Tag Archives: WBA

Out of the Past: Vicious Vaia Zaganas

Out of the Past: Revisiting Canada’s Vaia Zaganas, Now in Hollywood   By David A. Avila Fear of diving in the streets of L.A. forced the Canadian from Vancouver to choose a move to Las Vegas instead of Los Angeles in the early 2000s when she decided to try her hand at prizefighting. “You know […]

Japan’s World Champions Naoko Fujioka and Miyo Yoshida in U.S. Visit

Japanese Fighters Fujioka and Yoshida Arrive in Southern California to Test Waters    By Felipe Leon   Earlier this week as the sun was setting to the west of Los Angeles, a plane was landing from the East.  Traveling in it were the current WBA female flyweight champion Naoko Fujioka (18-2-1, 7KO), arguably the best […]

Female Boxing Hit With Cheating Scandal

Cheating Found in All Sports Including Female Boxing   By David A. Avila An era of cheating has enshrouded the entire sports world from the least profitable to the most lucrative. Even the sport of female prizefighting has been touched by those seeking to gain a winning edge. Combat sports has one female fighter who […]

Three-Minute Round Female Fights, Katie Taylor and More

Three-Minute Rounds, Katie Taylor and More   By David A. Avila In a three-minute round battle between Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada and Marlen Esparza, the Olympic bronze medalist, the sports world got a glimpse of just how good female prizefighters can be with the extra minute. Yes, it was bloody due to an accidental clash […]

East L.A.’s Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada Ready for Marlen Esparza

Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada Eager for Showdown with Marlen Esparza   By David A. Avila LAS VEGAS, Nev.-Despite the shoves, accusations and words tossed like lightning bolts, Seniesa Estrada and Marlen Esparza have yet to fight. A brief press conference on Thursday morning by Golden Boy Promotions was unable to contain the fire and vitriol […]

Marlen Esparza and the Road to Las Vegas

Marlen Esparza Ready to Tackle Seniesa Estrada in Las Vegas   By Felipe Leon   There is a saying that boxing is 90% mental and 10% physical.  Nobody believes in that more than Houston, Texas’ Marlen Esparza (7-0, 1KO).  So much so that even after all the success she has achieved in her career, from […]

WBA Champion Hanna Gabriels Beats Abril Vidal in Costa Rica

Hanna Gabriels Fends Off Sturdy Attack from Argentina’s Abril Vidal   By David A. Avila Nothing extraordinary was expected, yet Costa Rica’s Hanna Gabriels was forced to pull out her veteran’s bag of tricks to out-fight Argentina’s young gun Abril Vidal and retain the WBA super welterweight world title by unanimous decision on Wednesday. Gabriels […]

Hanna Gabriels vs Abril Vidal in Costa Rica

Hanna Gabriels vs Abril Vidal in World Title Clash – UFC Fight Pass will stream   By David A. Avila Costa Rica’s queen of boxing Hanna Gabriels returns to the boxing ring but this time she has all of Norther America watching. WBA super welterweight world titlist Gabriels (19-2-1, 11 KOs) defends against undefeated Argentine […]

Mikaela Mayer Defeats Lizbeth Crespo in Las Vegas

Mikaela Mayer Wins in Las Vegas, World Title Next   By David A. Avila LAS VEGAS-Mikaela Mayer showed the right stuff in overcoming a slow start against Lizbeth Crespo and successfully defended the NABF super featherweight title by unanimous decision on Saturday. The Mayer right cross was on point. A Las Vegas crowd of more […]

Katie Taylor Edges Delfine Persoon In Bruising Battle in NY

Katie Taylor Edges Delfine Persoon In A Disputed Decision   By David A. Avila Undisputed may be a misnomer as Katie Taylor won by majority decision over Delfine Persoon in a bruising and brawling 10 round slugfest to win all of the major lightweight world titles on Saturday. The decision was debatable. Ireland’s Taylor (14-0, […]