Boxing Trivia
First accepted as an Olympic sport (ancient Greeks called it Pygmachia) in 688 B.C., participants in the ancient games trained on punch bags (called a korykos).
Women's Boxing News
Women's Boxing News
  • Silent assassin lets fists do the talking

    'I just live for boxing, there's nothing else,' says Savannah Marshall. 'I never did much of that going out and drinking' enlarge They say about young ladies that it is the quiet ones who often turn out to be the tigresses, and they certainly don't come much quieter than Savannah Marshall.



  • readers join forces to aid con victim, 90

    Big-hearted Evening Times readers have rallied round to help a 90-year-old woman who said she a oewanted to diea after a conman stole A 200 from her.



  • Leading News Resource of Pakistan

    Salman, Asif and Aamer pull out of England series due to 'mental torture' TAUNTON: Three Pakistan cricketers accused of involvement in an illegal betting scam maintained their innocence Thursday after withdrawing from their team's scandal-tainted tour of England.



  • Swedesboro's Jane Eyre hones competitive edge on sabre

    With her son and only child starting college, Jane Eyre was looking - as so many do - for ways to enliven her evenings and fill the empty nest.



  • Digest: Missouri football player charged with sexual assault

    Suspended Missouri running back Derrick Washington was charged Monday with sexually assaulting a former tutor in her apartment over the summer.



  • Topekan kayaks down Missouri

    Imagine the trip from Kansas City, Kan., to St. Charles, Mo. It's around 3 hours, 45 minutes if you drive 225 miles east on Interstate 70, according to Google Maps.



  • President presents Khel Ratna, Arjun Awards

    First Published: 21:17 IST Last Updated: 21:36 IST President Pratibha Patil gestures during the celebration of her birthday at Rashtrapati Bhavan in... Badminton ace Saina Nehwal, whose phenomenal rise was highlighted by three top-flight international titles recently, was today conferred the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award at a glittering ...



  • Region has plenty of hip, young professionals looking to give back

    Whether it's a sign of the times they grew up in or simply the pendulum swinging back toward service, a new wave of young professionals is making its mark in the city and region, looking to contribute in unique ways.



  • Boxer on party-bash charge gets bail

    AN OLYMPIC boxer who is charged with punching a woman after he gate-crashed a party at her house has been granted bail despite committing the alleged offence - and others - while on a suspended sentence and community based order.



  • NEWS

    Journal/ Sam Green Dylan Biard and Tyler Coyote practice their boxing moves while playing around in their front yard recently.



  • 36 Indian shooters will be targetting 120 CWG medals

    After winning 27 medals at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, this time 36 Indian shooters will be eyeing the 120 medals at stake in different shooting events at the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.



  • Amanda Serrano: Young and Restless

    The first thing you notice about the NY Kidz and Fitness gym is that it's not Gleasons.



  • Kenyan women's boxing seeks to demystify myths

    For one boxing has been taken to be a preserve of the riff-raffs in society - those with not much to show other than brawn.



  • Donald adds to Youth Games medal haul

    An exciting day of semi-finals was capped off with gymnast Angela Donald winning Australia's only medal, a bronze, on day eight of the Youth Olympics in Singapore.



  • Welsh women recruited for 'catfights'

    Welsh women are being recruited to take part in organised "catfights", Wales on Sunday can reveal.



  • GB boxing trio chosen for Worlds

    Flyweight Nicola Adams, lightweight Amanda Coulson and welterweight Savannah Marshall will represent England at the World Championships.



  • Surface tension

    Every day in Toronto, you can choose from a fascinating variety of ethnic papers.



  • Knockout Natalia rules ring

    Oceania under-48kg boxing champion Natalia Hume has the potential to fight at the Olympics, her trainer Phil Shatford believes.



  • Sports in Brief: Iguodala makes another cut

    Andre Iguodala of the 76ers is one of 13 finalists to make the cut for the USA World Championship team that will play three exhibition games with Lithuania, Spain and Greece in Madrid, Spain.



  • Mary Kom to lead Indian challenge at Worlds

    Four-time champion and Khel Ratna awardee M C Mary Kom will spearhead the 10-woman strong Indian challenge in the sixth AIBA World Women's Boxing Championship to be held in Barbados next month.