World Boxing News 2010-2013

Lovemore Ndou Sporting some fresh cornrows at first glance one could have easily mistaken Sarah Howett for R&B artist Alicia Keys.  When she stepped into that ring you could have easily expected to hear the tunes of the hit song “A woman’s Worth”. But no, this girl didn’t step into that ring at the Moonee Valley racecourse to sing, she stepped into that ring to give Arlene Blencowe, her opponent some serious beating.  The only thing she shared with Alicia Keys on this occasion was the fact that she was just a “Girl on Fire”. The fight kept the boxing fans on their feet as the two girls went toe to toe from start to finish. If there is one thing guaranteed about womens boxing is you will always get your money’s worth. Girls always come to fight.  They don’t have time for the fancy footwork crap and that’s one thing fans love about women boxing.  Sarah won the fight on points after six action packed rounds. When asked about what she t...

Lovemore Ndou According to Ludacris, the Hip Hop and R&B artist in one of his hit songs “Pimpin’ All Over The World”, the best looking women reside in Africa. That’s because Ludacris has either never been to the Land Down Under or if he has he was busy ‘Disturbing Tha Peace’ or ‘Acting a Fool’ instead of checking out the women in Australia. Surely Africa has its share of beautiful women but so does Australia. The only difference however is that the women in Australia can fight too. In the next couple of days I will be talking to some of these fighting beauties from the Land Down Under. Since the inclusion of women boxing in the recent Olympics in London there has since been a debate about whether women should be allowed to compete in three minute rounds like men do instead of two minute rounds. Whether their title fights should also be 12x3 minute rounds instead of 10x2 minute rounds. And whether these women should be allowed to complete against men in their weight classes....