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Power Up, Women

by Lisa Creech Bledsoe on December 17, 2010 · 5 comments

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I need to travel over to Athletic Women Blog more regularly, because every time I go I get dosed up with a massive hit of all-out inspiration. Look people, I know this video is a advert for UnderArmor (which I do in fact wear), but the fact is that any commercial that powers me up like this is a win. For them, for me, for my game. Women love to kick ass and take names, don’t we?

Here’s another one, also poached from Rob Mars at AWB, that does the same thing and it’s not even selling me stuff. It’s just an incredible show of woman power in its most graceful and (potentially) dangerous form. I clearly need to sign up for ballet lessons. Somebody hand me a sword.

Finally, I can’t seem to get embed support on this one, but check out this women’s boxing newsreel, dated 1928, from British Pathe. Again, posted by Rob on AWB. It cracks me up that the woman (who is boxing a man) is wearing her boxing boots with a fringed leotard. She flat out rocks, too.

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Jack Gordon Scharff, Sr.

December 9, 2009
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This photo is an absolute treasure to me; my sister brought it to me this fall after a visit with our grandfather, Jack Scharff, who still lives in Memphis TN, where this photo was taken. I had no idea that my grandfather had ever had an interest in boxing. He told my sister that he [...]

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Lucia Rijker in the World Boxing Hall of Fame

November 30, 2009

On Friday, October 24th, 2009 undefeated boxer Lucia Rijker (17-0, 14 KOs) became the first female inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame. The WBHF is the smaller of the two recognized boxing halls of fame, the other being the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Binnie Klein of WPKN interviewed Rijker before her induction. [...]

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What Mayweather’s Fight Really Means

September 21, 2009
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Boxing is stuck in the 20th century. And I mean firmly stuck. You only have to see the meteoric rise of MMA to realize that the sweet science can’t, won’t, and actively refuses to keep up. And boxing has such history, art, legends, grit, beauty, strength, and such heart it’s a shame to see it [...]

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Cyborg Defeats Carano in First Round

August 16, 2009

The “Muy Thai Machine” and “Baddest Woman South of the Equator” Cris Cyborg Santos definitely earned her title in the single round she fought with reigning favorite Gina Carano. Cyborg is known as an explosive, powerful fighter with perhaps less technical control and ability than Carano, and this proved accurate in the Strikeforce fight. I [...]

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Carano and Cyborg Weigh In on Target

August 15, 2009
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Gina Carano and Cris Cyborg Santos stripped to their underwear and stepped onto the scales for a standing-room only crowd at the San Hose Marriot last night; Carano with an easy, almost embarassed smile and Cyborg with her customary scowl. Both fighters have been the cause of abundant speculation and buzz, having failed to make [...]

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