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(DEC 26) Well, it is a rap
for women's boxing for 2021, and we have seen some great fights
take place this year----some of (not all) the top picks that took
place...Here are some of the top picks this year!
Drum roll......
May 1, 2021 - Manchester Arena,
Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom -Lightweight
Katie Taylor, 134.5, won a ten-round unanimous decision
over Natasha Jonas, 134.5. Taylor was defending her WBC,
WBA, IBF, WBO lightweight world titles. Judges Final
scores 96-95, 96-94, and 96-95.
October 30, 2021 - Auditorio Municipal,
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico -Super
bantamweight Jackie Nava, 120 1/4, of Tijuana, Mexico,
now 39-4-4- (16 KO), won a ten-round unanimous decision
over Mariana Juarez, 120 3/4, of Mexico City. The two
were fighting for the vacant WBC Diamond Super
Bantamweight title. Final judges scores were 94-97,
90-100, and 91-99.
June 19, 2021 - Don Haskins Center inEl
Paso, Texas
Marlen Esparza defeated a very tough
opponent Ibeth Zamora Silva in a 10 round title bout
fighting for the WBC Flyweight World title. The two
fought at the . Final Judges scores were: 96-92,
95-94, 96-94. Esparza is now 10-1-0 (1KO). Silva
fell to 32-7-0 (12 KO).
March 13, 2021 - American Airlines Center,
Dallas, Texas
Welterweight Jessica McCaskill, 144.5, of
Chicago, Illinois, successfully defended her WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF,
and IBO Welterweight titles over Cecilia Braekhus, 145, of
Norway. Final judges scores were 98-91, 99-90, and 100-89.
March 25, 2021- Plaza del Quinto Centenario, San
Juan, Puerto Rico - Amanda
"The Real Deal" Serrano, 124¾, won by a ninth round KO over
Daniela "La Bonita" Bermudez, 125. The bout was scheduled for
ten rounds. The two fought for the WBC, WBO, and the vacant IBO
Featherweight title.
April 10, 2021 - Copper Box Arena, Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park, Hackney Wick, London, United Kingdom-Shannon Courtenay, 117.5, of
Hertfordshire, won a ten-round unanimous
decision over Ebanie Bridges, 117, of New South Wales. The
final scoring was 92-98, 94-97, and 92-98. Courtenay won
the vacant WBA Bantamweight world title. Courtenay is now
7-1-0 (3KO), and Bridges had her first loss as a pro and is
now 5-1-0 (2KO).
May
29, 2021 - Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Chantelle Cameron, 139 1/4, won by a
fifth round TKO over Melissa Hernandez, 136 21/4.
Cameron was defending her WBC Super Lightweight title.
May 14, 2021 - Embassy Suites Nashville
SE, Murfreesboro, Tennessee -The
card featured three female bouts on the card and one
male boxing bout. In the mainliner, Heather Hardy, 135¾,
of Brooklyn, New York, fighting Jessica Camara, 135½, of
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The bout was scheduled as a
eight-rounder, in the Lightweight division; In the first
round, Camara experienced a knockdown (20 seconds in
first round) by Hardy, but the end result was winning by
a unanimous decision with a final score by judges of
79-73, 78-73, and 77-74. In a post-fight interview,
Camara was overwhelmed with the win, and said that she
could not even try to describe how she was feeling and
that Hardy is one of her role models, growing up in the
sport.
June 19,
2021 - Virgin
Hotels, in Las Vegas, Nevada
Mikaela Mayer took on a tough fight with Erica Farias,
and winning by a 10-round unanimous decision. The two
were fighting for the WBO Junior Lightweight World
title. It was reported that Mayer adjusted, turned up
the heat and defeated Erica Farias. This was a first
successful defense of her belt.
November
13, 2021 - Kolding Hallen, Kolding, Denmark-Bantamweight
Dina Thorslund, 117 3/4, Won by a KO over Zulina Munoz,
117.5. The bout was scheduled for ten rounds. They were
fighting for the WBO Bantamweight world title.
July 16, 2021 - Gimnasio Municipal "Jose
Neri Santos", Ciudad Juarez, Mexico -Lourdes
“La Pequeña Lulú” Juarez, now 32-2-0 (4KO), of Mexico
city, Mexico, won a ten-round unanimous decision over
Diana "la Bonita" Fernandez, now 23-4-0 (4KO), of Ciudad
Juarez. Lourdes was defending her WBC Super Flyweight
title. Final judges scores were 95-95, 96-95, and
96-94.
August 27, 2021 - Sycuan Casino Resort
in El Cajon, CA- Split-T
Management's Kali "KO" Reis made a successful first
defense of her WBA Super Lightweight world title facing
Diana Prazak in the mainliner where she won by a
majority Decision. The bout was the headline bout of a
UFC Fight Pass streamed card. Full
Story
July 9, 2021 Two Top female bouts on this
card: [Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, Calif.-Flyweight
Noako Fujioka, 111 3/4, of Japan, won by a 10-round
majority decision over Sulem Urbina, 112. Fujioka
successfully defended her WBA Flyweight world title; in
a second female bout, Seniesa Estrada, 108, won a
ten-round unanimous decision over Tenkai Tsunami, 107
1/4. The two were fighting for the WBO Light Flyweight
title. Full
Story
August 7, 2021 - Matchroom HQ Garden,
Brentwood, England
Ebanie Bridges, 118¾, fought Bec
Connolly, 119, scueduled for eight rounds, but the fight
ended in the third round (1:22) when Bridges TKO'd
Connolly. Courtesy photos by Matchbox at the weigh-in. Full
Story
November
19, 2021 - SNHU
Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire - The
female world title fight did not disappoint! The two
battled it out until the very end, with Reis having a
successful final tenth round going after Camara, even
through some noted exhaustion, nothing stopped these
warriors making every second count in this bout. Coming
into the fight, 35-year old Kali “KO” Reis, weighed in
at 138 lbs., vs. Jessica “Cobra” Camara, 33, 136 lbs. Full
Story
March 5,
2021 - Flint, Michigan-In
one of four female bouts on the card, Claressa
Shields, 153½, won a 10-round unanimous decision over
Marie Eve Dicaire, 152½. Final judges scores were 100-90
on all card. The two were fighting for the WBC, WBA, WBO,
and IBF Super welterweight world titles.
October 9, 2021 Echo Arena, in Liverpool,
England-Jamie
"The Miracle" Mitchell, 117½, who fights out of Las
Vegas, Nevada, and from Los Angeles, California, won a
10-round majority decision over Shannon Courtenay, 120½,
of Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The two were
fighting for the vacant WBA Bantamweight world title.
Final judges scores were 94-96, 93-97, and 95-95. Full
Story
October
22, 2021-Coliseo
Sugar Baby Rojas, Barranquilla, Colombia -Light
flyweight Yesica Bopp, 107¾, of Buenos Aires, Argentina,
now 37-2-0 (17KO), won by a fourth round TKO over Johana
Zuniga, 106¼, 16-01-0 (9KO), of La Victoria, Venezuela,
in a 10-round title fight for the WBA Super World Light
Flyweight title.
November 5, 2021 - Virgin Hotels in Las
Vegas, Nevada
Boxing fans were delighted with a superb display of a couple of the best
female boxers in the professional ranks. Mikaela Mayer, 129½, of
Colorado Springs, Colorado, took on one of the toughest battles so far as a
pro after having a successful career in the amateurs, when she fought Maiva
Hamadouche, 128½, of Fontenay le Fleury, Paris, France went toe-to-toe with
Mayer, in what was described as one of the best female fights this year.
Full
Story
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