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By Jane Warburton November 7th, 2008 All Press Releases
Tonight in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, West Midlands female boxer Lyndsey Scragg gets her first title shot when she meets Jelena Mrdjenovich of Edmonton.
Scragg, based at the Wednesbury gym run by Errol Johnson and Bob Plant, will face Mrdjenovich for the WBC Female Super Featherweight title.
Scragg, a fire-fighter by day, turned professional just 18 months ago and has a perfect 7-0 (3) record.
Fighting in front of a home-crowd, Scraggs Canadian-born opponent has the more experience - having fought in 26 contests, with a 22-3-1 (11) record.
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By Mia St John September 8th, 2008 All Boxing Articles
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Remember when turning 35 meant the end of an athlete’s professional career? Let alone turning 40. Times sure have changed. Dara Torres, 41 year old Olympic swimmer is an inspiring example. I heard someone say the other day that she had the body of a 20 year old. Really? What 20 year-old, I asked? I haven’t seen many 20 year-olds that were that ripped.
Then I watched Debi Purcell, 39 year old MMA fighter, fight on Showtime this month. She too did not look like any 20 year-old fighter I have ever seen. The worst thing I think you can say to someone is, "You're really in shape for someone your age!" or "You look great for having kids!" What!? For “my age”, did you say? So if I were, let's say, 20 years old, boxing eight rounds, running hills and lifting weights all in one day - that wouldn't be so astonishing? I think it's pretty remarkable for anyone—at any age.
Now here's the kicker, "She fights like a man." Again, I don't know many men that can box as well as, say, #1 ranked bantamweight, 41 year-old, Alicia Ashley. So now whenever people ask me when am I going to retire, I simply say when Bernard Hopkins, 43, does.
Sadly, for women, we are considered over the hill once we've reached 30. If you are a man, you become seasoned or distinguished. We just become...well—old. I remember once when I was still with promoter Bob Arum and at a press conference he announced that he wanted to wish me a happy birthday because I had just turned 33! I just cringed, I wanted to crawl under a rock. Now at 41, 33 doesn't seem so bad. More...
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By Boxing Press August 29th, 2008 All Press Releases
WBC International Champion, Mia St. John, just filmed an episode of TLC's highest rated show "LA Ink" with Kat Von D.
The show which airs Thursdays at 7pm/6pm Central, features a number of customers along with their back stories and motivations for choosing their tattoos.
Due to the studio's Hollywood location, the clientèle has included and will feature a number of celebrities.
Air date will likely be in September and the tattoo reveal won't be seen until then.
St. John has also penned a book that will be released by Wiley Publishing in January.
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By Boxing Press June 2nd, 2008 All Press Releases
The best kept secret in women’s professional boxing today, Crystal Hoy, will not be a mystery to her next opponent, IFBA World flyweight champion Elena “Baby Doll” Reid, in their 10-round title fight on Thursday night, June 12 on Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period card at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period, presented by Cappiello Boxing in association with Hollybrook Regency, Inc., is headlined by a 10-round championship fight between IFBA World junior featherweight champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown, 14-3-3 (4), and challenger Alicia “Slick” Ashley, 14-7-1, (1). More...
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By Michele Venturini April 23rd, 2008 All Boxing Articles
Her last match was held at Forlì, in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, on 29 March, 2008. Simona Galassi, an Italian queen of women's boxing is trained by Valerio Nati, and in the match against reigning WBC Female Flyweight Champion, Stefania Bianchini, she showed her natural strength and her good physical condition.
At the end of the ten rounds, Simona was ahead by points, and defeated Bianchini to win the WBC crown. Both of the boxers were past champions of Thai Boxing.
Women's boxing is actually a growing standard in Italy and all over Europe. The 'boxe in pink', as it is called in Italy, is a growing phenomena that has a great number of fans. Women's amateur boxing appeared in the international scene in 1997 in Athens, when the Acropolis Cup was held.
Unfortunately, women's boxing is not yet a Olympic specialty, so we will not see it included at the coming Olympic Games in Beijing.
Simona Galassi came from martial arts and kickboxing, and she won the European and the World championship in those disciplines before stepping into the boxing ring.
Simona started boxing at the World Championship at Scranton in 2001, and was named top boxer of the tournament and given the Outstanding Boxer Award. Moreover, she had an impressive win over Tammy De Laforest of Canada and she become the world champion.
Galassi went on to dominate the amateur scene with three world titles conquered by the 35 years old athlete of the team Edera Boxe. She then signed on to the stable of professional promoter OPI 2000 and now she is a good professional with a 7-0-1 (3) record and the world champ of the flyweights at 50.8 Kgs.
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