Old, but good article about history of Women's Boxing: Women boxers to make Olympic history in city that once shunned them

www.theguardian.com

Old, but good article about history of Women's Boxing: Women boxers to make Olympic history in city that once shunned them

www.theguardian.com

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Women's Boxing@lemmy.todayEnglish · 8 months ago

Women boxers to make Olympic history in city that once shunned them

www.theguardian.com

London 2012 will give women's boxing its full Olympic debut, but history shows that London hasn't always been so accepting of their sport

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A community about Women’s Boxing. Although women have participated in boxing for almost as long as the sport has existed, female fights have been effectively outlawed for most of boxing’s history until recently, with athletic commissioners refusing to sanction or issue licenses to women boxers, and most nations officially banning the sport

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