During my early days in boxing, you could find the usual assortment of items at the gym: worn out heavy bags, one used and slightly droopy boxing ring, drippy showers, squeaky lockers and the gravely voice of an overly-excited trainer. And, yet, at the same time, I never felt more like I belonged. I loved
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
The fight between Lucia Rijker and Marcela Acuna had a very familiar ring to it, and I not talking about a boxing ring. Just when I thought that women boxing was making headway—in this fight and Acuna’s last fight with Martin, I see some similarities that emulate the the 70’s. [photo: by Mary Ann Owen]