Women’s professional boxing is in its infancy as a mass sport. Greatness started many years ago with the pioneer Regina Halmich. Then came the era of Christy Martin, who attracted a real audience for the first time for women’s boxing. Laila Ali set a new bar and Ann Wolfe made her mark as well.
Cecilia Braehus become the first undisputed champion. Amanda Serrano has achieved the same and also won world titles in 7 divisions. Katie Taylor and Claressa Shields have both achieved Olympic Golds and undisputed status. Holly Holm achieved elite world titles in boxing and MMA.
All of them and many more (like Jackie Nava) should be celebrated and all have contributed to where the sport is today with better distribution and investment to allow women’s boxing to continue to grow.
Greatness is not self anointed. It is earned. And all of these athletes have earned it and paved the way for the future.
The future is bright and MVP is proud to be a part of it.
True. Major bouts and weekly highlights were widely broadcast on standard networks like ABC (often on Wide World of Sports), CBS, and NBC when I was a kid. Premier boxing on cable networks like USA and HBO were later. Accessibility and affordability has hurt boxing tremendously.
They called HW Jack Dempsey The Manassa Mauler, but the man, regardless of this elegant portrait when the press said he’d “gone Hollywood” could’ve been called one of the last great pure pugilists.
I expect nothing less from Boots. He’s a tornado when he gets in the zone, speed and accuracy are his strengths. His Stannionis body attack was a thing of beauty.
@MarioSalomone89 Thank you so much! I was trying to quit here, my old account was a mess. But, I missed you guys so I decided to make a new one and be more discerning.
Errols body looks magnificent and we're still a month out. Buddy is in fantastic shape man. I'm genuinely happy for him to go out and give it another go.
"I shook up the world!" New world champ Cassius Clay is interviewed in the ring after scoring an upset win over Sonny Liston in 1964. Clay soon after changed his name to Muhammad Ali and went on to become the most famous person on the planet. #Heavyweight#History#Boxing
They called HW Jack Dempsey The Manassa Mauler, but the man, regardless of this elegant portrait when the press said he’d “gone Hollywood” could’ve been called one of the last great pure pugilists.