The Riviera Maya in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico will host the first ever WBC women’s boxing convention. The event will be held from Wednesday, September 24th through Saturday the 27th with the official opening on Thursday morning. Among those scheduled to attend the event are NYSAC chairperson Melivina Lathan, WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman, and physician, Dr. … [Read more...]
Nelson Stops St. John: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
Headlining a card in Annandale, Virginia, WIBA International welterweight champion Tori Nelson (9-0-3, 1 KO) put what very well may be the final nail in the career coffin of former world champion Mia St. John (47-14-2, 18 KO’s), stopping “The Knockout” in two rounds to retain her title and undefeated record. The stoppage was a surprise all around, as Nelson, who had never … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
The headlining female bout of the week took place in Frederikshavn, Denmark Saturday night. Undefeated welterweight champion, Cecilia Braekhus (22-0, 6 KO's) put all three of her world welterweight titles, WBA, WBO, and WBC on the line against veteran and former WBC light middleweight titlist, Mia St. John (47-13-2, 18 KO's). The bout was the lone world title fight on Sauerland … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap-Up & News
Women’s action kicked off Thursday night in Oklahoma City where Jessica Rakoczy (33-3, 12 KO’s) met Ada Velez (20-5-3, 6 KO’s) for the vacant WIBA super bantamweight championship. Despite her lack of activity over the last three years, Rakoczy took a one sided decision win to claim the title. Scores were 99-90 across the board for the new champ. Velez, a former world … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
It was a relatively slow week on the female side of the sport, with just three world title bouts over the weekend. In Bakersfield, California, Tiffany Junot (10-3-1, 6 KO’s) scored an upset win over WBC light middleweight champion Mia St. John (47-12-2, 18 KO’s). Junot came into the fight on two weeks notice, her last being a six round decision loss in July. It was … [Read more...]