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Introducing an unlikely contender
by Binnie Klein
posted January 27, 2010 at 12:27pm
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
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Women's MMA January 2009 Fights
by Women's MMA Roundup
posted January 26, 2010 at 9:31pm
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
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Gaultier Women Box in Corsets During Fashion Week
by The Glowing Edge
posted January 26, 2010 at 11:36am
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
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Sadiq can become boxing superstar, says coach
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted January 17, 2010 at 2:50pm
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
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Top Four Historic Moments in Women’s Boxing 2009
by The Glowing Edge
posted December 31, 2009 at 1:39pm
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
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Mental Toughness: Beyond the L's and W's
by PrincessPunish
posted December 23, 2009 at 7:27pm
“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
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Natalia Ragozina wins eighth title belt
by The Glowing Edge
posted December 21, 2009 at 11:53am
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
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Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos Might Pose for Playboy
by The Glowing Edge
posted December 17, 2009 at 9:11pm
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
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Women’s Olympic Boxing to Face Cuts
by The Glowing Edge
posted December 11, 2009 at 12:17pm
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
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Lessons in the Ring: Footwork
by The Glowing Edge
posted December 10, 2009 at 12:20pm
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
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Blood and Uppercuts
by The Glowing Edge
posted December 7, 2009 at 11:58am
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
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Bad Blood Fight happens without Hernandez
by The Glowing Edge
posted December 5, 2009 at 3:09pm
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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Watch Holm vs Hernandez Live on Dec 4th!
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 30, 2009 at 2:09pm
It hasn’t been a quiet month leading up to the WIBA welterweight title fight between Holly Holm and challenger Melissa Hernandez. Tickets for the fight are going fast according to NewMexicoBoxing.com, and the entire card is set to be aired via webcas...more
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Lucia Rijker in the World Boxing Hall of Fame
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 30, 2009 at 11:44am
On Friday, October 24th, 2009 undefeated boxer Lucia Rijker (17-0, 14 KOs) became the first female inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame. The WBHF is the smaller of the two recognized boxing halls of fame, the other being the International Boxing H...more
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Melissa Hernandez: Her best to the last bell
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 25, 2009 at 11:53am
Many of the top pro boxing women know each other; a fact that becomes more and more evident to me when I hear my trainer Bonnie “Queen B” Mann chatting aimiably about meeting with Mia St. John in Vegas, running into Laila Ali at a hotel, or talking...more
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Laila Ali to fight in Dubai
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 23, 2009 at 2:14pm
Eric Rafiq, CEO of the Xtreme Kombat League (XKL) is looking for sponsors to help bring legendary boxing champion Laila Ali to the United Arab Emirates for a fight in Dubai for 2010.
Daughter of boxing great Mohammad Ali, Laila Ali has a record of 24-0 ...more
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Cris Cyborg Santos vs Marloes Coenen: January 2010
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 21, 2009 at 1:27pm
This week Strikeforce finally announced the title bout women’s MMA fans have been waiting for: champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos (8-1) will follow up on her August 2009 TKO of Gina Carano with a match on January 30, 2010, according to MMA Junkie...more
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Bridgett "Baby Doll" Riley and her art of violence
by Athletic Women Blog
posted November 20, 2009 at 2:07pm
A display of wanton violence seems in order this Friday. I feel mischievous and want to see someone, better yet make that plural, get an ass kicking. My search for this entertainment leads, perhaps inevitably, to Bridgett "Baby Doll" Riley. One of few ath...more
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New Boxer Aims for 2016 Olympics
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 14, 2009 at 2:05pm
This is probably one of the most exciting things I have had the honor of doing recently. A few weeks ago a young girl came to the gym and told Bonnie that she wanted to compete. She is nine years old. Her father brought her every time the boxing team m...more
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Ultimate Fighting: Female Boxing
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 11, 2009 at 12:34pm
I watched it, but I have no idea who this DVD was made for. You might think it was me: boxing + women, with sort of and “underground” feel — potentially cool, right? I dunno.
Apparently, a bunch of crazy women with no fight training signed as ma...more
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Arse-Kicking Playlist
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 10, 2009 at 4:42pm
This just in, via @renewabelle, a woman who knows how to bring some tuneage. Since she made and delivered this list through iTunes (I didn’t expect y’all to actually PURCHASE me tunes, only suggest them, but this is freakalicious, thank you very mu...more
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