(DEC 30) In January of 2011, it looks like women's boxing will begin the year with a bang. There is a lot of boxing action for this month.

The first match of the year looks like it will be on January 7th, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A pro debuter, Melissa Littlejohn will be fighting on the undercard in a four round bout.

The next day, January 8th, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Yanina Acuna will be facing an undetermined opponent in another four-round bout; at another venue, at the Arena Coliseo, in Mexico City, Mexico, there will be a WBC Youth Strawweight title up for grabs between Ibeth Zamora Silva vs. Nancy Franco. The two are scheduled to fight 10 rounds.

On January 9th, at the Hotel & Casino Conrad, in Punta del Este, Uruguay, there will be two female bouts on the card. In one 10-round bout, lightweights Cecilia Comunales vs. Halana Dos Santos. In another 10-round bout, Hanna Gabriel vs. Melisenda Perez. The two will be fighting for the WBO junior middleweight title.

On January 13, at the Masonic Temple, in Brooklyn, New York, and promoted by Maureen Shea's Pandora Promotions and in association with Global Boxing Promotions, Alicia "Slick" Ashley, of Brooklyn, New York, will be a featured attraction on this card. Ashley, a very talented female boxer will be fighting an eight round bout on the card.  Her opponent will be Crystal Hoy, of Las Vegas, Nevada.

On this same night, at Remington Park, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on the undercard in a four-round bout, junior flyweights Rebecca Miller will take on Treasure Saunders.

On January 14, at the Club Belgrano, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, there is one women's bout on the undercard that will feature Ana Laura Esteche, making her pro debut. There is no opponent listed at this time.

On January 15, in Kibňn, Montevideo, Uruguay, on the undercard, Gabriela Bouvier will fight Carina Maria Britos in a four-rounder, super flyweight division. In a co-main on the card, junior welterweight Chris Namus will face Colombian Darys Pardo, in an eight round bout.

On January 21, at the Club Atletico San Martín, in Mendoza, Argentina, in a 10-round bout, featherweight Yesica Patricia Marcos will be fighting Ivonne Anahi Cordoba. On the undercard, newcomer female boxer Daiana Laura Marin will fight four rounds with an unknown opponent at this time.

On January 22, there are several women's bouts around the world that include the following: in Levallois-Perret, France, veteran female boxer Hagar Shmoulefeld Finer will fight Nadege Szikora in a 10-round WIBF bantamweight title bout; at the Crowne Plaza, in Albany, New York, in what should be a very interesting matchup, featherweight Jackie Trivilino will fight Karen Dulin in a six round bout. In a second female bout on that same card, Sarah Kuhn vs. Cassandra Lindsey, four rounds; and in Hamilton, New Jersey, at the Hamilton Manor, Olivia Fonseca will face Lyneshia Jefferson, pro debut, four rounds, Junior middleweight; in more boxing action in Uruguay this month, super featherweight Paola Ibarra is scheduled on the card,  no opponent has been named; and in a televised bout, in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico, Ana Marie Torres will fight Naoko Yamaguchi, 10 rounds, for the WBC/WBA titles, and in another title bout, Irma Sanchez vs. Katia Gutierrez, 10 rounds, for the vacant IBF female light flyweight title.

To finish out the end of the month on January 29, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Yesica Bopp will face a TBD opponent in a 10 round bout for the WBA/WBO junior flyweight titles. Also there is one four round bout between Linda Lecca vs. Marisa Nunez.

On another card at the Shiprock High School, in Shiprock, New Mexico, there are three women's bouts featuring Thaddine Johnson vs TBD, Keisher McLeod Wells vs. TBD, and Brittney Hadley vs. TBD.

In more boxing action on January 29th, in a very good matchup, at the Turning Stone Casino, in Verona, New York, super featherweight Amanda Serrano will fight Ela Nunez in a six round bout. This should be a barnburner on this card. Both boxers are from New York.

And LASTLY, on this same date, at the Mulungushi Conference Centre, in Lusaka, Zambia, Esther Phiri (Zambia) will face Leli Luz Flores (Colombia), for the WIBO/WIBA Junior Welterweight Titles, in 10 rounds.