Records of modern female boxing date back to the early eighteenth century in London, and in the 1904 Olympics an exhibition bout between women was held. Yet it

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While humans have used their hands to engage in combat since the dawn of man, boxing originated in Ancient Greece as an Olympic event. It is one of the most pop

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This volume offers a wide-reaching overview of current academic research on women's participation in combat sports within a range of different national and tran