After two weeks of little action to report on, the women’s activity picked up a bit this past weekend. The major match ups took place Friday night, with Saturday’s bouts being four, six, and eight round contests. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Florencia Canteros (6-4-1) took home the vacant Argentina flyweight title, outpointing Yessika Munoz (1-9-2) over 10 rounds. It was the … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
It was a relatively slow week on the female side of the sport, with just three world title bouts over the weekend. In Bakersfield, California, Tiffany Junot (10-3-1, 6 KO’s) scored an upset win over WBC light middleweight champion Mia St. John (47-12-2, 18 KO’s). Junot came into the fight on two weeks notice, her last being a six round decision loss in July. It was … [Read more...]
Oh, What a Knight! Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
Saturday night in Mexico City, California native and IBF flyweight champ Ava Knight made the most of her south bound road trip, and came home with the WBC Diamond flyweight championship. Knight (10-1-3, 5 KO’s), of Chico, California, met WBC flyweight champion Mariana “La Barbie” Juarez (35-6-3, 16 KO’s) in front of her hometown crowd at Palacio de Deporte in Mexico … [Read more...]