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Like it or not, You're a role model!
by PrincessPunish
posted June 16, 2010 at 3:11pm

Signing that big contract deal means also signing on as a role model!...more

New Lessons in Sparring: Controlling the Ring
by The Glowing Edge
posted June 1, 2010 at 12:57pm

I like to box from the center of the ring. I was never that boxer who floats endlessly around the ring, dashing here and there and making the entire fight more of a dance than a boxing round. It’s a thousand times easier to stand in the center and p...more

Make Your Punches Count
by The Glowing Edge
posted May 20, 2010 at 11:45pm

Eight phenomenal non-stop rounds in the boxing ring last night with my trainer. I am consistently amazed at how much my boxing improves when I’m in the ring with her. I work so hard, learn so much, and have such an incredible experience. I had gott...more

Boxing Q & A
by The Glowing Edge
posted May 16, 2010 at 3:34pm

A few of you have been asking me great questions about my background and experience in boxing and I promised I would write up a post for you with the answers. There’s not much fancy going on, just a lot of hard work, a little bit of blood (woo-hoo!) ...more

Mann & Marinaccio WIN! “Mama Said Knock You Out” Fight Night Results
by The Glowing Edge
posted May 10, 2010 at 12:44pm

The Raleigh Convention center was host to a rowdy crowd of nearly a thousand fans on Saturday night for the Bonnie “Queen B” Mann (12-9-0) and Paul “The Italian Hitman” Marinaccio (25-5-3) pro boxing fights. Also on the boxing card was the insp...more

Mama Said Knock You Out
by The Glowing Edge
posted May 3, 2010 at 3:31pm

Here are three excellent reasons you ought to come to the fights this Saturday night in the Raleigh Convention Center: You ought to be able to say “I’ve seen boxing live.” Doesn’t everyone have this on their bucket list? Watching a boxing fig...more

You Can Do Anything Too
by The Glowing Edge
posted April 20, 2010 at 6:06pm

Lisa Creech Bledsoe: In the ring from The Garner Citizen on Vimeo.Our community newspaper ran an article about amateur boxer Lisa Creech Bledsoe, and created a video as part of the profile package. Lisa Creech Bledsoe: In the ring from The Garner Citiz...more

Women's MMA - Rosi Sexton Returns to the Cage Plus Miesha Tate Turns to Boxing
by MarQFPR
posted April 18, 2010 at 4:47am

Shana Olsen talks Cyborg Santos, Where Rosi Sexton is fighting next, Tuff-n-uff Announces an all women’s card & More...more

Boxing Royalty
by The Glowing Edge
posted April 16, 2010 at 6:46pm

My trainer is getting ready for her next pro boxing fight. The fight event, prosaically called “Mama Said Knock You Out,” will be held at the Raleigh Convention Center on May 8th, 2010 and is sponsored by Rapid Fitness and Jawbreaker Promotions....more

Fighting Burnout
by The Glowing Edge
posted April 12, 2010 at 4:40pm

The following post was written by my good friend June Elliot. June and I both train at the same home gym and have watched each other cycle through the inevitable physical and mental ups and downs in our respective sports. June has studied Okinowan kara...more

"Blows to the Head: How Boxing Changed My Mind" -- THE MOVIE!!!
by Binnie Klein
posted April 9, 2010 at 10:45am

Thrilled to present my book trailer, produced by marvelous CT designer Bill Brown...it was a wonderfully collaborative effort...let me know what you think!...more

Give Heat to Get Heat
by The Glowing Edge
posted April 5, 2010 at 1:14pm

After one of my trainers told me to take the week off (except for running a few miles), I came into sparring on Friday night and felt incredibly rested and strong. I did rounds with everyone on the team, but had some especially interesting rounds with ...more

Holm Holds Onto Another Title
by Women's Sports Blog
posted March 28, 2010 at 4:20pm

Holly Holm re-defeated Chavelle Hallback to retain the WIBA Jr. Welterweight crown and bring her career record to 26-1-3. The fight's description leads one to believe that Hallback relied on landing one heavy blow that would stun her opponent, but Holm'...more

I need this knockout punch toy!
by The Glowing Edge
posted March 26, 2010 at 10:07am

Your assignment: locate, acquire, and give me a whole box of these marvelous inventions. What could be better, I ask you? I mean, other than Wack-O-Wax mustaches? Image by cdevers on Flickr Related posts:Men With Mustaches How To Throw A Punch ...more

A Boxing Footwork Epiphany
by The Glowing Edge
posted March 18, 2010 at 6:41pm

You know how sometimes — just once in a great while — everything you’ve worked so hard for suddenly comes together in a beautiful, quiet epiphany? I had one of the best boxing nights ever last night. The boxing team had finished warm-ups and we...more

Should boxing be a male sport only?
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted March 14, 2010 at 9:46pm

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
by The Glowing Edge
posted March 11, 2010 at 9:31pm

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
by The Glowing Edge
posted February 16, 2010 at 11:29am

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

Chevelle Hallback vs Holly Holm in “Warrior Vengeance”
by The Glowing Edge
posted February 10, 2010 at 11:20am

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
by The Glowing Edge
posted February 7, 2010 at 2:21pm

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
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 3, 2010 at 4:11pm

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
by The Glowing Edge
posted February 1, 2010 at 5:21pm

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
by Binnie Klein
posted February 1, 2010 at 11:06am

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
by The Glowing Edge
posted January 31, 2010 at 9:10pm

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
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted January 31, 2010 at 1:09am

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

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