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
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...]