(SEPT 14) Las Vegas, Nevada—Undisputed Women’s Welterweight World Champion ‘The First Lady’ Cecilia Braekhus, (34-0-0, 9 KO’s) was honored on Thursday afternoon, September 13 with a presentation of THE RING Magazine’s Women’s #1 Pound-for-Pound Title Belt. The presentation of the first belt of its kind was made by RING Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Doug Fischer in the Media Center
(SEPT 10) On Saturday night, at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano, now 35-1-1 (26KO), of Brooklyn, went for her sixth title, in six weight classes, making history when she fought in a WBO Super Lightweight World Title against Yamila Reynoso. Serrano won the bout by a ten-round unanimous decision, with judges scores
Boxing is counted amongst the earliest forms of organised sports known to mankind. In fact, at one point of time horseracing and boxing were the two most popular sports in the world. A major reason why these sports enjoyed massive popularity was because of the kind of adrenaline rush they brought to the spectators. However,
Source: Video tape of a documentary on Cathy “Cat” Davis—one of the most recognized and controversial women boxers of the 1970’s. The documentary was about Cathy “Cat” Davis’ boxing career, and it also had many interviews of other persons. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier were interviewed and asked their opinion about women’s boxing. I was surprised
APRIL 14, 1884: Check out THIS female Pioneer Boxer! The article states the following: “No Woman did more to popularize female boxing than ANNA LEWIS. It was she who ORIGINATED the challenge for the first championship match. She met HATTIE STEWART on April 14, 1884, but lost the fight. LEWIS was a native of Washington