In Brooklyn, at the Aviator Sports Complex, fan favorite Heather “The Heat” Hardy (7-0, 2 KO’s) scored her second straight win by stoppage, defeating Ana Laura Gomez (4-4) in the second round to win the vacant UBF International super bantamweight title. The bout was a scheduled eight round co-feature to the “Battle of Brooklyn” 10 rounder between Gabriel Bracero and Dmitry … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
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
Pretty light for the women this week; undefeated light welterweight Svetlana Kulakova (8-0, 1 KO) won her first world title, picking up the interim WBA light welterweight title taking a 10 round win over Judy Waguthii (12-6-3, 3 KO’s) at the Open Air Bike Show in Volgograd, Russia. Kulakova originally turned pro in 2007, winning four bouts, but was inactive the following four … [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...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
Keisher McLeod-Wells (6-2, 1 KO) got fight action going for the women this weekend. McLeod-Wells made a successful return to the ring after nearly a year off, defeating Canadian amateur champ Jacqueline Park (1-1) over six rounds in In Galati, Romania on Friday, undefeated WIBF world light welterweight champion Klara Svensson (7-0, 1 KO) added the WBC silver light … [Read more...]