Congratulations to the brave and talented Holly Holm, for winning a unanimous decision against the fearsome French-woman Anne Sophie-Mathis. I have not seen the match yet, but intend on watching and maybe posting the video when I find one. The reports about the fight are that Holm fought very intelligently, and avoided brawling with Mathis like she did in their previous fight.

However, the match was still believed to be very close, perhaps even a draw, but Holm still won with a wide points decision. Mathis asserted that if she is to ever fight Holm again she does NOT want to fight in New Mexico. Although I give credit to Holm for winning, it’s shameful that both fights happened in New Mexico. She seems worse than Lucian Bute when it comes to never fighting out of her hometown. In fact, her and Andre Ward are neck-and-neck for American fighters who always manage to get the hometown advantage in their major fights.

Holly Holm is undoubtedly one of the top three female boxers in the world. If she is able to negotiate and win a fight against Germany’s Cecilia Brækhus, she might in fact be number one.