A look at the sweeter side of the sweet science.
Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Naoko Fujioka, 112, rallied late to retain her WBA World female flyweight title for the second time with a ten-round, split-draw (96-95/94-96/95-95) against Tenkai Tsunami, 111 ¾, who was looking to win a world title in a fourth weight division. Fujioka, 43, who boasts world titles in five weight classes, had
Women’s Boxing Pound-for-Pound Rankings: June 2019 1-Claressa Shields (9-0, 2 KOs) middleweight, USA 2-Katie Taylor (14-0, 6 KOs) lightweight, Ireland 3-Cecilia Braekhus (35-0, 9 KOs) welterweight, Norway 4-Delfine Persoon (43-2, 18 KOs) lightweight, Belgium 5-Yesica Yolanda Bopp (36-1, 16 KOs) light-flyweight, Argentina 6-Daniela Romina Bermudez (25-3-3, 7 KOs) bantamweight, Argentina 7-Amanda Serrano (36-1-1, 27 KOs)
Women’s Boxing Pound-for-Pound Rankings: May 2019 1-Katie Taylor (13-0, 6 KOs) lightweight, Ireland 2-Claressa Shields (9-0, 2 KOs) middleweight, USA 3-Cecilia Braekhus (35-0, 9 KOs) welterweight, Norway 4-Delfine Persoon (43-1, 18 KOs) lightweight, Belgium 5-Yesica Yolanda Bopp (35-1, 16 KOs) light-flyweight, Argentina 6-Daniela Romina Bermudez (25-3-3, 7 KOs) bantamweight, Argentina 7-Amanda Serrano (36-1-1, 27 KOs)
In my opinion, Braekhus should drop down to 140 and fight Katie Taylor who has a much more significant following than Sheilds. That is a much bigger money fight and a better match-up. Shields is too big and too young for Braekhus.
