Wombat Watercooler -Bellator, POP, and Invicta Adds Fights to a Busy Summer
No female MMA fighters made the ESPN the Body Issue this year, but women’s combat sports did get two representatives. Olympians Adeline Gray (wrestling) and Claressa Shields (boxing; 2012 gold...
View ArticleOlympic Boxing Recap: Shields and Adams Repeat; Mossely Takes Gold
Flint, Michigan’s Claressa Shields continues her dominance as the best amateur female boxer at 75kg. She became the first US boxer male or female to repeat as a gold medalist as she defeated...
View ArticleWomen’s Boxing Gets its Platform as Taylor and Shields Turn Pro
Two Olympic Gold Medalists will turn pro starting in November. Claressa Shields will make her pro debut in Las Vegas November 19th on the preliminary card of the Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev fight card....
View ArticleBeautiful Brawlers Announces All Pro Boxing Card for December
With the news of women’s boxing getting a boost in 2017, one of the first event to feature amateur and pro female boxers will help kick start it in 2016. Beautiful Brawlers announce an all pro female...
View ArticleWatercooler: Boxing’s Hardy to Invicta; Schneider to Bellator
World boxing champion Heather Hardy is heading to MMA. Hardy decided to crossover and has inked a deal with InvictaFC. She announced the signing via Ring TV. Ironically it was the new insurance plan...
View ArticleVideo: Christy Martin at the IWBHOF Ceremony
Before Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano, there was Christy Martin. The former boxing world champion broke through into pop culture in the 90’s having been the first female fighter to fight on a major...
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