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Should boxing be a male sport only?
posted on March 14, 2010 at 6:46pm

SHOULD boxing be a male sport only? According to Amitabh Bachchan, ‘The ladies do not care much for it. Too brutal for them they say.’ That’s what he wrote on his blog after his recent meeting with British boxer Amir Khan. An old fashioned stereo...more

Back in the Zone
posted on March 11, 2010 at 6:31pm

The first week of December I re-injured my shoulder, and spent two solid months in physical therapy and out of boxing. I became the cardio mistress (wore my thigh-high leather boots, carried the whip) but the intense PT schedule meant I had to give up ...more

Three-Way Death Match in the Ring
posted on February 16, 2010 at 8:29am

We were training hard and had each had several rounds of sparring already. I had just finished a round in the ring and was tired, slow, and at the end of my strength when the coach called someone else’s name and I rolled under the ropes and out of th...more

Ignite Raleigh 2: Women Kicking Ass in the Triangle (and some Zombies)
posted on February 11, 2010 at 8:49am

There’s already been plenty of smack talk about ass kicking, cage matches, zombies (and Thriller dances), metal bikinis, and reverse voting, and that’s sprinkled in with conversations about saving the world, saving money, making PowerPoint suck les...more

Chevelle Hallback vs Holly Holm in “Warrior Vengeance”
posted on February 10, 2010 at 8:20am

On March 26th Chevelle “Fists of Steel” Hallback (27-5-2), one of the world’s most powerful and athletic boxers, will meet Holly Holm (26-1-3) on Holm’s own turf in Albequerque, NM on the “Warrior Vengeance” card. Holm will be defending her W...more

The Body Forgets, The Body Remembers
posted on February 7, 2010 at 11:21am

The first week in December I got a little overzealous about increasing my number of unassisted chin-ups and wrecked my shoulder. It’s an old injury and I’ve been through the re-healing process before, but this time one of the pro boxers in my gym su...more

Muslim girl boxer combat prejudice
posted on February 3, 2010 at 1:11pm

Few girls, let alone Muslim girls, can expect to be encouraged to pick up a pair of boxing gloves and go out fighting. But Ambreen Sadiq, a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Bradford, has overcome opposition in her community to win her latest fight and aim for ...more

Blows to the Head: How Boxing Changed My Mind
posted on February 1, 2010 at 2:21pm

Last year I got a lovely email from a woman who, after greeting me politely and complimenting The Glowing Edge, mysteriously indicated that we might have some things in common. Intrigued, I clicked through and discovered Binnie Klein, a psychotherapist...more

Book Event at Barnes and Noble North Haven, CT 1/30/10
posted on February 1, 2010 at 8:06am

Signing books is just as much fun as I imagined it would be, if not more so. Especially great when you have a wonderful audience of diverse, enthused, eager participants. When a question was posed for my coach John Spehar I brought him up to the podium...more

Cyborg defeats Coenen
posted on January 31, 2010 at 6:10pm

This was one of Cris Cyborg’s best fights yet. The savage beauty of her power-hand hammers dropping from standing and partially in-guard positions is undeniable. These are the blows that ended the Cyborg-Carano fight so quickly last summer. I am imp...more

Boxer Ambreen Sadiq, cricketer Adil Rashid and golfer Jasbir Athwal on shortlist
posted on January 30, 2010 at 10:09pm

By Tanya O'Rourke » Keighley’s national schoolgirl boxing champion Ambreen Sadiq – believed to be the only registered Muslim female boxer in the country – has been shortlisted for a British Asian Sports Award. Now 15, she became involved with...more

Introducing an unlikely contender
posted on January 27, 2010 at 9:27am

Blows to the Head: How Boxing Changed My Mind (Suny Press, January 2010) is the provocative story of an unlikely contender and her midlife transformation through boxing -- me! I'm a psychotherapist in private practice in New Haven, CT.  I'm a Lecturer i...more

Women's MMA January 2009 Fights
posted on January 26, 2010 at 6:31pm

Women's MMA January 2009 Fights Overview of some women's mma events happening in January 2009. Princesses of Pain Promo: http://www.youtube.com From: womensmmaroundup Views: 7014 20 ratings Time: 03:28 More in Sports ...more

Gaultier Women Box in Corsets During Fashion Week
posted on January 26, 2010 at 8:36am

All I can do is stutter, and periodically I break into uncontrolled laughter that sounds like hooting. I did a quick screenshot so you can hoot too. When I first saw the pictures from Jean Paul Gaultier’s runway show and realized he’d done the ent...more

Sadiq can become boxing superstar, says coach
posted on January 17, 2010 at 11:50am

The national title triumph of Bradford schoolgirl Ambreen Sadiq at Manchester’s Boxing School of Excellence earned a glowing tribute from ABA national coach Mick Gannon. The Belle Vue Girls School pupil defeated Leigh Park’s Bobbie Clark 20-5, ...more

Victories and Failures in Women's Sports in 2009, or #FTW and #FAIL (Hot or Not for us old-timers)
posted on December 31, 2009 at 1:18pm

I was going to make a Hot or Not in 2009 list for women's sports but then realized that "Hot or Not" is so 1990's when people still read magazines (the Hot or Not list was in Cosmo, no? I mean, I wouldn't know because a good feminist doesn't read Cosmo, I...more

Top Four Historic Moments in Women’s Boxing 2009
posted on December 31, 2009 at 10:39am

Christy Martin celebrates win #49 I only began blogging women’s boxing news midway through this year, but what a year it has been. In addition to seeing my first women’s fights on-site, online, and via pay-per-view, I’ve learned a tremendous am...more

Mental Toughness: Beyond the L's and W's
posted on December 23, 2009 at 4:27pm

“I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, his greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.” -Vince Lombardi...more

Natalia Ragozina wins eighth title belt
posted on December 21, 2009 at 8:53am

Saturday night Russia’s glamorous middleweight boxer Natalia Ragozina (22-0-0, 13 knockouts) took on heavyweight boxer Pamela “Grenade” London (6-4-1) in front of a supercharged home crowd of over 5,000 fans in Yekaterinburg, Russia. 33 years old...more

Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos Might Pose for Playboy
posted on December 17, 2009 at 6:11pm

Cris Cyborg Santos is an incredible MMA fighter who replaced Gina Carano as the top woman in the cage in ‘09. Now she will defend her title against the very skilled Marloes Coenen in a Strikeforce fight scheduled for January 30th. This fight is expec...more

Ana Julaton on her way to becoming the face of women’s boxing
posted on December 12, 2009 at 9:34am

While many of us were agonizing over the misfire of the Holm-Hernandez fight on December 4th, Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton (6-1-1) was battling her way toward her second world title in less than three months. This woman’s jab is beautiful! Full ext...more

Women’s Olympic Boxing to Face Cuts
posted on December 11, 2009 at 9:17am

The London 2012 Olympics is a benchmark year for boxing since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) opened the way for women’s boxing to be included for the first time. However, women’s Olympic  boxing may already be facing cuts as the British...more

Lessons in the Ring: Footwork
posted on December 10, 2009 at 9:20am

Recently I had the privilege of working one-on-one with a favorite trainer of mine; his name is Mike and he has the moves of a ninja assassin (I know tons of those guys) and the heart of a teacher. He mostly teaches MMA, and I frequently find myself th...more

Blood and Uppercuts
posted on December 7, 2009 at 8:58am

Last week I was in the ring with one of my trainers, Nassir, who will be making his pro boxing debut in the next month or so. Nas is blazingly fast and uses his considerable hand and foot speed as not only a physical but also a mental advantage over hi...more

Bad Blood Fight happens without Hernandez
posted on December 5, 2009 at 12:09pm

It’s hard to tell exactly what happened, but in the end Melissa “Huracan” Hernandez did not fight Holly Holm last night as expected. Instead, Victoria Cisneros (3-8-2), a local Albaquerque Jr. Welterweight was pulled from the audience to take Her...more
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