Some sporting events are considered to be ‘male-oriented,’ and boxing is actually one of them. I put the stress the word ‘male-oriented,’ simply because the simple truth is, this was proven drastically wrong by several women who started boxing as a professional career. Most of these women have shown clearly that they had whatever it takes to join a male-dominated sport… the capability to take in a fights’ worth of physical and mental suffering.
In the early days of women boxing, it was though accepted as a regular Olympic game in 1902; it didn’t make it marks that long and banned after some time. The things got better, and some women raised their voices in favor of women boxing to be considered as a sport in Olympics, the British Boxing Association then lifted the ban and made it an important part of the Olympic games. Since that time, there’s been no halting the women from getting into this sport completely. Get to know about a handful of them who made their marks.
Laila Ali (United States of America)
Usually known as She Bee Stinging, Laila Ali is a daughter of renowned legend boxer Muhammad Ali who everyone knew had boxing in her genes. The passion she had in her nerves for boxing made her started her career at the age of 18. Still, she is being discussed as a legend for her boxing and defensive techniques in MMA news.
She turned famous when she defeated the daughter of Joe Frazier, Jackie Frazier was the undisputed woman boxer in world heavyweight championship. This match made history and was the first pay per view match. Ali continued to be undefeated in the course of her illustrious career.
Ann Wolfe (United States of America)
Considered to be the ‘hardest puncher’ and also the ‘best fighter,’ Ann Wolfe has best records and performance that even male boxers could not whip. She won world titles in the Super Middleweight, Junior Middleweight, and Light Heavyweight sections at the same time.
She bumped out Vonda Ward (also an NCAA basketball superstar) on May 7, 2005, in just 60 seconds in round one, and turned out to be the IBA World Light Heavyweight Champ.
Lucia Rijker (Holland)
She won 17 boxing fights and 37 kickboxing fights without any losses that gave her the name of The Dutch Destroyer and The Most Dangerous Woman in the boxing world. She was unbeatable by any of her contenders. These victories made her stood strong to defend her titles in her both careers.
Christy Martin (United States)
She was well known for her strong punches, and the most powerful ones even knocked out many of her opponents. He was known as the most prominent and successful female boxer in history and got the spaces in the many popular sports and fashion magazines. She usually appeared on the cover pages with her stylish looks.
Her endeavors to popularize fighting legitimized the contribution of women in the sports activity. She’d a record of 30 significant knockouts and held gold medals in the Middleweight, Junior Middleweight, and Super Middleweight categories.
Holly Holm (United States)
She was undoubtedly the female fighter of the year. She had been given this title in 2005 and 2006 by the Ring Magazine. She won several welterweight game titles and was widely known as the best woman welterweight ever. Holm decided to make her move into MMA, and made her first appearance in opposition to Christina Domke, winning the title.
She said in her press release that she is leaving boxing to try MMA. As this was not good news for all her fans that they would no longer see her in her boxing styles but after some time she showed more of her in MMA and won several titles.
