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Dolce & Gabbana take it to the ring
by A Glam Slam
posted October 25, 2010 at 9:12pm
Sports have become a huge inspiration for fashion designers. Luxury brands have had tie-ins to the sports world via themed runway shows and ready-to-wear collections, collaborations with major active wear brands and through team sponsorships. One brand at...more
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I Won My Fight!
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 25, 2010 at 3:46pm
On my post-it note for Atlanta Corporate Fight Night I had written: Go Breathe Fight Party. I really tried to use all single-syllable words for simplicity’s sake but it just wasn’t worth giving up that last one.
And the hardest one of the four? ...more
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MMA - Fighters' Homecomings
by MarQFPR
posted October 18, 2010 at 2:38am
Welcome to the Fightergirls column on Women Talk Sports brought to you by your source for women’s mma gear and clothing Fightergirls.com. Here is the news for this week.
Marlose Coenen with her Golden Glory teammates in the Netherlands
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My Boxing Ring Name
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 13, 2010 at 6:05pm
So I admit I’ve been thinking about my boxing ring name for a while, not that I ever admitted it to anyone. Er, until now. And I’m only confessing because I actually had to turn in a name for this fight in Atlanta.
I am telling myself that in roll...more
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I Have a Fight, People
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 12, 2010 at 1:28am
Stoked. Psyched. Wired. Talking in single-word declarations. Ok, let’s start over.
Atlanta Corporate Fight Night takes place on October 21, 2010, and I already have my airplane ticket. I heard about this fight event a month or two ago, browsing arou...more
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Women's MMA - Women Battle for the Cause
by MarQFPR
posted September 27, 2010 at 12:25am
Welcome to the Fightergirls column on Women Talk Sports brought to you by your source for women’s mma gear and clothing Fightergirls.com. Here is the news for this week.
Tuff-n-Uff 135 pound champ T.J. Cunanan courtesy Ray Kasprowicz
I...more
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13 Round Boxing Workout
by The Glowing Edge
posted September 25, 2010 at 4:31pm
This solid boxing workout fits perfectly into an hour with a few minutes to spare. Set your ring timer for 3 minute rounds with a 1 minute rest.
1. Two rounds jump rope (work through your 1 minute rest)
2. One round stretching
3. Two rounds shadow box...more
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The Fight Within
by The Glowing Edge
posted September 18, 2010 at 4:33pm
This guest post comes from TGE commentor and fellow boxer Tom McEvilly (what a great ring name that is, huh?) who has recently opened a blog called One.More.Notch. where he talks about boxing training, his three kids, and his approach to life (definite...more
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Battle of the Beast is Coming!
by The Glowing Edge
posted September 12, 2010 at 2:11pm
Boxing fans mark your calendars for September 24th at the Longbranch Saloon in Raleigh, NC and get your ringside tickets for Jawbreakers’ next big Fight Night!
World Boxing Empire champ (and my personal friend and trainer) Bonnie “Queen B” Mann ...more
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Australian TV's "Tuff Girls" Show Finishes Filming in Thailand
by MarQFPR
posted August 27, 2010 at 6:21am
(This article is courtesy of Fightergirls.com)
Master Toddy is back with 12 more female fighters who must show their skills against some of the best Thailand has to offer.
"Tuff Girls" just finished taping in Thailand this past week, with competitors fr...more
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Boxing and Brains
by The Glowing Edge
posted August 22, 2010 at 11:36pm
Hey, everyone — this guest post is from Niamh Griffin, a freelance writer from across the pond (in Ireland). She also knows a thing or seven about boxing, and you may have seen her commenting here on The Glowing Edge now and then. She and I got start...more
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Boxing Playlist
by The Glowing Edge
posted August 13, 2010 at 4:12pm
I’ve been listening to this one for a long time now. The First made it for me a while back and I slapped it on my Shuffle and BOOM got smacked down by the sound. There’s not much traditional about it (well, Metallica’s Breadfan does make an appea...more
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Agility Dot Drills
by The Glowing Edge
posted July 23, 2010 at 3:46pm
Light, agile, lightning-speed footwork can make the difference in winning and losing in the ring. Great boxers have the ability to win a round on footwork alone, and if you have ever been put in the ring with a newbie and instructed to use defense only,...more
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British women training for Olympic boxing ring
by The Glowing Edge
posted July 16, 2010 at 6:48pm
One of the things I love about this Wall Street Journal video is not just that the WSJ is spotlighting a few of the thousands of young women whose dreams of boxing in the Olympics are now a real possiblity, but also that they show a more balanced view o...more
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How to know if your boxing is improving
by The Glowing Edge
posted July 14, 2010 at 12:23pm
Sometimes after you get in the ring you want to debrief, talk with other boxers about how you did. So most nights after the team is finished sparring I’ll ask some of the newer boxers: “How did you do tonight?”
And I’ve found that many of them...more
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Boxing bragging rights
by The Glowing Edge
posted June 23, 2010 at 3:38pm
Check it.
The most recent Women’s International Boxing Association rankings put my trainer Bonnie Mann at NUMBER 3 IN THE WORLD in the Light Heavyweight division.
Yeah, read that again, and wish you were so good.
You can click over there yourself ...more
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Basic Boxing Workout
by The Glowing Edge
posted June 21, 2010 at 8:21pm
It comes and goes in waves: you get in really good boxing shape and stick there for a while, then you suddenly remember that you have to parent, your job heads toward overtime, you get behind in the universe, and one day you are in the ring wishing you...more
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