Mexican flyweight Kenia Enriquez (13-0, 6 KO’s) remained undefeated, taking a 10 round unanimous decision over former light flyweight title holder Ana Arrazola (21-11-2, 13 KO’s), winning the vacant WBO flyweight championship, her first world title. Scores of the bout were a one sided 100-90 twice, and 100-89. The bout, held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in San Diego, … [Read more...]
Double Header in Tokyo: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
The Adachi Ward Sogo Sports Center in Tokyo, Japan played host to a double headliner this weekend featuring two world title contests. In one contest Naoko Shibata (13-3, 4 KO’s) defended the IBF light flyweight title for the second time against the WBF light flyweight champ Ana Arrazola (20-10-2, 13 KO’s). Shibata was comfortably ahead on the scorecards when she scored a ninth … [Read more...]
“The Heat” vs. “The Force” at Barclays: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
In the first ever female boxing contest at the Barclay’s Center, Brooklyn’s Heather “The Heat” Hardy (10-0, 2 KO’s) faced her toughest opponent to date in former world featherweight title challenger Jackie “The Force” Trivilino (9-8-3, 1 KO). The bout was an under card attraction on a seven fight card headlined by Ruslan Provodnikov’s light welterweight title defense against … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
WIBA bantamweight champion Carolina Rodriguez (10-0, 1 KO) remained undefeated, stopping Natalia Lopez (3-13) in five rounds in Chile. Rodriguez won the title in her last bout in August with a 10 round decision over undefeated Ana Lozano. She’s also holder of the WBA Fedalatin bantamweight title. Victoria Cisneros (11-14-2, 4 KO’s) scored an upset in Mexico, dealing Paty … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
Wakayama, Japan played host to this weekend's major female title fight as newly crowned WBC flyweight champion Renata Szebeledi (16-10, 10 KO’s) made the first defense of her title against one of Japans most promising female competitors, Shindo Go (12-2, 8 KO’s). Szbeledi is a far better fighter than her record would lead some to believe. Now just 19 years old, the … [Read more...]