San Antonio's Selina Barrios to fight Nina Gallegos in Mainliner Source:  PR/Mario Serrano July 31, 2019

(JULY 31) SAN ANTONIO, TX - Unbeaten super featherweight prospect, Henry "World Star" Arredondo (5-0, 2 KOs), will return to the ring on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at the Alzafar Shrine in San Antonio, Texas. Arredondo will face Alejandro Moreno (24-39-3, 11KOs), a veteran of over 60 fights, in his first six-round bout as he looks to live up to his "World Star" nickname.  Full Story

Team USA puts on dominating performance on second day of 2019 Pan-American Games Source:  PR/Bob Trieger July 31, 2019

(JULY 31) LIMA, Peru --- All three members of Team USA put on dominating performances on the second day (yesterday) of boxing at the 2019 Pan-American Games in Lima, Peru, to extend USA Boxing's record to 6-1.  2016 Youth World Champion and 2019 Pan American Games Qualifier Champion Delante Johnson (Cleveland, Ohio) picked up where Team USA ended last night with his first victory in these championships. Johnson took all five judges' cards over Colombian Alexander Rangel to advance to Tuesday's...Full Story

Meet Ellen Simwaka:  WBAN adds Simwaka to our Boxer Profile Segment! July 29, 2019

(JULY 29) 5' 5" bantamweight Ellen Simwaka, born on June 6, 1997, in Malawi.   She grew up with her grandparents and mother in Chitipa District----a small township until the age of 11 when she went to live with her father and stepmother in Lilongwe, as they could offer her a better life and education....Full Story

WBAN Adds Stephanie Piñeiro Aquino to our Boxers Profile Segment July 27, 2019

(JULY 27) Super lightweight Stephanie Piñeiro Aquino,  born July 18, 1990,  in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, an amateur boxer, that has now decided to enter the ring of professional boxing.  Aquino said, "At the beginning of 2019 I decided to venture into a professional level by signing with DS Management led by Richard Borges and Charlotte L. Diaz...Full Story

Cuban-born boxer Yarisel Ramirez Team USA No. 1 featherweight Source:  PR/Bob Trieger July 26, 2019

(JULY 26) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 26, 2019) - As Team USA prepares to compete later this week at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, top American female featherweight Yarisel Ramirez, was, ironically, born in Cuba, America's boxing arch-rival and measuring stick.  Full Story

Selina Barrios Returns to the Ring August 3 in San Antonio Texas Source:  PR/Mario Serrano July 25, 2019

(JULY 25) SAN ANTONIO, TX - Female lightweight contender, Selina "Aztec Queen" Barrios (5-1, 2 KOs), will return to the ring on Saturday, August 3rd at the Alzafar Shrine in San Antonio, Texas. Barrios will face Nina Gallegos in a four-round bout.  This is Barrios first fight since her first career loss to former WBC world champion Melissa Hernandez in April.  Full Story

USA Boxing's Pan American Games Team Departs for Lima, Peru Today Source: PR/Bob Trieger July 23, 2019

(JULY 23) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The 11 boxers representing Team USA at this year's Pan American Games in Lima, Peru departed from Colorado Springs, Colo. today following a two-week training camp at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Training Center. A full team roster can be seen below.  Full Story

Carla Merino Wins Her Pro debut in Argentina against Juliana Basualdo July 22, 2019

 (JULY 22)  On Friday night,  July 20, 2019, at the Complejo Deportivo Teniente Origone, Justiniano Posse, Cordoba, Argentina, super flyweight Carla Ayelen Merino, 115, making her pro debut, from Cordoba, won a four-round unanimous decision over Juliana Basualdo, 113¾, of Cordoba. Final judges scores were 39-36, 39.5-35, and 39.5 - 35. Basualdo is now 1-1-0 (0KO), and Merino is 1-0-0.

Hannah Gabriels won a decision over Abril Vidal July 20, 2019

(JULY 20) On July 17, 2019, in San Jose, in the headline bout, WBA Super Welterweight Women's World Champion Hanna "La Amazona Black" Gabriels improved to 20-2-1 (11 KOs) with a 10-round unanimous decision against previously unbeaten challenger Abril Vidal (8-1, 3 KOs), of Argentina, in a bell-to-bell brawl that will certainly be in the running for the women's fight of the year. ..Full Story

Tonight:  Marlen Esparza Defends NABO Title against Sonia Osorio Source/Golden Boy Promotions July 18, 2019

(JULY 18)  Tonight at the Fantasy Springs Casino, in Indio, California, Marlen Esparza will be fighting an eight-round bout in defense of her NABO Flyweight Title.  In a press release the event will feature the following:  Hall of Famer Michael "Manitas De Piedra" Carbajalwill be the special VIP guest for the event headlined by the 10-round battle between contender Jason Quigley (16-0, 12 KOs) ..Full Story

Toledo's Queen of Boxing: Oshae Jones Source:  PR/Bob Trieger July 16, 2019

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Toledo has produced and continues to produce elite boxers at a tremendous rate and gifted welterweight Oshae Jones, a much-celebrated amateur champion, clearly reigns as the undisputed Queen of Boxing in the Ohio city located on the western tip of Lake Erie.  Full Story

Ronica "Queen" Jeffrey new title challenger for WBC Female World Champion Eva Wahlstrom - RJJ Boxing's free admission show Aug. 2 in Las Vegas Source: PR/Bob Trieger July 15, 2019

(JULY 15) LAS VEGAS - World Boxing Council (WBC) female World super featherweight champion Eva Wahlstrom has a new title challenger, Ronica "Queen" Jeffrey, who has replaced Yareli "Chocolita" Larios, in the August 2nd headliner at the famed Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.  Roy Jones Jr. (RJJ) Boxing Promotions is offering free admission for this latest installment of RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASS®, the world's leading digital subscription service for combat sports, offering free admission to its loyal fanbase..Full Story

Three Female Bouts on a Boxing Card at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan Photos and results by Samart

(JULY 15) On July 12th, at the Korakuen Hall, in Tokyo, Japan, Naoko Fujioka, 112, and Tenkai Tsunami, 111¾, both out of Tokyo, had a ten round draw. Fujioka was defending her WBA Flyweight title. The final judges scores were 95-95, 94-96, and 96-95. Fujioka is now 18-2-1 (7KO), and Tsunami is 26-12-1 (15KO).  Full Story

TMB & PRB Entertainment to Host Young Guns "Who's 0 Will Go" Floresville TX Press Conference Source: PR/Mario Serrano July 11, 2019

(JULY 11) A group of talented local boxers from San Antonio, TX will be present at the Floresville Event Center to discuss their upcoming bouts presented by TMB & PRB Entertainment. The 10-round main event will showcase Light Flyweights, Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez (9-0, 5 KOs) vs. Cesar Garcia Torrijos (11-0, 4 KOs).  Free to the Public.  Full Story

Christina Ruiz to fight Brittany Ordonez on July 27th in San Antonio Source:  PR July 9, 2019

(JULY 9) SAN ANTONIO, TX  - TMB & PRB Entertainment presents, Young Guns "Who's "0" Will Go", a spectacular professional boxing event taking place at the Floresville Event Center on July 27, 2019, featuring some of San Antonio's finest young fighters.  Showcased on the card will be Prince Ranch Boxing's undefeated rising stars, 18-year old featherweight Ricky "El Castigo" Medina (4-0, 3 KOs), and welterweight "Prince" Hector Coronado (2-0, 2 KOs), who will both be fighting in separate 4-round bouts. Medina will battle Miguel Moreno (0-1), while Coronado who is age 22, will square off against Adam Ealoms (3-17-3, 1 KO).  Full Story

Nicole Wesner & Vicot Clear WBF Winners In Vienna Source/Press Release Photo credits: Facebook July 7, 2019

(JULY 7) Austria-based German Nicole Wesner retained the World Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens World Lightweight title for the fifth time on Saturday night, July 6, in the main event of a show at Gym 23 in her adopted home-town of Vienna.  Dedicating the fight to recently departed administrators Olaf Schroeder (WBF) and Jurgen Lutz (WIBF), Wesner scored a unanimous decision over Pasa Malagic from Bosnia & Herzegovina, controlling the action most of the way.  Full Story

Kandi "Krush" Wyatt Added to WBAN's Boxers Profile Segment! July 6, 2019

(JULY 6) Super lightweight Kandi "Krush" Wyatt,  was just eight years old when she first "stumbled" upon boxing.  Wyatt was enrolled in the gymnastics club, in Rocky Mountain House, that shared its location with the Rocky Titans Boxing Club, and she found herself more interested in the kids across the floor punching bags, skipping and sparring in the ring.  Read more on this boxer!

Alicia Holzken won by decision for the GBU and WIBF Flyweight titles July 6, 2019

(JULY 6) On July 4th,  in Aabenraa, Ringriderteltet, Denmark, Alicia Holzken, now 5-0-0, of Denmark won a ten-round unanimous decision over Xenia Jorneac, now 10-4-0 (3KO), of Munich, Germany.  The two were  fighting for the vacant GBU and WIBF flyweight title.  Final judges scores were 98-92, 99-91, and 99-91.  Photo credit: Facebook

Twelve nations share 15 gold medals in the European Games Finals in Minsk by Michael O'Neill July 1, 2019

(JULY 1) The 2nd European Games ended in Minsk, Belarus on Sunday and both GB Boxing and Team Ireland had many medals to display when they arrived back on home soil. Altogether 317 boxers including 59 women attended in the European Games from a record number of 44 nations in Minsk, Belarus.  Full Story