Fans of the newly formed Big Knockout Boxing will have something to look forward to when the organization hosts its second event April 4th: the women will be joining the BKB ranks. It was announced late last week that Layla McCarter (36-13-5, 8 KO’s) and Diana Prazak (13-3, 9 KO’s) will face off in “the pit” to determine the first BKB women’s lightweight champion. McCarter … [Read more...]
Rivas, Miyao Retain World Titles: Women’s’ Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
Yazmin Rivas (31-8, 9 KO’s) successfully defended the WBC bantamweight championship, defeating Susie Ramadan (23-2, 8 KO’s) for the second time, taking a unanimous 10 round decision at Auditorio Centenario in Durango, Mexico. This was Ramadan’s first contest in over two years, but the former IBF and WBC champion boxed well, and did her best to avoid the heavier shots of the … [Read more...]
Rodriguez Retains IBF Title: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
Headlining a two bout card in Chile, IBF bantamweight champion Carolina Rodriguez (13-0, 1 KO) made the second defense of the title against Dayana Cordero (13-5-1, 9 KO’s) at Polideportivo Estadio Nacional. Over the course of 10 close rounds, Rodriguez came out with a close split decision win, the difference being one point on the deciding judge’s scorecard. Rodriguez, … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
Female boxing got started Thursday night with a double header in Tokyo Japan. Ayaka Miyao (16-5-1, 1 KO) defended the WBC atom-weight title against Gretchen Abaniel (13-5, 4 KO’s), it was the third title defense for Miyao, who snatched the title from Mari Ando just over a year ago. The champ scored a 10 round decision over Abaniel, a former WIBA minimum-weight title holder who … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
Apologies for the delay this week, circumstances beyond this writers control prevented an earlier posting of this weeks women’s news. Anyway… It was a relatively light week for the females. In Mexico, former IBF and WBC flyweight title holder Arely Mucino (18-2-1, 10 KO’s) made short work of Olga Julio (14-14-1, 9 KO’s) stopping her in the second round. Julio did her best … [Read more...]