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Apparently boxers need to be more elegant and womanly...Let's put a skirt on 'em!
by After Atalanta
posted October 27, 2011 at 2:03pm

I frequently try to convince people (my students, my girlfriend, random strangers) that the concept of "things are getting better" or "things are better than they used to be" is problematic. Progress is not one of those straight 45 degree angle lines stre...more

Report from European women's boxing champs in Rotterdam
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted October 25, 2011 at 12:46pm

Michael O Neill is a journalist with SportsNewsIreland who is very supportive of women in sport. He sent me some thoughts on his time at the European Women’s Boxing Championship in Rotterdam at the weekend.I was fortunate enough to be covering the semi-...more

Boxer Katie Taylor is European Champion
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted October 23, 2011 at 9:22pm

And the main post for today has to go to Irish boxer Katie Taylor. What a win - her fifth time taking the European title at 60kgs. She beat Russian Sofya Ochigava 10 - 5 in the final last night.Taylor European Champ pic iabaI watched the fight here on t...more

Multiple World Women’s Boxing Titles on the Line in a Two Week Span
by Wombat Sports
posted October 19, 2011 at 6:53pm

Hammer (left) & Kentikian (right) Courtesy WBAN.com Female boxing will be busy with four title bouts in two weeks. On Friday in Frankfurt, German, Sports1 TV will feature two female title bouts. Christina Hammer (10-0) will fight Vashon Living (5-1). ...more

Laila Ali signs multi-year sponsorship deal with Marika
by A Glam Slam
posted October 15, 2011 at 11:33am

Laila Ali has signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with Marika activewear, a California-based company that offers gear in the yoga, fitness and lifestyle apparel categories. Ali, a former professional boxer, a mother and the daughter of the legendary Muha...more

Boxer Christy Martin on E:60 - "This story has all of society's ugly realities in it"
by Wombat Sports
posted October 12, 2011 at 7:14pm

Through heartbreak and struggle inside and outside the cage, Christy Martin has fought and survived. From being world champion to almost dying from an attack from her former coach and husband; Martin has seen the highest of highs, and the lowest of l...more

Two Schools of Padwork in Boxing
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 11, 2011 at 12:44am

I’m a “train for what you are going to do” kind of person. Yes, I put in road and trail work, stadium stairs, jump rope, and so on, and none of those things are what I actually do when I roll into the boxing ring. They do give my muscles the kin...more

More Fighting for the Cause – “Boxing for Boobies” in St. Louis
by Wombat Sports
posted October 7, 2011 at 10:28am

With “Breast Cancer Awareness Month” already to a great start, local St. Louis boxer Sheena Mcauley has organized a “Boxing for Bobbies” event for Oct. 14 at the Unofficial South Broadway Athletic Club in St. Louis, MO. 18 amateur fighters from...more

What You Should Know Before You Spar
by The Glowing Edge
posted September 15, 2011 at 12:14pm

I have written about what you can expect the first time you spar, but my friend Amy Scheer — also a boxer — recently asked me what I thought a new boxer should know before getting in the ring for the first time. She also framed the question this w...more

Visa problems ground India’s amateur female boxers
by Wombat Sports
posted September 7, 2011 at 4:28pm

Amateur Boxer Mary Kom Courtesy TopNews.IN Courtesy DeccanHerald.com Visa problems have forced the cancellation of Indian women boxers’ participation in two events and could also jeopardise the male pugilists’ preparatory trip to France ahead of t...more

All-Female Boxing Card with Nine Bouts in Japan!
by Wombat Sports
posted September 2, 2011 at 1:24am

By WBAN/SAMART This is one thing we do not see very often and that is NINE female bouts on one card. But on this night on August 28, 2011, there was an all-female card at the Yomiuri Bunka Hall, in Osaka, Japan… (Read the entire article and see photos...more

Why should you box?
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted August 24, 2011 at 6:20pm

Part IIMalissa from Girl Boxing turned 57 in June and still makes it to two tough sessions a week at the famous Gleason’s Gym in New York City. She says the reason she keeps boxing is simple - “I like it”. Women in the gym Malissa is one of the o...more

Interview – UK’s Muay Thai Phenom Julie Kitchen Seeks Win in U.S. Debut
by Wombat Sports
posted August 24, 2011 at 9:12am

Muay Thai Champion Julie Kitchen is ready to take on the world. Kitchen is apart of the newly formed Muay Thai Premier League, which will debut in Long Beach, CA Sept. 2. This will be Kitchen’s first Muay Thai match in the U.S. She has 51 wins in ki...more

A Stunning Night of Female Amateur Boxing
by Wombat Sports
posted August 23, 2011 at 8:47pm

Via Press Release/WBAN.com When it comes to all female amateur boxing shows, Women in Support Together (W.I.S.T.) pulls no punches. Female Amateur boxers will showcase high energy fights in the “The Road to London” Series on Friday, September 9, 2011...more

2011 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup Results – Teenager Erika Kamimura Takes the Title
by Wombat Sports
posted August 20, 2011 at 6:32pm

Courtesy Shoot Box/MMARising The 2011 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup took place at Shibuya-Ax in Tokyo, Japan last night, as eight of Japan’s top fighters looked to gain the title of S-cup champion. Nightmare of Battle had coverage of the event. In the end...more

Boxer Christy Martin Loses Appeal; Vows Never to Fight in Cali Again
by Wombat Sports
posted August 18, 2011 at 10:11am

Photo Courtesy MySanAntonio.com In a story eerily similar with the Rousey-D’Alelio match this past weekend, boxer Christy Martin lost in June due a referee stoppage she didn’t think should have happened. This past weekend Martin lost her appeal to t...more

Hey! Boxing Training is Not Killing Me! Isn’t That Nice?
by The Glowing Edge
posted August 15, 2011 at 3:50pm

I took a month – five weeks, actually — off of boxing training this summer. I ran a time or two, hiked one week, but I was entirely out of the gym, out of the ring, just out, period. For multiple reasons which are blah blah blah. So it was with ...more

Interview with Stephanie Jaramillo, Boxing Promoter
by Wombat Sports
posted August 10, 2011 at 10:34am

With the expansion of women in fighting, so has the number of female promoters. In the month of August, we will be talking to these women who work with both male and female fighters to put on exceptional cards in their portion of the country. Ste...more

Age no limit for Girl Boxing
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted August 9, 2011 at 4:12pm

Malissa from Girl Boxing turned 57 in June and still makes it to two tough sessions a week at the famous Gleason’s Gym in New York City. She says the reason she keeps boxing is simple - “I like it”. Malissa’s site is the place to go for women’...more

Kitchen vs. Jindrová; Pitiot vs. Shevchenko Scheduled for MPL Debut in Long Beach
by Wombat Sports
posted August 6, 2011 at 1:09pm

Multiple time World Muay Thai champion Julie Kitchen (pictured left) is ready to take the U.S. by storm as she takes on Czech fighter Martina Jindrová at the first Muay Thai Premier League card on Sept. 2 in Long Beach, CA. England’s Kitchen has 51 wi...more

Two WBA Interim Boxing Titles on the Line this Weekend in Venezuela
by Wombat Sports
posted August 5, 2011 at 4:50pm

Three female WBA Boxing title matches are set for this weekend’s boxing card in Polideportivo José María Vargas, La Guaira, Venezuela. WBAN’s #8 ranked Bantamweight and Venezuela’s Mayerlin Rivas (7-1-1; 6KO; pictured right) will fight Marisa J...more

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