With women’s boxing having grown as a professional sport in recent years many point to (correctly) women like Muhammad Ali’s daughter, Laila Ali being one of the early pioneers.
Also female fighters like Christy Martin, Anne Wolfe, Lucia Rijker and more.
But the UK’s Jane Couch up there too and makes a good point ahead of the big Savannah Marshall fight this weekend in Newcastle, UK:
39 pro fights 5 world titles Honoured by the queen Boxing news refused to cover my first world title in Denmark in 1997 Boxed on the Same bill as NAZ, Lennox, Mickey ward, RRJ, Then made boxing legal in the U.K. Things are changing Still a long way to go #Gamechangerpic.twitter.com/PEo62p7Jpg
________________________________________________________________________________ Laila was undefeated in her professional career, going 24-0 (with 21 …
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