Yokasta Valle and Marlen Esparza ... advocate for women’s boxing. “Oscar really put women’s boxing on the map, especially for our weight division,” Esparza said. “We are more active ...

Saturday’s 10-round women’s flyweight bout against former unified titleholder Marlen Esparza in Cancun ... David Greisman, who has covered boxing since 2004, is on Twitter @FightingWords2.

The one bout unaffected by Golden Boy’s fetish for arbitrary limits turned out to be greatest source of drama, though, as WBA/WBC/WBO flyweight champion Marlen Esparza (14-1, 1 KO) missed weight ...