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...]
McMorrow Tops Enriquez in Mexico
Tonight at Centro De Convenciones in Baja California, Mexico, "Mighty" Melissa McMorrow (10-5-3, 1 KO) regained the WBO flyweight championship, defeating the previously undefeated home fighter and defending champion Kenia Enriquez (13-1, 6 KO's) by split decision, making good on her prediction given in a Boxing Tribune interview earlier this week. McMorrow pressed … [Read more...]
“Mighty” Melissa McMorrow: The Boxing Tribune Interview
There’s no quit in Melissa McMorrow. This Saturday, February 28th, the former world flyweight champ will go south of the border for the third straight time to face undefeated WBO flyweight champion Kenia Enriquez (13-0, 6 KO’s). At just 21 years old, Enriquez is one of the top rising stars in female boxing and is making the first defense of the title she won just … [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...]
Palmera Defeats Sanchez: The Women’s Weekly Wrap Up
In her first title defense, interim WBA super bantamweight champion Liliana Palmera (24-11-3, 15 KO’s) defeated former title holder Alys Sanchez (13-3-1, 4 KO’s) over 10 rounds at the Coliseo Mario de León in Cerete, Colombia. Sanchez fought form the outside, circling the ring, and appeared to miss a lot of punches from simply throwing them from too far away. When … [Read more...]