Home
Archive
Newsletters
Video
Blogs
Discuss
About
Search
Donate
Advertise

The Naked Truth About Women's Boxing

By Stephanie Ramage, Creative Loafing (Atlanta). Posted August 4, 2000.


Women's boxing, a just-emerging sport struggling to gain respectability against the money-heavy backdrop of men's boxing, was recently dealt a major setback. An imposter to the title of IBA Women's Featherweight Champion who jump-started her career by posing on the cover of Playboy has become the unoffocial mascot of the sport. The real Featherweight Champion speaks out.

Share and save this post:

      

      

Share on Facebook       

AlterNet Social Networks:
follow us on twitter
find us on Facebook

More stories by Stephanie Ramage

Advertisement
Upcoming AlterNet stories on Digg


Digg!    Share on facebook   submit to reddit    Bookmark on Delicious   Stumble This  

Liked this story? Get top stories in your inbox each week from AlterNet! Sign up now »


We're Doing a Heckuva Job Helping Those Devastated by the Economic Meltdown
Rights and Liberties: Like the levees in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the safety net is failing Americans battered by the 'Great Recession' of 2008-2009.
By Karen Dolan, Diana Pearce, AlterNet. December 7, 2009.
What Happened When an Anti-Choice Catholic Woman Needed an Abortion at Dr. Tiller's Clinic
Reproductive Justice and Gender: The Andersons were devastated to learn their unborn child wouldn't live. Dr. Tiller showed them the compassion they so badly wished they had from their friends.
By Amanda Mueller, TruthOut.org. December 6, 2009.
America Without a Middle Class -- It's Not Far Away As You Might Think
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: America today has plenty of rich and super-rich. But it has far more families who did all the right things, but who still have no real security.
By Elizabeth Warren, AlterNet. December 5, 2009.
Advertisement
Advertisement

 

  • AlterNetYour turn

Support AlterNet
Do you value the information you're getting from AlterNet? Please show your support with a tax-deductible donation.


Feedback
Tell us how we're doing.

Advertisement
Advertisement