Marcela Eliana Acuna (42-6-1, 18 KO’s) and Edith Soledad Matthysse (12-7-1, 1 KO) faced off for the second time in just over a year at Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia de Villa Ballester in Buenos Aires, Argentina with Acuna making the second defense of the WBO super bantamweight title. An October victory over Halanna Dos Santos won her the vacant strap and earlier this year her … [Read more...]
Kuehne Wins Easily: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
Triple world title holder Ramona Kuehne (22-1, 8 KO’s) successfully defended the WIBF, WBO, and WBF super featherweight championships Friday night against previously undefeated the lesser experienced Gina Chamie (8-1, 4 KO’s) at the MBS Arena in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany. The fight brought little in the way of a challenge for the champion, who was taking part in her 12th … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Double Header Wrap Up, part 2
OK, let’s get up to date… Venezuelan supermodel Ogleidis Suarez (19-2-1, 8 KO’s) won the full version of the WBA featherweight title, outpointing Liliana Palmera (21-11-3, 15 KO’s) over 10 rounds in Panama. Suarez had held the interim version of the title since 2011 and had successfully defended it twice, including a seventh round stoppage of Palmera in their first … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
Jessica Chavez said she “wasn’t the same girl” as she was four years ago, and Saturday night she proved it. Chavez (18-3-2, 4 KO’s), the WBC silver light flyweight titlist, scored big in the division when she dealt WBO/WBO world champion Yesica Bopp (24-1, 11 KO’s) her first professional defeat in front of her Mexican fan base at Estadio Morelos, in Ecatepec, … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
It was a light weekend for the ladies. In Mexico, Anahi Torres (11-10, 2 KO's) broke the .500 barrier with a successful defense of the WBC Youth minimum weight title with a ten round decision over Jasseth Noriega (16-1-1). This was Torres’s third defense of the title she won when she took a 10 round decision over Maria Salinas in September of 2011. Since running up seven … [Read more...]