Layla McCarter has taken female boxing to the next level. Saturday night, the six time world boxing champion became the first “Big Knockout Boxing” women’s champion, winning the lightweight title with a seventh round stoppage of fellow boxing title holder Diana Prazak in the pay per view events opening contest. It was an impressive performance by the champ, who was fighting … [Read more...]
Vincent Tops Ruiz at “The Revival”: The Women’s Weekly Wrap Up
Rhode Island’s Shelly Vincent (14-0, 1 KO) remained undefeated this past Friday, retaining her UBF super bantamweight title and winning the vacant IBF strap, taking a unanimous 10 round decision over Christina Ruiz (7-8-3, 4 KO’s) of San Antonio, Texas. It was Vincent’s first defense of the UBF belt, facing an IFBA bantamweight champ in Ruiz, who’s faced numerous world class … [Read more...]
McCarter Puts Women on the BKB Map
Layla McCarter and Diana Prazak squared off in the opening contest of tonight’s BKB event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the ladies did not disappoint. It was the second event for “Big Knockout Boxing”, but the first time the women were featured with the lightweight title up for grabs; McCarter, a former world champion in multiple weight classes … [Read more...]
The Ladies Join BKB: The Women’s Weekly Wrap Up
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...]
A Busy Week for the Ladies: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
It was a big week for the ladies, plenty of big fights cover, so away we go… Germany’s “Killer Queen”, Susi Kentikian (34-2, 17 KO’s) successfully defended her WBA flyweight championship for the third time in Stuttgart, Germany, scoring a 10 round unanimous decision over Japanese flyweight Naoko Fujioka (12-1, 6 KO’s) at the Porsche Arena, dealing Fujioka her first loss. … [Read more...]