“Parents are encouraging their kids now to join a boxing club. “People want to get involved in it now,” she said. “The Madison Square Garden event for us was easily one of the most successful events that we’ve had on our platform, for multiple reasons.”īack in the gym, Rock said boxing is no longer seen as a niche sport. Over the last two or three years alone it’s incomparable to where it was,” Sharman said. The broadcaster’s global audience for the Taylor-Serrano fight hit 1.5 million. “Lots of buzz, lots of demand,” DAZN vice president of marketing Alfie Sharman said before Thursday’s news conference for the Taylor fight. Matchroom Sport chairman Eddie Hearn acknowledges he was initially worried about whether Taylor could fill up small-hall shows when they started working together after the Irishwoman turned pro seven years ago.īroadcaster DAZN reports that women’s boxing “does great numbers.” “I’m getting work because of Katie Taylor.”Īnother key factor for growth, boxers say, is promotion. Bash Boxing presents Social Gloves: No More Talk with Lakers star Swaggy P vs hiphops BlueFace, and NFL running backs LeVeon Bell and Adrian Paterson. “She’s giving a platform to Irish fighters,” Collins said. These skills have different color codes about which we’ll talk about soon, and you should know that it’s best to focus on a color at a time because unlocking them all takes a lot of time. Taylor’s fight Saturday also features young Irish fighters who otherwise wouldn’t get the spotlight, said Paschal Collins, who owns Celtic Warriors gym and trains heavyweight Thomas Carty. First of all, we have 5 different skills that we can work on upgrading: Jab, Hook, Uppercut, Special and Stance. USA Boxing has announced it will hold its first-ever USA Boxing Women’s Championships in July to “provide females the same benefits as their male counterparts” but also as part of a growing power struggle over governance of the sport at the amateur level. Scotland held its first all-female boxing competition last month. England Boxing’s first Women’s Winter Box Cup in 2018 was so popular they turned it into an annual showcase. More all-female events are being organized. Made with the immensely strong PPS foam, which is characterised by high punch absorption and. Some are getting picked on at school,” Sargeant said. Top Ten Star XLP WAKO boxing gloves are solid real leather gloves. “More and more girls see it and say ‘we’ll give it a go.’ Some will come because their friends have come. Laura Sargeant, the women and girls officer at England Boxing, points to the Olympics as the driver. Female participation in boxing has increased 88% in England since 2017, according to the local governing body.
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