WBO super flyweight champion Daniela Romina Bermudez (17-3-2, 5 KO’s) successfully defended her title this past weekend, edging out challenger Vanesa Lorena Taborda (8-3) over 10 rounds in the headlining bout on a card in Maciel, Argentina. Final scores were 96:94 twice with one judge scoring the contest even at 95:95. Bermudez won the title a year ago, following a 16 month … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Holiday Week Wrap Up
My apologies for the late break with the Women’s Wrap Up, personal obligations kept me away, but the ladies do deserve their coverage even if I am a bit late in reporting it. These are the results for last week’s world title bouts, the last of world title action for the year. At the El San Juan Resort in Puerto Rico, Hanna Gabriel (14-1-1, 10 KO’s) returned after nearly two … [Read more...]
Serrano Wins Lightweight Title: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
Brooklyn’s own Amanda Serrano (21-1-1, 16 KO’s) took a trip down south this past weekend and came back with the world lightweight championship. At Estadio F.A.B. in Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina, Serrano faced WBO lightweight champion Maria Elena Maderna (13-9-3, 2 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round contest that headlined the nights show. Maderna had been champion … [Read more...]
The Killer Queen Strikes: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
Saturday night at König Palast, Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, WBA flyweight champion Susi “Killer Queen” Kentikian (33-2, 17 KO’s) made the second defense of the world title, stopping IFBA minimum-weight champ Dan Bi-Kim (9-3-1, 2 KO’s) in the ninth round, the champs first stoppage win in six years. Despite her disadvantage in experience and overall skill, the … [Read more...]
Maderna Retains Lightweight Crown: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Maria Elena Maderna (12-8-3, 1 KO) successfully defended the WBC lightweight title, defeating Dalia Vasarhelyi (7-5, 1 KO) in three rounds and scoring her first TKO victory. With both the height and reach advantage, Maderna was in control from the start. The right hand was her money punch, and she was able to daze the challenger near the end of … [Read more...]