Big upset in Japan this week. Tuesday night in Tokyo, Anabel Ortiz (12-3, 2 KO’s) dealt Etsuko Tada (12-1-2, 2 KO’s) her first defeat and won the WBA minimum weight title in the process. Ortiz, a former WBC minimum weight titlist and Mexico light flyweight champ, lost her last two world title bouts when she dropped the WBC minimum weight belt to Naoko Fujioka in 2011, and … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
Jessica Chavez said she “wasn’t the same girl” as she was four years ago, and Saturday night she proved it. Chavez (18-3-2, 4 KO’s), the WBC silver light flyweight titlist, scored big in the division when she dealt WBO/WBO world champion Yesica Bopp (24-1, 11 KO’s) her first professional defeat in front of her Mexican fan base at Estadio Morelos, in Ecatepec, … [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...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
It was a relatively slow week on the female side of the sport, with just three world title bouts over the weekend. In Bakersfield, California, Tiffany Junot (10-3-1, 6 KO’s) scored an upset win over WBC light middleweight champion Mia St. John (47-12-2, 18 KO’s). Junot came into the fight on two weeks notice, her last being a six round decision loss in July. It was … [Read more...]