Tag: olympic boxing

  • #97: ‘A History of Women’s Boxing’ by Malissa Smith

    #97: ‘A History of Women’s Boxing’ by Malissa Smith

    ‘A History of Women’s Boxing’ by Malissa Smith is the defining publication of women’s participation in boxing, published by Rowman and Littlefield in 2014. Extraordinarily well researched, this book brings the reader details and stories of women prizefighters from as early as 1722, when Hannah Hyfield challenged Elizabeth Wilkinson Stokes to meet her at the…