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Marlen Esparza outpoints Naoka Fujioka, wins vacant Ring flyweight title, unifies WBC, WBA belts

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09
Apr

Marlen Esparza outpoints Naoka Fujioka, wins vacant Ring flyweight title, unifies WBC, WBA belts

SAN ANTONIO - Japanese veteran Naoka Fujioka was a semi-pro softball player before she discovered boxing at an advanced age...

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08
Apr

Marlen Esparza says winning Ring championship would be her peak accomplishment

Marlen Esparza has accomplished much in her two decades-plus in boxing, but she says winning The Ring magazine championship would...

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07
Apr

Marlen Esparza welcomes the hard fight Naoka Fujioka will bring to their flyweight championship

SAN ANTONIO – Marlen Esparza’s eyes lit up when she briefly held the ceremonial Ring Magazine belt that will be...

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23
Mar

Marlen Esparza-Naoko Fujioka, Gabriel Rosado-Shane Mosley Jr. set for Garcia-Tagoe card

A world unification title fight and a crossroads clash have been added to the Ryan Garcia-Emmanuel Tagoe card on April...

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22
Dec

Women’s Ratings Update: Esparza, Estrada and Serrano gain ground

It was one of the busiest weekends in women’s boxing in quite a while. And the results, although they all...

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09
Jul

William Zepeda overwhelms Hector Tanajara to sixth-round stoppage

LOS ANGELES – William Zepeda dominated Hector Tanajara to a technical stoppage after the sixth round of their scheduled 10-round...

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25
Jun

Marlen Esparza wants all the belts…and wants to create a new title

Newly-crowned WBC flyweight titlist Marlen Esparza not only wants redemption versus Seniesa Estrada; she also wants to be known by a whole new title.

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23
Jun

Women’s ratings update: Mayer’s stock rises after win, Cameron and Estrada to P4P

Diego Morilla brings us our latest women’s ratings update, with moves by Mikaela Mayer, Chantelle Cameron and Seniesa Estrada in the pound-for-pound category.

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19
Jun

Marlen Esparza lifts WBC flyweight title from Ibeth Zamora, Blair Cobbs stops Brad Solomon

Marlen Esparza had to walk through fire but her night ended with the coveted green belt hanging on her right...

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05
Mar

Claressa Shields again makes history, winning second Ring championship, unifying 154

On Friday, Claressa Shields won her second Ring Magazine championship by fully unifying the women’s 154-pound division, in a FITE TV pay-per-view main event.

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