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Claressa Shields Takes First Ever Middleweight Boxing Gold
by Wombat Sports
posted August 10, 2012 at 8:16am

Shields – Courtesy AP For a 17 year old, Claressa Shields looked like a seasoned boxer Thursday as she became the first ever female Middleweight gold medalist in boxing at the Olympics. The Flint, MI native was aggressive throughout the tourname...more

Olympic Boxing – Shields Heads to Gold Medal Match; Esparza Takes Bronze
by Wombat Sports
posted August 8, 2012 at 8:39pm

Shields Courtesy AP Team USA’s Claressa Shields has been steamrolling through her competition; and is now one win away from being the USA’s first gold medalist in women’s boxing. Shields won a 29-15 decision over Marina Volnova ...more

Olympic gold closer for Mary Kom and Katie Taylor
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted August 8, 2012 at 5:57am

When 83-year-old Barbara Buttrick took the microphone in the Excel Centre yesterday, the world tilted just a little. She told us how she’d fought about one thousand exhibition bouts against men in 1940s England because there weren’t any women ...more

Busiest Combat Day in the 2012 Olympics Happen Wednesday
by Wombat Sports
posted August 8, 2012 at 5:48am

Chun Three women’s combat sports will all be competing on the same day Wednesday for the London 2012 Olympics. Besides the boxing semi-fianls featuring Team USA’s Marlen Esparza, and Claressa Sheilds; wrestling and taekwondo will start the...more

Women Have ALREADY Accomplished Olympic Boxing Goals
by The Glowing Edge
posted August 6, 2012 at 6:08pm

I’m still reeling from the sheer pleasure of watching 17-year-old Claressa Shields (USA, pictured above) light up London’s Olympic boxing ring in her semifinal bout against Sweden’s Anna Laurell. The two were 12-12 after three rounds, ...more

Olympic Boxing Day 2 – Team USA’s Esparza & Shields Guaranteed Medals
by Wombat Sports
posted August 6, 2012 at 5:59pm

The air was electric as an excited crowd welcomed the female boxers for day two of competition. The quarterfinals saw some upsets and crowd favorites move onto the semi-finals, which would guarantees each competitor at least a bronze medal....more

Olympic Women’s Boxing Debuts – USA’s Underwood Out; India’s Kom Outstanding
by Wombat Sports
posted August 6, 2012 at 8:24am

Queen Underwood vs. Natasha Jonas – Courtesy Ivan Sekretarev Associated Press The fighters came to impress on the historic first ever day of Olympic Women’s Boxing in London Sunday morning. 36 pugilists in 3 weight divisions will duke it ou...more

Can you help support this women in boxing film?
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted August 2, 2012 at 2:51pm

This weekend women's amateur boxing finally gets its dues - and there is something you can do to help spread the story of these pioneers. As I wrote here, it's been 108 years since boxing made its debut as a demonstration sport at the St Louis Games ...more

London 2012 Women’s Olympic Boxing Matchups
by The Glowing Edge
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:04am

The draw is impartial, but it has created at least one tough pathway for a fighter who is in my Top 5 Women to Watch this year in London’s 2012 Olympic games. Queen Underwood is no stranger to a challenge, and she has her work cut out for her in ...more

Get Ready for Three Weeks of Olympic Combat Sports
by Wombat Sports
posted July 26, 2012 at 5:32pm

The 2012 Olympics in London is loaded with female combat athletes. With the debut of women’s boxing added on to the already popular Taekwondo, Judo and Wrestling, there is plenty to watch in the next three weeks. This year, all the matches will be a...more

Top 5 Women Olympic Boxers to Watch in 2012
by The Glowing Edge
posted July 25, 2012 at 5:18pm

History in the making While big names like Pacqiao and Mayweather kept men’s boxing in the online conversation during 2009, women’s boxing finally got some press with the August 13th announcement from International Olympic Committee chair J...more

Boxers Katie Taylor & Queen Underwood to be Feature in Official Olympic Film
by Wombat Sports
posted July 25, 2012 at 8:14am

Filmmaker Caroline Rowland will chronicle 12 athletes om their way to gold at the London Olympics in her film “First”. The documentary has been approved by both the International Olympic Committee and the London 2012 O...more

British Olympic Boxer Savannah Marshall Inducted into the EIS Sheffield HOF
by Wombat Sports
posted July 24, 2012 at 5:41pm

Via Press Release Savannah Marshall has been inducted into the Hall of Champions at the English Institute of Sport – Sheffield (EIS Sheffield) after becoming Great Britain’s first ever female amateur boxing gold medallist. Savannah took th...more

Olympians to Watch: Mary Kom
by From A Left Wing
posted July 18, 2012 at 6:30pm

India's Shot at Gold, Rahul Bhattachary profile of the boxer Mary Kom is a terrific introduction to one of the best stories in the the Olympics. My favorite section of Battacharya's article: FOOTAGE OF HER fights is not easy to track down. The national ...more

Katie Taylor's final Olympic preparations
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted July 16, 2012 at 8:01pm

The Olympic countdown continues with just 11 days to go before the Oopening Ceremony in London.We're not expecting too many medals in Ireland, but boxer Katie Taylor is packing a lot of hope into her suitcases. She's battening down the hatches and getting...more

IBF Boxing Champ Ava Knight Retains in Mexico
by Wombat Sports
posted July 5, 2012 at 4:16pm

Via Press Release On Saturday night, International Boxing Federation (IBF) Flyweight Champion, Ava “The Lady of Boxing” Knight made her second successful title defense, defeating Susana “Toluquita” Vazquez by unanimous decision ...more

A Boxing ‘Ohana
by The Glowing Edge
posted June 19, 2012 at 3:43pm

Sasha Parulis didn’t go looking to create a documentary; instead the project seemed to find her. While on vacation in Hawaii, Sasha recognized Sonny Westbrook (pictured with Sasha, above) as a boxing coach and cast member of the television realit...more

Meet Caley Reece: First Woman on International Kickboxer cover
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted June 4, 2012 at 10:17am

It's all happening for women's boxing - and looks like the love is spreading. You might have read interviews here with Australian MuayThai fighter Caley Reece - a favourite fighter on this blog.  I heard from Reece this week that the next edition of...more

Two Women Gear Up for Their First Boxing Fight
by The Glowing Edge
posted May 25, 2012 at 6:24pm

Atlanta’s Corporate Fight Night is not your ordinary boxing event. Neither is Terri Moss, the world-champion fighter who promotes it, an average woman. At her tiny gym off an alley in Decatur, Georgia, some extraordinary relationships — and ...more

Katie Taylor Four Time World Boxing Champ
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted May 20, 2012 at 4:36pm

It's not often everyone in my house gets up at 8am on a Saturday morning to watch television. But when RTE announced they would show Katie Taylor's final bout at the AIBA World Champs, well it just had to be be done. So just in case you don't know - ...more

London 2012 Olympics: The Current Qualification Situation for Women’s Boxing
by Wombat Sports
posted May 17, 2012 at 9:41pm

Claressa Shields Courtesy NBC Olympics There has been a lot of confusion on how the world’s female boxer will qualify for the Olympics. In an article we did a few weeks ago, we broke down the quota system for each of the five regions. Coming into...more

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