Month: August 2002

  The National Women’s Golden Gloves closed out it’s final night in Chicago with 10 Junior Division and 12 Open divisions bouts. A crowd of over 500 boxing fans packed the Ramada Plaza Ballroom to witness over four hours of action with all bouts, except two, going the distance. The Open Division got out to

    Australian Women’s boxing has always been hampered by a small population spread thinly over a vast area. There are two amateur bodies, the result of a bitter split more than ten years ago. The ‘official’ Amateur Boxing Association did not allow women to compete until 2000 when they were issued with a ‘get