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Women's Boxing Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Women's Boxing.

Results 1 - 20 of 281 in Women's Boxing

  1. Unwritten rules: Following code of conduct shows classRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Salt Lake Tribune

    Perhaps the most famous - or infamous, depending on your judgment - violation of an unwritten rule in Utah sports history belongs to Utah football coach Kyle Whittingham.

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  2. Million Dollar Baby's knockout new bookRead the original story

    Yesterday | IcWales

    ... was always trying to get better." But fate intervened and wrecked Louise's chance of hitting the big time in women's boxing. For just as she won a coveted place in the Welsh Women's Amateur Boxing Squad, a long-standing knee problem left her unable ...

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  3. Lubbock mother embraces violent world of mixed martial arts fightingRead the original story

    Yesterday | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    Lights shine bright into the ring. In practice, her brown hair often fell loose from her ponytail.

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  4. Local surfers shine on Day 4 at Mr Price Pro South AfricaRead the original story

    Friday | Surfing News and Contests, Surf Reports, Wave Forecasts

    ASP 6 Star WQS Men's Event #19 ASP 5 Star WQS Womens Event #7 3A Surfing South Africa Pro Junior North Beach Durban South Africa 29 June - 26 July 2008 Local surfers star on Mr Price Pro stage Surfersvillage ...

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  5. Women powerRead the original story

    Friday Jul 4 | The Star Online

    ... instead of hanging out with bad hats on the streets and idling my time away at shopping malls. "KLABA's women's boxing ambassador, Nikki Yeo, told us that many youths in the US have left street gangs to take up boxing. And as they train in the gym, ...

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  6. Box awayRead the original story

    Friday Jul 4 | The Star Online

    ... Yeo Seok Ling, 35, lives by. Yeo, who is Kuala Lumpur Amateur Boxing Association's (KLABA) ambassador for women's boxing, seems to thrive in arenas traditionally perceived to be male preserves. She was a busy bee, for example, at the recent Defence ...

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  7. Salinas' Perez set to make next step in promising career

    Friday Jul 4 | Monterey County Herald

    I f Salinas super featherweight Eloy "The Prince" Perez can preserve his undefeated record Aug.

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  8. Boxing among few sports to exclude women in 2008 Olympic Games

    Friday Jul 4 | Inside Bay Area

    ... fighters began defecting from the amateur ranks after the International Olympic Committee announced that women's boxing had not "reached the stage where it merits inclusion" in the 2008 Games. Tom Virgets, a board member for USA Boxing, the ...

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  9. Local Teams TodayRead the original story

    Wednesday Jul 2 | Naperville Sun

    The receipts total $1,789,238 with $50 ringside seats. In front of 80,183, Dempsey knocks out Carpentier at 1:16 of the fourth round.

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  10. AP SportlightRead the original story

    Tuesday Jul 1 | News Chief

    Published: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 4:11 a.m. 1921 - The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match at Rickard's Orchard in Jersey City, N.J., becomes ...

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  11. the Record

    Monday Jun 30 | Colorado Daily

    DON'T MESS WITH MIGHTY MANNY Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, knocks out David Diaz in the ninth round of their WBC lightweight championship boxing match on Saturday, June 28th, 2008 in Las Vegas .

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  12. SRB: A Fair Go for Pacific Women Role Models

    Monday Jun 30 | Scoop

    Monday, 30 June 2008, 8:08 pm Opinion: Scoop Review of Books PASIFIKA women are the backbones of their communities in the islands and in New Zealand.

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  13. Wimbledon Special Part Two - whatever happened to Evonne Goolagong?

    Monday Jun 30 | Peter Black AM

    She was a former World No. 1 Australian tennis player and one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s, when she won 14 titles: seven in singles , six in women's doubles, and one in mixed ...

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  14. 'Nice to be here and be queer'Read the original story

    Sunday Jun 29 | The Chronicle Herald

    It was a fist-fight not to be missed: Women duking it out with Stephen Harper on Saturday afternoon as thousands of spectators cheered them on in the ring.

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  15. Politics lands in the centre of the ring at annual Dyke March in TorontoRead the original story

    Saturday Jun 28 | MyTELUS

    It was a fist-fight not to be missed: Women duking it out with Stephen Harper on Saturday afternoon as thousands of spectators cheered them on in the ring.

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  16. Past 10 YearsRead the original story

    Sunday Jun 22 | Turkish Daily News

    ... before that nasty little exchange onstage at a news conference on Tuesday to promote the bout. The success of women's boxing could hang in the balance

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  17. Miranda falls to Abraham

    Saturday Jun 21 | South Florida Sun-Sentinel

    IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham , of Berlin, Germany, left little doubt the second time around with a fourth-round TKO over Hollywood's Edison Miranda in a nontitle, 166-pound bout in the main event ...

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  18. German promoter ready to march boxers into rings across United StatesRead the original story

    Saturday Jun 21 | South Florida Sun-Sentinel

    ... woman boxer signed by Sauerland. With her model good looks and boxing talent, she could breathe new life into women's boxing. "I want to break down all the stereotypes some people still have about women's boxing," Braekhus said. "I like to shop, ... 4 comments

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  19. Miranda falls to AbrahamRead the original story

    Saturday Jun 21 | South Florida Sun-Sentinel

    IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham , of Berlin, Germany, left little doubt the second time around with a fourth-round TKO over Hollywood's Edison Miranda in a nontitle, 166-pound bout in the main event ...

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  20. German promoter ready to march boxers into rings across United States

    Friday Jun 20 | South Florida Sun-Sentinel

    ... woman boxer signed by Sauerland. With her model good looks and boxing talent, she could breathe new life into women's boxing. 'I want to break down all the stereotypes some people still have about women's boxing,' Braekhus said. 'I like to shop, ...

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