After nearly two years of inactivity, former WBA super bantamweight champion Jackie Nava (29-4-3, 13 KO’s) made a dramatic return to the ring Saturday night, stopping Alys Sanchez (12-2-1, 4 KO’s) in the seventh round at Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. It was a close scrap early on, with Nava tasting the canvas towards the end of the opening frame. … [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...]