The Promise of Women’s Boxing: A Momentous New Era for the Sweet Science (Hardcover – June 4, 2024)
by Malissa Smith (Author), Claressa Shields (Foreword)
Description
A timely exploration of modern women’s boxing, from its first inclusion in the 2012 Olympics to today, featuring such trailblazers as Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano, Claressa Shields, and more.
On April 30th, 2022, the first boxing super-fight of the era, headlined by two women and fought at Madison Square Garden, lived up to its hype and then some. The two contestants fought the battle of their lives in front of a sold-out crowd and garnered 1.5 million views through online streaming. It was the culmination of a long, three-centuries arc of women’s boxing history, a history fraught with highs and lows but always imbued with the heart and passion of the women who fought.
In The Promise of Women’s Boxing: A Momentous New Era for the Sweet Science, Malissa Smith details the exciting period from the 2012 Olympics through the true “million-dollar baby” women’s super-fights of 2022 and beyond. Rich in content, the stories that emerge focus on boxing stars new and old, important battles, and the challenges women still face in boxing. Smith examines the development of the sport on a global basis, the transition of amateur boxers to the pros, the impact of online streamlining on the sport, the challenges boxing has faced from MMA, and the unprecedented gains women’s boxing has made in the era of the super-fight with extraordinary seven-figure opportunities for elite female stars.
Featuring the stories of women’s boxing icons Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano, Savannah Marshall, and more, and with a foreword by two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time undisputed champion Claressa Shields, The Promise of Women’s Boxing offers unprecedented insight into the incredible growth of the sport and the women who have fought in and out of the ring to make it all possible.
About the Author
Malissa Smith is the author of A History of Women’s Boxing, the first comprehensive narrative of the sport that The Ring magazine dubbed “The Bible of Women’s Boxing.” Smith speaks and writes frequently about the sport and maintains positions in boxing as a founding board member of the IWBHF, an elector for the IBHOF, and as a member of The Ring’s women’s ratings panel. She trains at the world-renowned Gleason’s Gym and writes pieces for her blog, www.Girlboxing.org.
Product details
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (June 4, 2024)
Language: English
Hardcover: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 1538177714
ISBN-13: 978-1538177716
Item Weight: 1.74 pounds
Price: $36.00/£30.00
Available June 4, 2004, at Rowman & Littlefield and Amazon.Com