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Katy Taylor: Crackin’ Good Fighter

This is not a new fight, but in the interest of your boxing education you absolutely must watch this Katie Taylor v Caroline Barry amateur boxing match. Damn, it’s exciting to see this kind of energy bouncing around the ring. Oh, and these may be the first ring GUYS you’ve ever seen. Hat tip to [...]

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Boxing Q & A

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A few of you have been asking me great questions about my background and experience in boxing and I promised I would write up a post for you with the answers. There’s not much fancy going on, just a lot of hard work, a little bit of blood (woo-hoo!) and some great boxing community. 1. [...]

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You Can Do Anything Too

Lisa Creech Bledsoe: In the ring from The Garner Citizen on Vimeo. Rachel Healy is a quiet, elegant woman. She has understated magnetism that pulls you in and makes you tell her everything. Or maybe I just run my mouth constantly about boxing and she’s kind enough to not only listen, but also to (gasp) [...]

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Blood and Uppercuts

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Last week I was in the ring with one of my trainers, Nassir, who will be making his pro boxing debut in the next month or so. Nas is blazingly fast and uses his considerable hand and foot speed as not only a physical but also a mental advantage over his opponents. Boxing with him [...]

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Road to London All Women’s Amateur Boxing Competition

It was well worth the four and a half hour drive, fighting DC traffic, and finding and making it to Rosecroft on time to catch the nine amateur boxing bouts in tonight’s Road to London show. The opening fights were the younger and lighter women (decent matches: Roneisha Moore v. Bianka Thompson, Elizabeth Keller v. [...]

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Fight Night: Make Plans Now for Boxing on the Block 3

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THURSDAY, SEPT 24: This Event Has Been Canceled I don’t have any of the details, but learned from my trainer last night that this Boxing Event has been canceled due to reasons unknown at this time. Please pass the word, thanks. ***************** Amateur boxing fans and competitors in NC and surrounding areas: clear your calendar [...]

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Bonnie Mann: Breaking Ground, Discovering Boxing

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I recently had the opportunity to talk with my trainer outside of the gym, and she shared a little bit with me about how she got started in boxing and the one woman and two incredible men who have made all the difference in her 14 year professional boxing career. Beginnings in Baseball She was [...]

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Fight Night: Battle at the Expo 2

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I will never be an MMA fighter. One tiny slip-up that another fighter can take advantage of, and boom, you’re in a arm bar or choke hold or whatever, and you’re tapping out and all those months of training for a fight vanish in a flash, leaving you blinking in the aftermath. Nope, not me. [...]

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