Sunday at the Hoban Gymnasium in Chuncheon, South Korea, 19 year old Mako Yamada (7-0, 2 KO’s) won the WBO minimum-weight crown on her opponents home town, taking a 10 round split decision over previously undefeated titlist Su-Yun Hong (9-1, 5 KO’s) of Hwaseong City. Yamada’s early body attack made the difference in the bout, weakening Hong as the challenger kept her … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
It was a busy week for the women: female fight action kicked off mid-week with a seven bout, all-female card in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on Wednesday night. Headlining the card was Westbury, N.Y.’s Alicia Ashley (20-9-1, 2 KO’s) defending the WBC super-bantamweight championship against Zenny Sotomayor (10-6-2, 8 KO’s). The challenger didn’t have what it takes to hang … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
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...]