Tonight I had the opportunity to talk with Laila “She Bee-stingin” Ali about her upcoming fight this Friday, November 8, at the Stratoshere Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas. Ali and Valerie Mahfood is the mainliner on “Friday Night Fights” on ESPN2. The two will duke it out for the unification of three belts
(Sept 26, 2002) That is right folks…Tomato Cans are NOT for boxing…and yet the sport continues to furnish a fresh supply of tomato cans for World Champions, Top World contenders, and boxers who have a lot more experience than their defenseless opponents. And who does it hurt?—- EVERYONE! Every time a top woman boxer goes
This week I conducted a one on one Interview with Yolanda Gonzalez. Yolanda is a lawyer by day and boxer by night. Yolanda’s boxing background included participating as an amateur, and was the New Jersey 1999 Golden Gloves Champion, and the Diamond Gloves Champion of 2000. In addition, she received the honor of “The Fighter of the Night” in her
Meet Paola Casalinuovo…..Casalinuovo, 27 years old, can tell boxing fans first hand, the struggles and frustrations of trying to be in women’s boxing. You will more than likely not recognize her name, because she struggles to fight from afar, where most do not even want the sport in their country. You will also
CONNECTICUT (Feb. 9, 2001) Liz Mueller, 5′ 3″, 133, faced Jaime Clampett, 5′ 5″, 136, in a six-round lightweight bout that resulted in a close majority decision, 57-57, 58-56, 58-56, at the Foxwood Casino, in Connecticut that was televised on ESPN2. [WBAN report, by Sue TL Fox] Liz Mueller, who fights out of Ledyard,
LAS VEGAS (Dec. 03, 2000) – Tonight at the Plaza Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and televised on Univision, Mia “The Knockout” St. John , 33, weighing in at 126 lbs., fought Amy Yerkes, 125, in a four-rounder. St. John moved her record to 19-0-0 (10 KO) when she defeated Yerkes by a 1:33 TKO
HOUSTON (Nov. 30) – Billed as the woman’s fight of the year, Valerie “Lone Wolf” Mahfood and Ann “Brown Sugar” Wolf did not disappoint the 1,610 fans in attendance at Browning Boxing’s last fight night of the year Thursday at the Radisson Hotel Astrodome producing three of the most exciting light heavyweight rounds in recent
Andrea Nelson of Dodgeville, Wisc., pounded out a unanimous decision over a fired up Brenda Bell Drexel of San Marcos, Tex., Saturday, Aug. 5, in their four-round lightweight bout, a preliminary to a KO Nation boxing program aired over HBO from Madison, Wisc. The women’s bout and the other three men’s matches were not broadcast
Andrea Nelson of Dodgeville, Wisc., pounded out a unanimous decision over a fired up Brenda Bell Drexel of San Marcos, Tex., Saturday, Aug. 5, in their four-round lightweight bout, a preliminary to a KO Nation boxing program aired over HBO from Madison, Wisc. The women’s bout and the other three men’s matches were not broadcast
On Father’s Day, June 18, 2000, at the Regent Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada there were two daughters, 23-year-old Freeda Foreman and 34 year-old Maria Johansson, who made their pro debut, along with some male bouts that were sons of famous boxing fathers. The fights were televised on Fox Sports Net. Freeda Foreman’s dad, George Foreman