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Marlen Esparza missed weight by two pounds on Friday, losing her WBC, WBO and WBA flyweight titles on the scale. Esparza (14-1, 1 KO), of Houston, who came in at 114 pounds for the 112-pound bout, will still fight Saturday night at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, California, against Gabriela Celeste Alaniz, who hit the scales at 111.2.
Marlen Esparza missed weight by two pounds on Friday, losing her WBC, WBO and WBA flyweight titles on the scales. She will still fight Saturday night in Fresno against Gabriela Celeste Alaniz.
José Ramírez’s boxing career has slowed down significantly since he lost the WBC and WBO light welterweight titles back in 2021 to Josh Taylor. Ramírez has only fought twice since then.
Alexa Grasso and Marlen Esparza are both flyweight champions but in different sports. Grasso is the top pound-for-pound female in the UFC, while Esparza has dominated her boxing division since late 2020.
Gabriela Fundora is set to fight Marlen Esparza for the undisputed flyweight championship on January 6th, 2024, in Las Vegas. The fight promises to be a historic moment, as it will be the first time all four major flyweight titles are unified in the women's division.
Flyweight women's unified champion Marlen Esparza and fellow champion Gabriela Fundora will meet for the undisputed flyweight championship on Saturday, Jan.
There was title action on the undercard of Floyd Schofield-Haskell Rhodes as Marlen Esparza (14-1, 1 KO) unified the WBA, WBO, and WBC flyweight titles against Gabriela Alaniz (14-1, 6 KOs).
The flyweight unification fight between WBC champion Marlen Esparza and WBO champ Gabriela Celeste Alaniz has been postponed, a source confirmed to ESPN.
Marlen Esparza in 2013 ESPN Body Issue: Marlen Esparza, United States Olympic boxer and bronze medalist at the 2012 London games in the women's Flyweight division, makes an appearance in the annual ESPN the Magazine Body Issue.
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