Women’s boxing legend Mia St. John will be back in action on September 19 in celebration of Mexican Independence Day in her ancestral hometown of Zacatecas, Mexico. St. John, 45-10-2 (18), will participate in a six rounder against Perla Hernandez, 5-5-1 (1), of Torreon, Mexico in the lightweight division and give the majority of her…
World famous women’s boxing champion Mia St. John has fought professionally for more than a decade and recently won the WBC Lightweight Championship. Now, in her new book “The Knockout Workout: 3 Winning Steps to Improve Your Body and Your Life” (Wiley, May 2009, $24.95 Cloth), she shows how to work your body into knockout…
Last night at Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas, Mexico, WBC Light Flyweight Champion Edgar Sosa continued his reign with a fourth round TKO of challenger Pornsawan Porpramook. Longtime PABA minimumweight champion and two-time world title challenger Porpramook had never been stopped before but the 30 year old Thai could not withstand the punishment doled out by…
Two good fight cards in Mexico tonight with the top bill taking place at Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas where Edgar Sosa will defend his WBC Light Flyweight crown. Sosa, 34-5 (18), has been on fire since 2003, winning 22 straight contests and picking up the WBC belt against Brian Viloria two years ago by majority…
WBC Boxing Champion Mia St. John will be on the season finale of TV show “LA Ink” this Thursday, January 22 at 10pm on TLC. In the season finale of Kat Von D’s, “LA Ink”, Mia stops by the shop after her championship fight in Mexico and requests a tattoo that will shock everyone!
Six months after their well-documented first bout ended in a fiasco, super featherweights Humberto Soto and Francisco Lorenzo went at it again, this time for the vacant WBC title, at Parque Andres Quintana Roo in Cozumel, Mexico. The much shorter Lorenzo came out strong, backing up Soto and enjoying a few good moments in the…
On Mexican Revolution Day, November 20, 2008, Mia Rosales St. John will be honored in Zacatecas, Mexico by Governor Amalia Garcia Medina, for her role in sports. Mia’s family is from Zacatecas and says she is honored to take part in this event and hopes to be an inspiration to the women of Zacatecas as…
One of the top Women boxers in the world over the last ten years, Mia St. John, will make a presentation entitled “Medical Safety in Female Boxing” at the AAPRP Medical Conference on Ringside Safety at Bally’s Resort Casino in Las Vegas, NV on Thursday, October 16 at 2:30PM. St. John has held the world…
© Mia St. John Remember when turning 35 meant the end of an athlete’s professional career? Let alone turning 40. Times sure have changed. Dara Torres, 41 year old Olympic swimmer is an inspiring example. I heard someone say the other day that she had the body of a 20 year old. Really? What 20…
WBC International Champion, Mia St. John, just filmed an episode of TLC’s highest rated show “LA Ink” with Kat Von D. The show which airs Thursdays at 7pm/6pm Central, features a number of customers along with their back stories and motivations for choosing their tattoos. Due to the studio’s Hollywood location, the clientèle has included…
Lots of action south of the border this weekend and we start with a big show at Palacios de los Desportes in Mexico City where Edgar Sosa retained his WBC Light Flyweight title for the fifth time by stopping southpaw Takashi Kunishige in the eighth round on Saturday night. Kunishige, 18-3-1 (2), came into the…