History

Since the 1904 Olympic games we saw the birth of female boxing. Although banned and deemed violent in most nations we have seen a massive evolution in the sport. Women have played vital roles in establishing the pioneering the way for future young women and young girls to get interested in the sport. Up to the 1980’s the sport remained quit remote and stationary even though it resurfaced itself in California in 1988. The fact is that it was still a controversial sport and lacked audience and popularity.

The revolution came during the early 90s where we saw the impact of women in the sport, the increase of its popularity and its entry to the entertainment industry.


Laila Ali with father Muhammed Ali


Christy Martin, Deidre Gogarty, Laila Ali (Daughter of Mohammed Ali), Jackie Frazier-Lyde and Sumya Anani were amongst some of the best, greatest boxing word champions in boxing. The credit to these women paid the way forward from boxing from the early days of Dora and Cora Webber (Twin Sisters World Champions in 1980)


cora and dora webber during some of their fights

Today boxing for women has a fan base in over a 100 countries, governing sport body’s like the WNBA and WUSA for women in boxing and the help of the media coverage has made it stable sport. The sport over the last 100 years has improved for the greater good by becoming more entertaining.



Videos of the Women in Boxing

Christy Martin VS Laila Ali

10,000 people watch as the most anticipated fight in female boxing.. Laila Ali vs Christy Martin. Laila beat the "pound for pound" martin in an exciting fight and every round was a Ali dominated round. She gave Christy the worst beating she had ever experienced and put her on the canvas for the first time in 50 professional bouts. On August 23rd 2003

Women in Boxing - Fit Box 2006

Watch as the girls workout in this studio, the girls of Fit Box take to the bags, Fit Box 2006!











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