Her adopted father, former British and European boxing champion Clinton McKenzie, is quoted as having said:
“Angel wants a sex change. She wants to become a man and to fight men in the ring. She’s obsessed with boxing and will do absolutely anything to live her dream. She is really convinced that she could become a world champion as a male boxer.
When she told me, I was petrified. I told her she was mad and that I wanted nothing to do with it. She’s very stubborn though.”
Apparently the boxer, 36 year old Russian born Angel McKenzie has completed the initial stages of hormone therapy. She recently appeared on the reality show ‘Big Brother’ and was seen shaving her face on the show.
Angel’s career as a female boxer so far isn’t exactly award winning, she has won only 2 of her 17 professional fights; so I am not exactly sure how a switch to fighting men will help?
Click through to watch a couple of videos of Angel Read more…
Female bodybuilder Britt Miller entered a different type of competition – boxing. Apparently she also did very well in this, winning her fights and collecting $2,500 in the process.
British Super Bantamweight Marianne ‘Golden Girl’ Marston was refused a visa on the basis she only has 2 living family members, doesn’t rent an apartment or have an official job in the UK and they told her boxing is “just a hobby” despite Marianne making a living from it.
She applied for a B1 visa in order to compete on the under card of Brian Cohen’s WBC Americas Light Heavyweight title fight on the 9th May at South Philadelphia High School.
After regularly traveling back and forth to America to train for over two years, on the visa waiver system, with no problems prior. Marianne is expecting further repercussions from her failure to secure a visa as her contract with sports clothing and equipment manufacturer, Pugilist Urban Garments, is reliant on her being in America as part of the promotion of their P.U.G. Athletic brand into the $50 Billion American Sporting goods market in 2009.
The technical reason she was refused on the basis of insufficient socioeconomic ties with the United Kingdom. The basis for this being Marianne only has two living relatives, even though both are UK resident, that she does not own or lease a property in the UK or that she does not have UK employment to return to.
If you happen to think that this is as dumb as I do, a Philadelphia newspaper has asked their readers to “help Marianne fulfill her dream to professionally fight in America please send an e.mail titled: “LetMarianne box” to Special Consular Services at SCSLondon@state.gov asking them to reconsider Marianne Marston’s visa application”
An English female boxer has been banned before she started – due to her breast implants.
From the Daily Mail: A model-turned-boxer has been banned from fighting – because of her breast implants. Sarah Blewden, 25, has been told that repeated blows to her false breasts could knock them out of shape and damage her breast tissue. She was stunned when she was told she wasn’t allowed to fight under Queensbury rules due to her implants.
A medical expert from the association said Sarah’s chest was at risk of ‘capsular contracture’ or distortion if they were repeatedly hit. Blood cells in the breast tissue pushed forward by the implants could also be harmed, it was ruled. Sarah, from Poole, Dorset, said: ‘I think it is just ridiculous. My surgeon said they make me no more vulnerable than any other woman. They are not enormous ones – they are in proportion.
This is a ridiculous ruling in my opinion, isn’t it obvious boxers can be injured in the ring? News reports range in exact numbers, but all say hundreds of people have died worldwide from boxing related injuries. So – it’s okay to get pummeled to death in the ring [literally] but maybe having a “boob pop” isn’t? Ludicrous.
I filed this under our ‘retro‘ tag only because we didn’t have a ’super retro’ available. I have no clue when this is from, but obviously it’s from way back.
I’m not too knowledgeable on old style clothing, but are these boxers wearing ‘petticoats’?
According to wikipedia women’s boxing first appeared in the Olympic Games at a demonstration bout in 1904. For most of the 20th century it was banned in most nations.
Erin Toughill is a professional mixed martial artist, professional boxer and a beauty as you can see.
She took up kickboxing at the age of 18, then brazilian jiu jitsu two years later. She had her first pro MMA match in 1999 and made her professional boxing debut in 2000 and also did a stint on American Gladiators. Erin says she “ believes I was born to be a fighter – it’s in my blood. I fight first and foremost because I love it and also because I believe women have a place in this sport and we have a lot to offer“. She’s 5′10″ and weighs around 150lbs. See her website for much more on her.
California born 1980’s boxers Dora Webber and Cora Webber are believed to be the only set of twin sisters to participate in pro women’s boxing.
Their identical twin status caused some confusion at one point – Cora had previously fought southpaw Toni Rodriguez and won by an unanimous decision. When Dora was set to fight Rodriguez later, Toni thought that Cora was pulling a scam, and Dora was required to produce proof that she was actually Cora’s twin, before the fight could go on…which ended up with Dora knocking Toni out.
Going back 20 years ago, there where very limited female sparring partners to box against, so the twins sparred with male partners including World Welterweight Champion Carlos Palomino.
A pretty intense video clip of some vintage bikini boxing action featuring the now infamous female bodybuilder Sally McNeil and super bantamweight boxer Christene Dupree.
Australia’s top female professional boxer Erin McGowan is in hot water outside of the ring.
The 27-year-old boxer is facing two charges of assault from two separate incidents – one almost 3 years ago and one in January of this year. One incident she is alleged to have repeatedly punched a woman in the face in the early hours of the morning.
She is an undefeated professional boxer, since having turning professional in 2007 she has won all six of her bouts – including five knockouts.
IBA, IFBA, WIBA and WBAN boxing champion Chevelle Hallback who has a 27-5-2 professional record, will make her pro mixed-martial-arts debut during a Dec. 5 Xtreme Fighting Championships event in Florida. Her expected opponent is not named as of yet.
“I’ve boxed in Japan, Canada, California, Las Vegas – all over the world, really,” Hellback stated in today’s press release. “I’m so excited to finally be able to show everyone right here in my own backyard what Chevelle Hallback is all about. And what I’m about is world championships. If I can win five combined world titles in boxing and MMA, I’ll undeniably go down in history as the greatest female fighter of all time — and that’s a legacy worth spilling blood for. [Because] I absolutely guarantee you, the blood that’s spilled won’t be my own.”
Laila Ali really is one female athlete who really packs a punch behind her muscle. She set the female boxing scene alight when she emerged on the scene with her powerful build, good looks and her fathers charisma, she propelled women’s boxing heavily back in to the spotlight. After proving too much for her competition at 24-0 she has turned her hand to media, presenting TV Shows and even trying her hand on ‘Dancing with The Stars’. Now thats one woman who you would NOT want to step on her toes during the foxtrot!
Twelve female boxers are representing the United States in the 2008 Pan American Championships which started last Friday October 3 in Trinidad and Tobago. With the USA boxers doing very well, 11 out of the 12 female boxers have advanced to the finals.
The annual event showcases the top athletes from North, Central and South America, provides an early prep for the United States boxing team before the Women’s World Championships in November in China.
A slight hitch already saw Trinidad and Tobago’s top boxer Wendy Alleyne unceremoniously ordered to leave the host hotel.
The International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) executive committee announced their plans this week to petition the International Olympic Committee to have female boxing included in the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Since women’s wrestling was added in the 2004 Athens Olympics, boxing is the only summer Olympic sport without a female division.
The AIBA has approved and governed women’s boxing since 1994, and says the standard of women boxing has grown to a very high level and is ready for Olympic inclusion.
Kathy “Shake ‘em Down” Williams, a 5′5″ policewoman from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada is a fine example of the new breed of women boxers who step into the professional boxing ring after first getting a thorough schooling in the fundamentals as amateurs. Kathy is a two-time Canadian national amateur champion who also represented her country in international tournaments in Sweden and Finland.
Kathy was born on 8 September 1967 and grew up in Montreal, Quebec. She attended Bishop’s University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (double major in Business and Psychology and a minor in French).
She began her boxing training at age 11, at a sports camp, when she was living in Montreal. She discovered that she really enjoyed it and continued for three years, but she quit because “there wasn’t much women’s boxing happening at that time”. Her interest in competing was rekindled in 1993 while she was attending police college and saw a boxing and kickboxing show that included two women. “I was watching them thinking I could beat them” she says.
28.04.08 – By Vivek Wallace, Photo by Emily Harney – Generally when boxing talk hits the airwaves it deals primarily with the Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s, the Oscar Dela Hoya’s, and maybe the Manny Pacquiao’s of the world. When more seasoned fight aficionado’s take a trip down memory lane, they think Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard, and maybe a couple others. After years of male dominance in the sport, fight fans began to slowly take note of the great female boxers who’ve been talented enough to penetrate the television market and put on spectacular performances, such as the Christy Martin and the Laila Ali. As female based boxing continues to develop a more consistent fan group, the reality is that it still isn’t too easy to witness these talents, and since mainstream media has failed to consistently bring these talents to the world, today, we bring a one solid contender on her way up the ranks to you. To some, particularly above the Canadian border, this fighter may need no introduction, and after today, those below the border will be glad to announce that they don’t either.. Recently I had the opportunity to have a ‘fire-side chat’ with the lovely, yet potentially dangerous Sandy ‘Lil Tyson’ Tsagouris….more at
28.04.08 – By Vivek Wallace, Photo by Emily Harney – Generally when boxing talk hits the airwaves it deals primarily with the Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s, the Oscar Dela Hoya’s, and maybe the Manny Pacquiao’s of the world. When more seasoned fight aficionado’s take a trip down memory lane, they think Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard, and maybe a couple others. After years of male dominance in the sport, fight fans began to slowly take note of the great female boxers who’ve been talented enough to penetrate the television market and put on spectacular performances, such as the Christy Martin and the Laila Ali. As female based boxing continues to develop a more consistent fan group, the reality is that it still isn’t too easy to witness these talents, and since mainstream media has failed to consistently bring these talents to the world, today, we bring a one solid contender on her way up the ranks to you. To some, particularly above the Canadian border, this fighter may need no introduction, and after today, those below the border will be glad to announce that they don’t either.. Recently I had the opportunity to have a ‘fire-side chat’ with the lovely, yet potentially dangerous Sandy ‘Lil Tyson’ Tsagouris….more at
