Women's Boxing News

“Except that she was much taller. I didn't know if she was a southpaw or a righty, even. So I wanted to stay in close.”

If Thursday's fight against Emily Kelly was a tune-up for her Dec. 6 World Boxing Council title defense, consider Carina Moreno primed and ready. via Santa Cruz Sentinel

"i'm so sick of the sexism on this site. its foul. clean your act up boy. those poor anoerxic looking girls at the melissa ford party look terrible, and there you are looking at them, like a dribbling old man. via HipHopDx

“I'm lucky. I have a chance to do whatever I want. Other girls don't all have the same chance in this country.”

AYMAN Awat has turned up early at Jordan's national boxing arena and, as he puts his gloves on, the previous pair of trainees is still sparring in the ring. via The Age

“Tip Off; How the 1984 NBA draft changed basketball forever”

It is an extreme sport, and surely not for everybody. You wouldn't know that on Sunday when nearly 40,000 runners joyfully pounded their way through five boroughs while a million onlookers cheered these ... via NY Daily News

“So there's no excuses. Be a (Sugar) Ray Leonard. Be a Marvin Hagler. That's what we want to see from Bernard Hopkins. He can pick the date, he can pick the town.”

An autopsy of elite runner Ryan Shay was inconclusive yesterday after the 28-year-old collapsed and died in Central Park at the U.S. men's marathon Olympic trials a day earlier. via Edmonton Sun

“Martinez is probably the surprise boxer on the U.S. team”

By Patricia Kime - Staff writer Posted : Sunday Nov 4, 2007 9:27:15 EST An Olympic hopeful triathlete and a rookie welterweight boxer scored silver and bronze respectively for the Marine Corps and Team USA last ... via Marine Corps Times

“Six guys against Hillary. I'd say that's a fair fight.”

Hillary Clinton has a problem. Her campaign believes that women are going to be key to helping her win the Democratic primary and the general election. via Slog

“So it doesn't make sense for her after having run that way for eight months, the first time that people start challenging her point of view, that suddenly, she backs off and says: Don't pick on me.”

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama tangled today over whether women should be treated equally to men in the boxing ring of presidential politics as Mrs. via New York Times

“Some of you may have seen last night's debate”

Fri Nov 02, 2007 at 08:58:57 AM PDT Interesting . Now that Clinton is finally getting a little pressure from her opponents, her campaign sure keeps mentioning how she's being ganged up on by a bunch of men. via Daily Kos

“This is a case we are going to discuss”

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“Six guys against Hillary. I'd call that a fair fight.”

Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton returned to her alma mater Tuesday, the all-women's Wellesley College in Massachusetts, as her campaign suggested this week's debate could help her with women ... via CNN

“Often at matches there will be quite a bit of swearing and they'll realise I'm there and stop and apologise, but I tell them I've heard it all before. I'm used to the atmosphere at matches, where there is plenty of sweating, grunting and swearing.”

IN a crowded hall down a side street in Haymarket, the atmosphere is buzzing as a 200-strong crowd wait for the boxers to enter the ring. via Scotsman.com Living

“He was over there taking notes. Creepy.”

Emily Miller of Des Moines is a ring girl for the International Fight League and is on her way to the World Grand Prix event in Chicago Saturday. via Http

In contrast to today's female boxing, the early years of Regina Halmich in professional boxing met critics who were skeptic and voiced their views loudly. via Groong Armenian News Network

“I've been through the school of hard knocks for women in boxing”

The small building on U.S. Highway I in the Midland Valley area of Aiken County doesn't have much to draw attention to it. via Aiken Online

“Among the items stolen was a red boxing glove signed by Mike Tyson.”

A THIEF, who stole a woman's handbag and then used her keys to break into her house, has made away with a boxing glove signed by Mike Tyson. via AdelaideNow...

“He would wake us up early and tell us to do some jogging and light exercises”

In her two-roomed quarters, Razia Shabnam is the empress; one who's conquered social hurdles in her quest to be a boxer. via Hindustan Times

“Doesn't he have the right, and an accountability towards these children?”

I usually see my self as a fair and laid back person, that allows others to do as they see right and just. via American Chronicle

They had water called Kigensui that supposedly cured everything, and they tossed vegetables and other food into rivers to wash away diseases. via Asahi Shimbun

“I'm losing sponsors and my (costs are) going through the roof”

Monterey has never been treated to a boxing show quite like the next edition of The Riot, scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Monterey Conference Center. via Montereyherald.com