LukieBoxing Column: Crawford, Modern Great, Franco-Moloney Oops!, Ring City Debut
Crawford, the generational great I wrote long-form about Terence Crawford, and his comparable traits to Marvin Hagler, and despite, a solid resume – three-division world champion, unifying the lightweight division, winning every belt at 140 lbs, and winning a welterweight title in his first fight in that division, Crawford still
Hanna Gabriels signs with DiBella Entertainment
DiBella Entertainment has signed women’s WBA Super Welterweight World Champion Hanna “La Amazona Black” Gabriels (19-2-1, 11 KOs), of Alajuela, Costa Rica, to an exclusive promotional contract. Gabriels successfully defended her WBA world title for the third time this past Saturday, January 26, with a dominant 10-round unanimous decision versus Sarah Dwyer in
Cecilia Braekhus last headliner for HBO Boxing, Saturday
Unified women’s welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus will look to put all four of her major world title on the line the WBO/WBA/WBC/IBF on the line against lesser-known Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes in a 10-round main event to conclude HBO’s 45 year tenure with boxing, at the StubHub Center in Carson, Ca. Women’s
Claressa Shields, the forgotten pound-for-pound fighter
Claressa Shields is the pound-for-pound fighter that doesn’t get mentioned amongst pound-for-pound fighter based on her gender, rightfully or wrongly, as some writers feel uncomfortable adding a female fighter to an all male pound-for-pound list. Shields, a 2012 and 2016 women’s Olympic gold medalist, has seen her stature as a
Katie Taylor defeats Cindy Serrano in co-main event in Boston
Impressive IBF and WBA women’s lightweight champion Katie Taylor continued her meteoric rise to fame as she defeated women’s boxing legend Cindy Serrano by a wide margin at the TD Garden in Boston, Mass. Taylor stalked Serrano from the opening bell as her constant pressure along with combination punching that
Beautiful Brawlers VIII this Saturday, September 1st in Brisbane, Ca
The all-women annual amateur boxing event “Beautiful Brawlers VIII” will now take place at Fire in the Ring Boxing Inc on September 2nd as to meet the needs of the capacity of the anticipated crowd. The bout card will feature two rings as well as awards and the best amateurs in
Mikaela Mayer fights for women’s boxing on ESPN, Saturday
Women’s lightweight and 2016 U.S. Olympian Mikaela Mayer returns to action this Saturday at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona on ESPN, the bout will mark her official ESPN debut, the first of what should be many. What makes Mayer so unique is the fact that we have never
Selina Barrios fights Patricia Juarez on September 22nd
Undefeated NABF Lightweight champion, Selina “Aztec Queen” Barrios (4-0, 2 KOs), has an opponent for her Corpus Christi Showdown on September 22, 2018. Barrios will face Patricia Juarez (4-0), sister of WBC Bantamweight champion, Mariana “Barbie” Juarez (50-9-4, 13 KOs). On
Selina Barrios vs Aida Satybaldinova STREAMING LINK
San Antonio TV / KSAT.com, an ABC affiliate in San Antonio, TX, will live stream the highly anticipated showdown between Selina “Aztec Queen” Barrios (3-0, 1 KO) and Aida “Lady Sparta” Satybaldinova (3-0-1). The 8-round bout, along with the eight undercard fights, will be available to the over 50,000 subscribers of San Antonio TV, which
DiBella Entertainment signs Tiara Brown
DiBella Entertainment has announced the signing of top female prospect Tiara Brown (4-0, 2 KOs), an undefeated junior lightweight from Washington, D.C. “I am so proud to have signed Tiara Brown,” said Lou DiBella, President of DiBella Entertainment. “She is a terrific fighter and an even better person. Tiara is a fulltime Washington, D.C. police officer,