Marlen Esparza: record, next fight and profile →
Joseph Diaz Jr. will face Oscar Duarte in a lightweight crossroads fight on the undercard of a Jose Ramirez-headlined show at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California, on April 27.
Marlen Esparza and Gabriela Alaniz will run it back. BoxingScene.com has learned that a unified flyweight championship rematch is in play between Houston’s Esparza and Argentina’s Alaniz. The bout is targeted to take place on a DAZN show this March in Las Vegas. Golden Boy Promotions
Marlen Esparza and Gabriela Alaniz have been granted a few more days to finalize terms for their forthcoming rematch. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBO has accepted a request by Golden Boy Promotions to extend the negotiation period by one week for the re-ordered Esparza-Alaniz rematch. A five-day negotiation period was previously
Marlen Esparza and Gabriela Alaniz are back on the clock. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBO has re-ordered the flyweight rematch that was previously parked from earlier this summer. Esparza is once again required to honor her mandatory after it was learned that previous plans fell through for a targeted undisputed championship clash versus IBF titlist Gabriel Fundora.
Another undisputed championship is on the horizon. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the respective teams for Marlen Esparza and Gabriela Fundora are in advanced talks for a fight to fully unify all the flyweight titles. Terms are not yet finalized despite earlier reports of the fight being set in
Marlen Esparza and Gabriela Alaniz have ten more days to come to terms for their ordered rematch. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBO has postponed its previously scheduled August 23 purse bid hearing per a two-party extension request. Golden Boy Promotions and O.R. Promotions—representing Esparza and Alaniz,
Marlen Esparza and Gabriela Alaniz are both on the clock with the WBO. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBO is prepared to send an ordered Esparza-Alaniz rematch to an immediate purse bid hearing. The sanctioning body has grown displeased with the lack of communication and now directly addressed both parties.
Gabriela Alaniz couldn’t get a fair shake with the assigned judges in her unification bout with Marlen Esparza. She had much greater success with the sanctioning body whose title she previously held. The WBO voted in favor of an appeal filed by Alaniz who sought an immediate rematch versus Houston’s Esparza, after
Marlen Esparza knows she hasn’t seen the last of Seniesa Estrada. She just doesn’t want to hear from her until that day comes when they agree to meet again. More words were exchanged in the latest round of their years-long rivalry. The most recent comments came
SAN ANTONIO – Marlen Esparza fended off a scrappy and more active foe to add another belt to her collection. The 2012 Olympic Bronze medalist for the U.S. defended her lineal, WBC and WBA flyweight titles and picked up the WBO belt in a ten-round majority decision win over Argentina’s Gabriela Celeste Alaniz. Judge Lisa Giampa (95-95)