By Fox Sports (Australia) by MICHAEL BLAUSTEIN Source: NY Post Swedish professional boxer Mikaela Laurén (R) planted a kiss on Cecilia Braekhus at their press conference.Source: YouTube BOXING face-offs are all about mind games. Fighters try to look intimidating, they talk trash, and they get up in each other’s grills all in the […]
Female boxing champ Angelique Duchemin dies
Fightnews.com By Robert Coster Sad news to report. World Boxing Federation (WBF) featherweight champion Angelique Duchemin has tragically passed away at the age of 26. She was training in her hometown gym in Perpignan, France, when she collapsed, the victim of a heart attack. Courtesy of France-boxe Duchemin had an […]
1st Cuban female boxing team fights for government support
Hopes to dispel decades-old belief that women don’t belong in ring By Andrea Rodriguez, The Associated Press Posted: Idamelys Moreno, left, and Legnis Cala are part of a group of up-and-coming female boxers on the island who want government support to form Cuba’s first female boxing team. (Ramon Espinosa/The Associated Press) […]