemed the winner by decision over Toughill […]