Centro De Convenciones in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico played host to a world title double header featuring two of Mexico’s best and most popular champions, Jackie Nava and Kenia Enriquez. Super bantamweight champion Jackie Nava (32-4-3, 14 KO’s) defended the WBC and WBA titles against Mayra Alejandra Gomez (16-4, 4 KO’s), the WBO bantamweight champ. While … [Read more...]
Huge Double Header in Mexico: The Women’s Weekly Wrap Up
Action on the women’s front was pretty much bone dry this week, but not to worry, there are big things on the horizon. In just over a week, two of Mexico’s biggest stars will defend their world titles at a card held at Centro De Convenciones in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. In a bout to be contested for the WBO flyweight championship, newly crowned champion Kenia … [Read more...]
Jackie Nava Retains World Titles: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
In her third bout of the year, “La Princesa Azteca” Jackie Nava (31-4-3, 13 KO’s) successfully defended the WBC and WBA super bantamweight titles in Sonora, Mexico. Nava dealt the first career defeat to Sayda Mosquera (7-1-1, 5 KO’s), who went up in weight for the contest and is the current WBC Latino bantamweight title-holder. It was a highly entertaining fight, … [Read more...]
“Gallo” Estrada Returns to the Ring 12/6 in Hermosillo; Nava and Tyson Marquez on Undercard
WBA/WBO flyweight champ Juan Francisco "El Gallo" Estrada (30-2, 20 KOs) returns to the ring December 6 at the Centro de Usos Múltiples in his hometown of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico against Filipino Joebert Álvarez (14-0-1, 6 KOs) in a ten-round non-title bout. Estrada's last bout was a dominant, breakthrough TKO 11 performance over countryman Giovani Segura that drew … [Read more...]
Munoz Victory Wraps Up WBC Convention: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
A seven bout card at the Hotel Gran Riviera Princess in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico wrapped up the first ever WBC women’s boxing convention in Mexico. Fighting on the card was WBC super-flyweight champion Zulina Munoz (43-1-2, 27 KO’s), making the seventh defense of the title against the lesser experienced Karina Hernandez (5-1-3, 1 KO). The two fought clean at ring … [Read more...]