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...]
Double Header in Osaka: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
Azalea Taisho in Osaka, Japan played host to two world title contests this past weekend. In one match up, WBO atom-weight champion Nao Ikeyama (15-3-1, 4 KO’s) made her first title defense against Masae Akitaya (9-5-2, 3 KO’s). Ikeyama is a former WIBA title holder as a minimum-weight as well as a JWBC champ early in her career. She won the WBO strap in May, defeating … [Read more...]