Light middleweight Paola Gabriela Casalinuovo (11-0, 11 KO’s) remained undefeated and kept her perfect knockout ratio in tact with a seventh round stoppage of Yajaira Hernandez (15-6, 3 KO’s) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, winning the vacant IBF light middleweight title. Hernandez scored a knockdown in the sixth round, but Casalinuovo returned the favor three times, dropping her … [Read more...]
Hardy victorious at the “Last Dance”: Women’s Boxing- The Weekly Wrap Up
In New York City Wednesday night, UBF super bantamweight champ Heather “The Heat” Hardy (8-0, 2 KO’s) remained undefeated as she did her share to make the final boxing card at The Roseland Ballroom one to remember. Hardy, fighting in her first eight round contest, took a split decision win over game challenger, Christina Fuentes (2-5-3) of Texas. As is usually the case with … [Read more...]
Women’s Boxing: The Weekly Wrap Up
In France, Nadia Hokmi (20-6-1, 9 KO’s) took a 10 round decision over Linda Soto (6-4, 3 KO’s) to win the vacant WBF bantamweight title. Hokmi, who has held the WIBF and WBF super flyweight belts had failed in multiple title shots prior to 2008 but has since been on a 10 fight winning streak including victories over Elena Reid and Julia Sahin. The knock on her is that she … [Read more...]