Tag: women's boxing
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#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…
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#85: ‘The Final Round’ by Jane Couch and Abi Smith
‘The Final Round’ is the autobiography of Jane Couch, co-written by Abi Smith and published by Pitch Publishing. It feels like perfect timing that I am writing this blog post about the autobiography of one of the most influential women boxers in recent history, while my wife and I are at one of the world’s…
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#60: ‘The Boxer’s Heart’ by Kate Sekules
‘The Boxer’s Heart – A Woman Fighting’ is Kate Sekules’ first-hand account of boxing as a woman in London and New York in the very early days of women’s professional boxing, and at a time when women’s boxing was yet to be admitted to the Olympics. Sekules began boxing (perhaps just boxercise-style classes) at All…
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