(APR 21, 2020) It wasn’t immediately clear after Christy Martin defeated Deirdre Gogarty in their historic March 16, 1996 bout what a game changer their fight really was. But it didn’t take that long, either, before the boxing world came to realize something special happened that night at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
(JULY 11) As much as Thursday’s induction of the inaugural class into the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame was about the past, it was really more about the future of the sport.An appearance by U.S. Olympic gold-medal winner Claressa Shields capped the induction of the firs-ever class of seven women at ceremonies in Ft.
(JUNE 4) During the fight – and it was a peppery Pier Sixer even the skeptics had to admit – there didn’t seem to be anything particularly unusual or noteworthy, say nothing of historic, going on. There was blood, buckets of it, and a knockdown, generally six rounds of boxing mayhem. Or, in Christy Salters
By BRIAN ACKLEY – WBAN Senior Editor (DEC 5) It’s good news that the postponement of Ali-Wolfe apparently had nothing to do with the sad news leaked on the same day that ESPN is significantly cutting back it’s involvement in boxing. Scheduled as a second straight Valentine’s Day matchup, the two rivals were scheduled as the
(TL FOX Note: “Standing Eight Count” made it’s debut in October 2002 as a monthly feature from WBAN senior editor Brian Ackley, offering news, notes and comment from the world of women’s boxing. It’s been a while since one individual boxer as earned so much attention, but welcome to November’s Standing Eight Count, Ali
Was it really three years ago when Christy Martin and Diedre Gogarty thrust women’s boxing on to the American sports scene? You bet. That pay-per-view event, March 16, 1996, is universally recognized as the singular most important event in women’s boxing, maybe ever. Martin and Gogarty was a pay-per-view feature on a Mike Tyson undercard.
Pay-Per-View fiasco – January 16, 1999 -“This is a fight on Tyson’s undercard in Las Vegas at the MGM. Heather Shoffner, 136 lbs., vs Corinne Vanreykdegroot, 136 lbs. Shoffner did not have any business in the ring, and she was KO’ed in 1:05 seconds of the first round! She did not appear to have any
The Coal Miner’s daughter must have been more naughty than nice in 1998. How else to explain Sumya Anani’s delivery of a lump of early Christmas coal to Christy Martin’s holiday celebration? When the Kansas City native stunned the women’s boxing world with her upset win December 18, it was the kind of fight that
In this season of giving thanks, there is one troubling trend that is getting a “no thanks” from me and many fans of women’s boxing–Mismatches! The most flagrant setback for the sport came across the Atlantic one day before Thanksgiving, and it redefined the word “turkey.” Jane Couch, who has been involved in some very