History Women's boxing

renata cristina dos santos ferreira punches adriana salles, sao paulo, brazil (2006)

in october 2001 2001 women s world amateur boxing championships held in scranton, united states.

international olympic committee (ioc) president jacques rogge announced olympic sport @ 2012 games in london.

women allowed competitively box first time @ olympics during 2012 summer olympics, producing world s first 12 female olympic medalist boxers.

in 2015 world boxing federation unified various women s titles have 1 title holder.

history in us


bennett sisters boxing, c.1910-1915

barbara buttrick first televised boxing match between 2 women on television , radio.

during 1970s, popular female boxer named cathy cat davis came out of united states northwest, , few of fights televised. cathy davis female boxer appear on cover of ring magazine. scandal broke out said of fights had been fixed. marian “tyger” trimiar , jackie tonawanda pioneers first women in united states license boxing in united states.

during 1980s, women s boxing briefly resurfaced in california under wings of sisters dora , cora webber. twin sisters world champions , packed crunching punching power , chin. women took hunger strikes noticed

but boom of women s boxing came during 1990s, coinciding boom in professional women sports leagues such wnba , wusa, , boxers such stephanie jaramillo, delia chikita gonzalez, laura serrano, christy martin, deirdre gogarty, laila ali, jackie frazier-lyde, lucia rijker, ada vélez, ivonne caples, bonnie canino , sumya anani, world champions, jumping scene.

women s boxing has experienced more television , media exposure, including major motion picture million dollar baby. there few organizations recognize world championship bouts, , fights held in more 100 countries.

on 16 april 1992, after 8 years in court in massachusetts, gail grandchamp won battle become boxer, state superior court judge ruled illegal deny chance box based on gender. during battle win right box amateur, passed age of 36, maximum age amateur fighters. though knew not amateur, grandchamp continued efforts, , did box professionally time.

professional women s boxing has declined in popularity in united states , struggles viewership , sponsorship , many fighters have fight in mexico or europe in order make living. amongst females, sport has been supplanted women s mma.