Girl Boxers Kick Ass. Part 2: The Champs

29 August 2012

Part 2 in a series about professional female boxing. Read Part 1 and Part 3.

In my previous post, I showed you photos from the early fights of last weekend’s “Power to the Women” professional boxing tournament. Those first few fights were entertaining, but they paled in comparison with what was to come.

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Girl Boxers Kick Ass. Part 1: The Undercards

26 August 2012

Part 1 in a series about professional female boxing. Read Part 2 and Part 3.

I knew I would write a blog post about women this weekend.

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Hillbrow Pride

11 July 2012

George 6:06PM: Hi champ if can bring a camera we need to shoot ritas kit.

Me 6:07PM: Okay coach no problem.

Rita Mrwebi and her coach, George Khosi, model their new “kit”. George has been training Rita since she was nine years old. She is now the South African women’s welterweight boxing champion.

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Ballroom Boxing

14 June 2012

Last week I went to my first-ever professional boxing match, in a ballroom at the ritzy Sandton Convention Centre. The evening included six fights with boxers from around South Africa.

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Boxing on the Streets of Yeoville

15 May 2012

I went to another boxing tournament last weekend. This blog has been flooded with boxing posts lately and some of you may be tiring of all the bloodsport. But I can’t get enough. The training, the fans, the camaraderie, the coaches…Boxing is a major part of my life now. As James, one of George’s trainers at the Hillbrow Boxing Club, told me recently: “You have boxing in you.” I think he’s right.

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Fight Club, Part 2

07 May 2012

Second in a two-part series. Read Part 1.

“Hi champ i am going to have tournament on 5 may. coach”

George Khosi, trainer at the Hillbrow Boxing Club, sent this SMS to my friend Anita and me a few weeks ago. I wasn’t sure what he meant so I ignored the message. Anita, on the other hand, tapped a quick response:

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