WBO bantamweight champion Carolina Duer (16-3-1, 5 KOs) extended her unbeaten streak to 15 when she scored a unanimous decision win over Estrella Valverde (7-4-1, 1 KO) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the first title defense for the two time world champion, who also held the WBO super flyweight title which she defended six times in 2011-2012. Early in her pro career, Duer … [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: Marcos, Bopp, & Knight defend titles this weekend
No weekly wrap up this week fans. With zero world title bouts and just a handful of four round fights taking place this past weekend, I’ve opted to look ahead at the three world title bouts taking place this week. Friday night in Argentina, WBO and WBA super bantamweight champion Yesica Patricia Marcos (21-0-1, 7 KO’s) will defend her titles against Marcela Eliana … [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...]