Ebanie Bridges: Gracious in Defeat Ebanie Bridges had a multitude of ready-made excuses available at her disposal after her upset defeat to Miyo Yoshida on Saturday night in San Francisco. To her credit, she made none. Bridges could have used her year-long hiatus from the sport, adapting to the ways of her new trainer Dave … Continue reading Ebanie Bridges: Gracious in Defeat
Francesca Hennessy Moves To 2-0 in Bournemouth It's far too early to say if Francesca Hennessy really is the Billion Dollar Baby, but the young bantamweight prospect has done nothing wrong in her two professional fights to date. On Sunday night in Bournemouth, Hennessy eased past Argentina’s Lucrecia Bellen Arrieta on points over six rounds … Continue reading Francesca Hennessy Moves To 2-0 in Bournemouth
Miyo Yoshida Shocks Ebanie Bridges in San Francisco The 1/7 odds on favourite Ebanie Bridges shockingly lost her IBF bantamweight title to the Japanese fighter Miyo Yoshida in San Francisco in a major upset on Saturday night. The former two-time WBO super-flyweight champion was dominant for the vast majority of their ten-round contest at the … Continue reading Miyo Yoshida Shocks Ebanie Bridges in San Francisco
A Boxing Memory: Ricky Hatton: By Garry White If you are from my generation and maintain even the most casual interest in boxing, then there is only a finite volume of British names that you are likely to immediately recall. If you don’t want to tax the grey matter too much, then Tyson Fury or … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Ricky Hatton
Ebanie Bridges Returns in San Francisco: New Opponent. Same Goal Despite everything else that surrounds the life of Ebanie Bridges, you sense inside a boxing ring is where she calls home. She doesn't have to fight. It's for the love of the sport that Bridges dares to be different. It's what she does best. The … Continue reading Ebanie Bridges Returns in San Francisco: New Opponent, Same Goal
Jajaira Gonzalez: "It feels great. But at the same time, I can't quite believe it because it hasn't hit me yet." For all the controversy around the lack of drug tests within the sport, the fact that my scheduled Zoom interview with Jajaira Gonzalez was delayed slightly by an unscheduled visit from the United States … Continue reading Jajaira Gonzalez: “It feels great. But at the same time, I can’t quite believe it because it hasn’t hit me yet.”
The Top Twenty British Female Fighters The Covid pandemic put a stop to virtually everything in 2020. Life as we knew it came to a grinding halt. But when life began its new cycle, and sport found some semblance of life, women’s boxing found a place that wasn't there previously. When Boxing News ran a … Continue reading The Top Twenty British Female Fighters
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