A look at the sweeter side of the sweet science.
Best of Women’s Boxing 2020 Fighter of the Year: 2020: Katie Taylor 2019: Katie Taylor 2018: Katie Taylor 2017- Cecilia Braekhus 2016- Marcela Eliana Acuna 2015- Jessica Chavez 2014- Cecilia Braekhus 2013- Delfine Persoon Fight of the Year: 2020: Terri Harper D-10 Natasha Jonas 2019: Katie Taylor MD-10 Define Persoon 2018- Yesenia Gomez D-10 Esmeralda
Women’s Boxing Pound-for-Pound Rankings: January 2021 1-Katie Taylor (17-0, 6 KOs) lightweight, Ireland 2-Claressa Shields (10-0, 2 KOs) middleweight, USA 3-Yesica Yolanda Bopp (36-1, 16 KOs) light-flyweight, Argentina 4- Jessica McCaskill (9-2, 3 KOs) welterweight, USA 5-Cecilia Braekhus (36-1, 9 KOs) welterweight, Norway 6-Delfine Persoon (44-3, 18 KOs) super-featherweight, Belgium 7-Amanda Serrano (39-1-1, 29 KOs)
Women’s Boxing Pound-for-Pound Rankings: December 2020 1-Katie Taylor (17-0, 6 KOs) lightweight, Ireland 2-Claressa Shields (10-0, 2 KOs) middleweight, USA 3-Yesica Yolanda Bopp (36-1, 16 KOs) light-flyweight, Argentina 4- Jessica McCaskill (9-2, 3 KOs) welterweight, USA 5-Cecilia Braekhus (36-1, 9 KOs) welterweight, Norway 6-Delfine Persoon (44-3, 18 KOs) super-featherweight, Belgium 7-Amanda Serrano (38-1-1, 28 KOs)
Women’s Boxing Pound-for-Pound Rankings: September 2020 1-Katie Taylor (16-0, 6 KOs) super-lightweight, Ireland 2-Claressa Shields (10-0, 2 KOs) middleweight, USA 3-Yesica Yolanda Bopp (36-1, 16 KOs) light-flyweight, Argentina 4- Jessica McCaskill (9-2, 3 KOs) welterweight, USA 5-Cecilia Braekhus (36-1, 9 KOs) welterweight, Norway 6-Delfine Persoon (44-3, 18 KOs) lightweight, Belguim 7-Amanda Serrano (38-1-1, 28 KOs)
Women’s Boxing Pound-for-Pound Rankings: August 2020 1-Claressa Shields (10-0, 2 KOs) middleweight, USA 2-Cecilia Braekhus (36-0, 9 KOs) welterweight, Norway 3-Katie Taylor (15-0, 6 KOs) super-lightweight, Ireland 4-Yesica Yolanda Bopp (36-1, 16 KOs) light-flyweight, Argentina 5-Delfine Persoon (44-2, 18 KOs) lightweight, Belgium 6-Amanda Serrano (38-1-1, 28 KOs) lightweight, USA/Puerto Rico 7-Daniela Romina Bermudez (28-3-3, 9
Women’s Boxing Pound-for-Pound Rankings: July 2020 1-Claressa Shields (10-0, 2 KOs) middleweight, USA 2-Cecilia Braekhus (36-0, 9 KOs) welterweight, Norway 3-Katie Taylor (15-0, 6 KOs) super-lightweight, Ireland 4-Yesica Yolanda Bopp (36-1, 16 KOs) light-flyweight, Argentina 5-Amanda Serrano (38-1-1, 28 KOs) lightweight, USA/Puerto Rico 6-Delfine Persoon (44-2, 18 KOs) lightweight, Belgium 7-Daniela Romina Bermudez (28-3-3, 9
On July 21 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, light-flyweight contender (#7 WBA, #3 WBC, #3 IBF) Kim Clavel (11-0, 2 KOs) of Montreal, Canada, will battle prospect Natalie Gonzalez (6-0, 1 KO) of New Rochelle, New York, in a bout scheduled for eight, three-minute rounds. Clavel holds the regional NABF light-flyweight title. Gonzalez
On June 12, in the first post-COVID boxing event in Europe, Ewa Piatkowska (13-1, 4 KOs) will battle glorified trial horse Karina Kopinska (13-32-4, 3 KOs) in a scheduled six-round bout in Poland. Piatkowska, a former WBC super-welterweight champion, was stripped of the title in 2019, and it was subsequently secured by Claressa Shields in
Women’s Boxing Pound-for-Pound Rankings: June 2020 1-Claressa Shields (10-0, 2 KOs) middleweight, USA 2-Cecilia Braekhus (36-0, 9 KOs) welterweight, Norway 3-Katie Taylor (15-0, 6 KOs) Super-lightweight, Ireland 4-Amanda Serrano (38-1-1, 28 KOs) lightweight, USA/Puerto Rico 5-Yesica Yolanda Bopp (36-1, 16 KOs) light-flyweight, Argentina 6-Delfine Persoon (44-2, 18 KOs) lightweight, Belgium 7-Daniela Romina Bermudez (28-3-3, 9
