Women's boxing was included in Olympic competition for the first time in 2012, and Toni Eubank, vice president of the Shippensburg University Boxing Club, hopes that it inspires other women to join her in the ring.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Don't look back, Mayfield! Ava Knight could be gainin' on ya
... over Toshiaki Nishioka that night. (Andre Ward remains No. 1.) But Knight-Suarez was about as high-profile as women's boxing has been in recent years as promoters seemed to be losing interest until an America woman, Claressa Shields, won an Olympic ...
Women's Boxing Club a Big Hit
... as no surprise at all to former psychologist Jessica Storch. Storch is the owner and operator of Knockout Women's Boxing Club in Westmont. As a clinical psychotherapist who practiced for five years counseling women with eating disorders and weight ...
OlympicTalk: Vonn's bid to race vs. men 'doesn't look good'
Despite owning Olympic and World Championship gold medals, U.S. Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn is still chasing "a dream of mine." You've probably heard by now that Vonn has requested to race with the men next month at Lake Louise , a ski resort nestled in the mountains of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Lehigh boxing champion Tiara Brown wins third major title
Women's boxing world champion Tiara Brown of Lehigh Acres returned to the ring last week - still as an amateur - to win her third significant boxing title of what has often been a trying year.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Athletics: Katie Taylor v Sofya Ochigava in Dublin?
Irish boxing fans could be in line for a repeat of the 2012 Olympic Games 60kgWomen's Boxing final if the Irish Amateur Boxing Association's bold bid for the 2013 European Elite Women's Championships is successful.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Taylor set for taste of pro game
... In a separate development, Olympic champion Katie Taylor could be offered a world ambassadorial role for women's boxing by the AIBA in Yerevan, Armenia before Christmas. Taylor, the current Olympic, World, European and EU lightweight champion, will ...
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