Saturday night in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, long reigning WBA and WBO light flyweight champion Yesica Yolanda Bopp (27-1, 12 KO’s) made a successful move to the flyweight division, defeating WBO super flyweight title holder Daniela Romina Bermudez (16-3-2, 5 KO’s) in the nights headlining contest to win the vacant WBO flyweight championship. With the disadvantage in … [Read more...]
The Friday Grab Bag: A Little of This, A Little of That
By Jim McGrady As always, the holidays bring a lull in the fight game, little action over the last few weeks brings little to write about, but this is a perfect opportunity to catch up. World Title Action in Japan Despite the overall lack of fight activity, three world title bouts took place in Japan on New Year’s Eve. In Tokyo, Takashi Uchiyama (21-0-1, 17 KO’s) … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
It was a light weekend for the ladies. In Mexico, Anahi Torres (11-10, 2 KO's) broke the .500 barrier with a successful defense of the WBC Youth minimum weight title with a ten round decision over Jasseth Noriega (16-1-1). This was Torres’s third defense of the title she won when she took a 10 round decision over Maria Salinas in September of 2011. Since running up seven … [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...]