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Olympic Boxing Trials, Day 1 Results: Upsets & Setbacks
by Wombat Sports
posted February 15, 2012 at 2:16am

Middleweight Clarissa Sheilds Monday saw the first round of the first ever U.S. Olympic Women’s Boxing Trials in Spokane, WA.24 of the country’s best pugilists banged it out for the right to become the first to represent the U.S. at the...more

Fighter Lizbeth Carreiro Talks Making Her Boxing Debut
by Wombat Sports
posted February 15, 2012 at 1:34am

As the female fight world continues to expand in 2012, so does the opportunities to fight outside their primary sport. MMA fighter Liz Carreiro is trading the cage for the ring, as she will making her pro boxing debut against Lacey Crawford...more

Female Boxers Compete at U.S. Olympic Team Trials Feb. 13-18th
by Pretty Tough
posted February 14, 2012 at 1:47am

This year marks the debut of women’s boxing in the Olympic Games and for the next week,  two dozen female fighters will be competing at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino outside of Spokane vying to represent the U.S. at the 2012 Summer Gam...more

Watch the USA Women’s Boxing Trials Online This Week
by Wombat Sports
posted February 14, 2012 at 1:34am

As we head to the Olympics in London, England, the first ever women’s boxing team will be selected in Spokane, WA this week; and you get to watch live and free. UniversalSports.com will be simulcasting the trials on their website starti...more

Are you ready for some women’s boxing?
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted February 14, 2012 at 1:30am

It’s long been a cultural fascination. Most of the recent headlines have been complaints over the supposedly demeaning and sexist attire female competitors will be wearing inside the rings at the London Games. Women’s boxing takes a huge...more

Boxing Ring Card Girls
by The Glowing Edge
posted February 9, 2012 at 3:22pm

Ring-Card Girls. Three small words. But stand by for big arguments when they’re mentioned in conversation between men and women. Adam Welsh is a British-based Human Resources Manager with a keen interest in many sports, including boxing. You may ...more

Results From Muay Thai Explosion X in Sardinia
by Wombat Sports
posted February 8, 2012 at 10:54pm

Image: Kombat League Jaunary 28 marked the tenth card from Italy’s Kombat League and saw two great women’s Muay Thai bouts on the island of Sardinia. In the co-main event of the evening, Muay Thai Premire League vet and Italian ...;more

Kickboxer Mizuki Inoue Upsets Ai Takahashi at Shoot Boxing Act 1
by Wombat Sports
posted February 7, 2012 at 3:01am

Mizuki Inoue By Rob Sargent - MMARising.com Teen prodigy Mizuki Inoue scored the biggest victory of her combat sports career tonight at Shoot Boxing 2012: “Road To S-Cup, Act.1” in Tokyo, Japan. The 17-year-old striker upset cur...more

Irish amateur boxing championships
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted February 7, 2012 at 1:33am

Ceire Smith, 51 kgs champ The remaining two women's title-bouts took place this weekend in Dublin's National Stadium. And of course there was an extra frisson of excitement because three of the winners will move onto the Olympic qualifying tournament in C...more

Boxer Duda Yankovich to Fight for Vacant WBO Title
by Wombat Sports
posted February 3, 2012 at 3:18am

Duda Yankovich Duda “Diamond” Yankovich, former WIBA Light Welterweight Champion, born in Jagodina, Serbia and now a resident of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, once again steps into the spotlight in ...more

Chevelle Hallback vs. Terri Blair Rematch Set For March 2
by Wombat Sports
posted February 3, 2012 at 3:16am

Courtesy BoxRec Chevelle "Fist of Steel" Hallback and Terri "The Road Warrior" Blair will rematch March 2 at the Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, in a scheduled 8 round main event. This is a great moment...more

I Love to Fight
by The Glowing Edge
posted February 2, 2012 at 12:38pm

You knew this. I knew this. But periodically I’m reminded. Last night I went 4 rounds (at the end of my workout, I must add, because I’m vain. Also a masochist.) with a good friend and freaking awesome sparring partner at my boxing gym. Si...more

Julie Kitchen Talks The State of Women’s Muay Thai
by Wombat Sports
posted February 2, 2012 at 1:59am

2011 was a great year for Julie Kitchen, and 2012 is looking even better. Undefeated in the Muay Thai Premier league, the Brit is also making the jump to the big screen, stunt doubling in the upcoming film “Snow White and the Huntsmen&rdq...;more

Second Generation Kickboxer Amber Kitchen Talks Growing up in Muay Thai
by Wombat Sports
posted January 31, 2012 at 5:17pm

Allaya (left) & Amber (right) with Julie The next generation of female fighters are already preparing. Many are growing up in the gym culture, with a lot of them watching their mothers fight. Amber and Allaya Kitchen are no exception. The twin...more

Buffalo Girls - Child Boxers
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted January 28, 2012 at 10:12pm

How young is too young to fight?  Director Todd Kellstein says: "Their faces beam with youthful innocence. Like other young girls, they laugh and play, in spite of their hardscrabble existence. But on Saturday nights in rural villages throughout cen...more

Muay Thai Fighter Jemyma Betrian Talks About Her Plans For 2012
by Wombat Sports
posted January 28, 2012 at 2:49am

Muay Thai Authority recently caught up with Jemyma Betrian to talk about the end of her 2011 campaign and what the future holds for her. Jemyma recently turned 21, but she has already begun to leave her mark and has her eyes set on boxing as well in a...more

Catching Up With Kickboxer Adriane Schneider
by Wombat Sports
posted January 27, 2012 at 1:17am

Photo: Marco Baumann / Boxgymnasium.de WKF World Champion Adriane “Dr. Kick”  Schneider is one of the well-known German kickboxers on the circuit today. Ahead of her rematch with Sarah  Debajeb Feb. 11  at the Beast Fight...more

Boxer Anne-Sophie Mathis to Face Cecelia Braekhus in March; Holm Rematch to Follow
by Wombat Sports
posted January 23, 2012 at 11:08pm

After her defeat of Holly Holm, Anne-Sophie Mathis stated she was taking a few months off before fighting again. That vacation will end soon as she has two matches already scheduled from 2012. WBAN broke the news this week that Mathis will be facing WBO/...more

Catching Up With Fighter Holly Holm
by Wombat Sports
posted January 21, 2012 at 2:45am

It’s been over a month since Holly Holm’s KO loss to Anne-Sophie Mathis. Holm was emotional post fight and people have been wonder how she has been since then. Albuquerque’s local show “Van Tate’s Sports Office” d...more

Mizuki Inoue vs. Ai Takahashi Set For February ShootBox Card
by Wombat Sports
posted January 21, 2012 at 2:38am

Mizuki Inoue Ai Takahashi By: Rob Sargent – MMARising.com  Jewels prospect Mizuki Inoue will compete in her third shoot boxing match when she faces current Shoot Boxing Japan Women’s Flyweight Champion Ai Takahashi on February 5...more

Boxer Ariane Fortin Alleging Her Match was ‘Fixed’
by Wombat Sports
posted January 21, 2012 at 2:20am

Courtesy – CBC Canada Quebec boxer and Canadian Olympic hopeful Ariane Fortin accused Boxing Canada of bias Monday night during an interview on Radio-Canada. Fortin lost the 75-kg Canadian championship to her friend Mary Spencer of Windsor, Ont...more

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