Monterrey, Mexico played host to two world title contests Saturday night with both titles changing hands. In a bantamweight contest, current WIBA champion Carolina Rodriguez (12-0, 1 KO) remained undefeated and won the IBF bantamweight title with a 10 round majority decision over reigning champ Janeth Perez (19-3-2, 4 KO’s). Perez, who had a stretch as the WBA bantamweight … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
Boxing’s “First Lady”, Cecilia Braekhus (23-0, 7 KO’s) retained the WBC, WBA, and WBO welterweight titles, stopping WBO light middleweight title holder Oxandia Castillo (12-1-2, 9 KO’s) in the ninth round Saturday night at Arena Nord in Frederikshavn, Denmark. Castillo, who ‘s fought in every class from welterweight to light heavyweight, won the light middleweight crown in … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Double Header Wrap Up, part 1
My apologies for missing last week’s wrap up. Sparing you the details of the how’s and why’s, let’s recap last week’s women’s action over the weekend of August 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. In Mexico, WBC world super flyweight champion Zulina Munoz (39-1, 26 KO’s) made short work of Maribel Ramirez (8-6-2, 3 KO’s) stopping her in the first round. After an active round by both fighters, … [Read more...]
Under the Radar: Fights That Didn’t Make the Big Headlines- August 2nd, 2013
Jorge Paez Jr. (35-4-1, 21 KO’s) vs. Rodolfo Quintanilla (13-2-3, 10 KO’s), Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico El Maromerito isn’t the clown prince his father was, his record is littered with the standard career building opponents you’d expect to find on an up and comer but after 40 fights it looks like Paez Jr. is pretty comfortable where he’s at for the moment, though he … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
A triple header of womens boxing took place in Bayern, Germany Saturday night. Two world title bouts and a non-title 10 rounder, headlined by the return of the former WIBF lightweight champion, Rola El Halabi, who suffered what appeared to be career ending injuries in April of 2011 when she was shot by her step father, Roy El Halabi. In January of 2011, Rola had terminated … [Read more...]