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Double Header in Osaka: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up

September 24, 2014 by Jim McGrady Leave a Comment

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...]

The Killer Queen Strikes: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up

June 3, 2014 by Jim McGrady Leave a Comment

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...]

Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap-Up

January 20, 2014 by Jim McGrady Leave a Comment

Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap-Up

Women’s action is finally starting to pick up again. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ana Esteche (10-3-1, 2 KO’s) snatched the WBA light welterweight title from Monica Acosta (19-1-2, 5 KO’s) Saturday night with a convincing 10 round decision over the defending champ. Esteche, the former Argentina lightweight title holder, was coming in off a failed attempt at the IBF lightweight … [Read more...]

Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up

November 5, 2012 by Jim McGrady Leave a Comment

Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up

Entre Rios, Argentina hosted the WBA female lightweight title bout between defending champion Cecilia Comunales (10-1, 6 KO’s) and Simone Da Silva Duarte (11-4, 4 KO’s). This was Comunales’ first defense of the title she won in March and Duarte’s third chance at a world title after losing in her previous two tries. Comunales used her long jab and straight right to … [Read more...]

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