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Cat Fight
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 8, 2009 at 12:44pm
And this, my friends, is why boxers wear gloves. That one dude’s arm is soooo gonna be sore. I also don’t recommend fighting on the stairs.
(Special thanks to @brauhze for finding this and thinking of me.)
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Modafferi vs. Coenen Pre-Fight Interviews
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 7, 2009 at 3:37pm
Assuming the main card runs short and CBS airs it, we’ll get to watch Roxanne Modafferi fight Marloes Coenen live at 9 pm on the East coast (delayed for the Pacific coast, who will probably see it sooner on YouTube) on CBS.com.
Roxanne Modafferi is...more
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Flight Fight Sports
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 5, 2009 at 11:31am
It’s Google’s fault. I typed in “fight sports” and they asked, in that oh-so-superior voice, “Did you perhaps mean FLIGHT sports, Hon?”
No, you morons. I might misspell Hervé Villechaize but I’ve GOT this one, thanks. Sheez.
Anyway, I ...more
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Are you a feminist?
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 2, 2009 at 11:55am
I was recently interviewed by Marie Hardin from Penn State’s Center for Sports Journalism about how women who blog about sports are empowered through blogging and use their sites for feminist activism. It was a pleasure to speak with her about my blo...more
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Grandma wants a fight
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 28, 2009 at 12:11pm
This is fantastic. I can’t wait to hear how this powerful 49-year-old from Walla Walla, Washington does in the cage. Her name is DeEtta Peterson, and she’s been training in jiu jitsu and MMA for four years and is an instructor at her home gym, C...more
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Opponents sparring in boxing debate
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 24, 2009 at 8:27pm
The Australian Medical Association wants to ban children (under 18, do you suppose?) from boxing, and put strict laws in place to control the sport. One doctor in favor of the ban pointed to the injury rate in “non-contact sports” such as rugby and...more
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Film Review: Girlfight's Foxy Boxing
by From A Left Wing
posted October 23, 2009 at 9:13pm
Karyn Kusama's (gorgeous) film Girlfight climaxes with a "gender blind" boxing match, in which the film's central character gets into the ring and boxes her boyfriend. This has got to be one of the fascinating scenes in a sports movie.Before I go any fa...more
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Sparring with the Pros
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 23, 2009 at 12:34pm
When I walked into the gym for sparring on Sunday I saw not one, but two pro boxing women. In a sport with a sparse population of women, two female pros in one small gym is nothing short of amazing. Of course, my trainer Bonnie is one of the pros, and ...more
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Holm V. Hernandez: Women boxers talk smack!
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 22, 2009 at 1:01pm
Ok, this is just fun. On October 20th in Albuquerque, NM the world’s top female welterweight Holly Holm (25-1-3, 7 KO) and her challenger Melissa “Hurracan” Hernandez (11-1-2, 4 KO) were present for a press conference to announce their December ...more
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7 sports and hobbies that are better than boxing
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 20, 2009 at 1:17pm
Ok, so I did the post about how boxing is better than 11 other sports and hobbies, and I promised to work it the the other way around, too, and several of you rose to the challenge and contributed the material. So I hereby present to you seven (and one...more
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Boxing and Breasts in the News, for Good and Ill
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 14, 2009 at 12:28pm
I know, I just posted on the freaky hybrid sport of chessboxing and now I have to talk about breasts and boxing and the 2012 Olympics. The tags on my blog are getting weirder and weirder.
SO. Here’s what’s up. There are several countries still tha...more
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Road to London All Women’s Amateur Boxing Competition
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 11, 2009 at 2:40pm
It was well worth the four and a half hour drive, fighting DC traffic, and finding and making it to Rosecroft on time to catch the nine amateur boxing bouts in tonight’s Road to London show. The opening fights were the younger and lighter women (decen...more
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Afghan women to train for Olympic boxing
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 5, 2009 at 3:10pm
Twenty-five women from Afghanistan are training to box at the 2012 Olympics; the International Boxing Association has approved the wearing of hijabs beneath their headgear and clothes that cover their bodies in order to meet Islamic religious requireme...more
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I just made boxing history
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 5, 2009 at 11:27am
Ever since the Christy Martin v Dakota Stone fight last month I’ve been bugged by the fact that Martin’s Wikipedia entry had not been updated to include her last two wins. I waited patiently for a month for someone to fix this egregious error — I...more
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Women Boxers from Gleason’s create art for show
by The Glowing Edge
posted September 29, 2009 at 8:17pm
I just read Meredith Deliso’s article on YourNabe.com about 15 women from Gleason’s gym in New York who worked together to create mosaics which will be sold at an art show to benefit a Brooklyn-based community group, Girls for Gender Equity.
What�...more
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What Mayweather’s fight really means
by The Glowing Edge
posted September 21, 2009 at 4:28pm
Boxing is stuck in the 20th century.
And I mean firmly stuck. You only have to see the meteoric rise of MMA to realize that the sweet science can’t, won’t, and actively refuses to keep up. And boxing has such history, art, legends, grit, beauty, s...more
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9 reasons to start boxing after 40
by The Glowing Edge
posted September 18, 2009 at 11:30am
1. Street cred
Think about the difference between saying, “Yeah, I play a little basketball,” versus “The stitches don’t bother me. I have another fight next month; you should come.” C’mon, it’s just cool. And when was the last time you h...more
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Fight Night: Make plans now for Boxing on the Block 3
by The Glowing Edge
posted September 17, 2009 at 3:22pm
Amateur boxing fans and competitors in NC and surrounding areas: clear your calendar and make plans to spend Saturday night, September 26th in Clayton, North Carolina at the fights.
If you are competing: weigh-ins and physicals are 12-2pm at NBS Gym (...more
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Gina Carano to star in Soderbergh movie
by The Glowing Edge
posted September 15, 2009 at 6:32pm
Yes, she’s a beast in the MMA cage, even with her recent loss in a Strikeforce title fight with Cris Cyborg Santos last month. Yes, she’s undeniably gorgeous. But I’m gonna hold back judgment on whether sticking her in a Steven Soderbergh movie i...more
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Evander Holyfield Workout
by The Glowing Edge
posted September 10, 2009 at 12:42pm
Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield is a four-time heavyweight title winner in the pro boxing universe, with a Golden Gloves championship, an Olympic bronze and a Pan American silver to show off from his amateur days, too. He has fought greats like G...more
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