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Taking a Knockout Punch
by The Glowing Edge
posted May 8, 2011 at 11:47pm
I haven’t been knocked out yet, but I’ve been rocked hard plenty of times in the boxing ring. The only reason they haven’t been knockouts is because when you get hit hard enough to stumble dizzily around or hang off the ropes with a head full ...more
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Back in the Ring to Take Another Swing
by The Glowing Edge
posted May 5, 2011 at 11:23am
In an attempt to lever myself out of my post-fight funk I’ve been listening to lots of hair metal, so that’s the post title and you can laugh all you want. But while hair metal might address the out-of-the-ring blues, it can’t cure it. There’s ...more
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Post-Competition Letdown
by The Glowing Edge
posted May 2, 2011 at 12:50am
I trained, I fought, and I performed incredibly well. But I drove the seven and a half hours home and suddenly found myself miserable. Periodic moments of joy interspersed with hours of listlessness, frustration, and anger. I haven’t been able focus....more
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Fight Night: Winning and Losing in Atlanta
by The Glowing Edge
posted April 26, 2011 at 10:27am
That’s me in the gold and black, in one of the happiest moments of my fighting career to date.
It was a tremendous honor to be invited to box as the Main Event against Mischa Merz, an undefeated national champion with a 13-year-long fighting career ...more
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Training with Fury
by The Glowing Edge
posted April 20, 2011 at 12:06am
For the past six weeks Jay Fury has been kicking my ass for me in a gravel lot where I’m training for my next fight.
Yes, it’s his “fight” name, but it seems like everyone calls him that. It’s a bit incongruous in light of his quick smile an...more
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Boxing training. With chickens.
by The Glowing Edge
posted April 10, 2011 at 3:40pm
I can’t decide what makes the chickens squawk and mutter on some days and be perfectly silent on others.
For the past couple of months I’ve been doing boxing training in a mostly empty gravel lot (see photo below), located at the edge of a neighbo...more
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Surfing and MuayThai with Vicky Chan
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted April 10, 2011 at 12:44pm
Surfing sells itself as the mellow sport while MuayThai screams full-contact. On the surface they don't have much in common but Vicky Chan uses one to prepare for the other and loves both. Vicky Chan winter surfing Ireland She says: “I enjoy boxing, I l...more
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Gina Carano on Top Watched MMA Fights List
by Cheryl Ragsdale
posted April 10, 2011 at 11:05am
Gina Carano and Kimbo Slice both appear twice on the list of Top Watched MMA Fights according to this MMA infographic (see below).
If UFC President, Dana White and Strikeforce CEO, Scott Coker need proof that fans will pay to see women fighters, they nee...more
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Would more women in MMA cause mainstream shift?
by Cheryl Ragsdale
posted April 8, 2011 at 3:39pm
How do you take MMA - a fringe sport - mainstream?
Jonny Bones Jones, the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, is pulling MMA fighters in front of mainstream audiences by appearing with Kirstie Alley and Jay Leno on the Tonight Show.
Much is expected...more
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Women’s MMA – Who’s Your Daddy?
by Cheryl Ragsdale
posted April 5, 2011 at 10:46am
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world ~ Archimedes
MMA fans everywhere are digesting the news that Zuffa, parent company of the UFC, bought Strikeforce, the UFC’s biggest competitor.
Bl...more
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Prep for the bout will be enough
by The Glowing Edge
posted March 24, 2011 at 6:04pm
There are days when you train really hard.
You put in so much effort, you sweat and sprint and throw and suck for air. You push yourself through the last rounds, then the ab work and the slow stretches intended to keep your muscles from cramping on th...more
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What is this sports advert about?
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted March 24, 2011 at 2:56pm
Irish boxer and three times amateur world champion Katie Taylor has been busy making an advert with Lucozade Sport. It will air on the 12th of April during the Champions League quarter-finals. Great exposure for Taylor and women's boxing. Scene one from...more
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Training at the Decatur Boxing Club
by The Glowing Edge
posted March 21, 2011 at 1:13pm
Training for this fight has been rocky, and not the Sly Stallone kind, either.
So last week I called the promoter, two-time Strawweight World Champion Terri “The Boss” Moss, for a serious tête-à-tête. I related the details of my bumpy progress,...more
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Trail running and effing ankle rolls
by The Glowing Edge
posted March 9, 2011 at 6:08pm
New training tactics, new hazards. Also new curse words. Well, maybe the same old curse words.
All of it is worth the fabulous experience of running a trail, and with the advent of spring (and no more local gym membership) I’m totally off the treadm...more
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Transitioning in life and sports
by The Glowing Edge
posted March 8, 2011 at 10:01am
I’ve been offline, trying to catch my breath between wave sets and wipeouts.
The turbulence of job shifts (I’m now working from home rather than from an office in another city), training shifts (my trainer moved out of state, my fight is coming up...more
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Two World Class Fighters Debut in MMA Tonight
by MarQFPR
posted March 4, 2011 at 5:51am
The 135 pound MMA division will be gaining two world champs from two different disciplines tonight.
Domke (left) & Holmes (right) Courtesy NewMexicoBoxing.com
WIBA and IBA Boxing champion Holly Holm (29-1-3 Boxing) weighed in at ...more
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Maureen Shea to Host Female Boxing Reality Show
by anngaff
posted February 28, 2011 at 11:30pm
NEW YORK (March 1, 2011, via release) - Female boxing star Maureen Shea of the Bronx, New York will host a landmark reality show in Mexico, with filming beginning later this month in Chiapas, Mexico. The show, entitled "Todas Contra Mexico", will pit a ...more
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Glowing Edge vs Bruising
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted February 24, 2011 at 9:15pm
Two of the women boxers featured in this blog will soon face off in the ring. They share more than a few traits; both are, umm, older than the average boxer, both work in the media and both came to boxing late in life. Lisa from The Glowing Edge - you may...more
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I Have Another Fight - this time as the Main Event!
by The Glowing Edge
posted February 15, 2011 at 10:39am
When I got the promoter’s email today I nearly had a heart attack. I am going to be boxing in Atlanta as the Main Event on the April 23, 2011 Atlanta Corporate Fight Night card.
The Main Event!
I’ve been in conversation with the promoter for a mo...more
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More women boxing after 40!
by The Glowing Edge
posted February 12, 2011 at 1:46am
In January of 2011 I got some new comments on my post 9 Reasons to Start Boxing After 40. One of the women commenting was Jenny, who is 46 years old, living on the West coast. She had recently started taking boxing classes, lost some weight, and was ex...more
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