{"id":114721,"date":"2024-03-21T12:47:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/una-historia-del-boxeo-femenino-malissa-smith\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T12:48:38","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:48:38","slug":"a-history-of-womens-boxing-malissa-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/a-history-of-womens-boxing-malissa-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"A History\u00a0of Women\u2019s Boxing: Malissa Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

A History\u00a0o<\/i>f Women\u2019s Boxing: Malissa Smith<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Malissa Smith is an author, women\u2019s boxing historian, and public speaker.<\/p>\n

Her journey in boxing began in 1997, when she first entered the world-renowned Gleason\u2019s Gym in Brooklyn, NY. Since then, boxing has become her muse and passion as she chronicles women in the sport. Malissa began writing about the women of the ring by creating her blog\u00a0Girlboxing<\/i>\u00a0in 2010,<\/i>\u00a0and having gone back to college, she obtained her master\u2019s in liberal studies with her thesis,\u00a0<\/b>Boundaries in Motion: Women\u2019s Boxing<\/i>.<\/p>\n

On the strength of her academic work, she wrote A History\u00a0<\/b>o<\/i>f Women\u2019s Boxing,\u00a0<\/b>the first comprehensive history of the sport, which\u00a0Ring Magazine<\/i>\u00a0has called \u201cthe bible of women\u2019s boxing.\u201dThe book\u00a0traces the sport back to the 1700s, through the 2012 Olympic Games, with inside-the-ring action and extensive profiles of the sport\u2019s pioneers.<\/p>\n

Her latest book,\u00a0The Promise of Women\u2019s Boxing: A Momentous New Era for the Sweet Science,<\/i>\u00a0will be published in June 2024.\u00a0The new work provides a timely exploration of modern women\u2019s boxing, from its first inclusion in the 2012 Olympics to today, featuring such trailblazers as\u00a0Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano, Claressa Shields, and more. The book launch party will be held at Gleason\u2019s Gym\u00a0on June 15, 2024<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Supporting women in boxing led her to roles with the International Women\u2019s Boxing Hall of Fame, the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Ring Magazine, and the World Boxing Council (WBC), where she lends her expertise to the women\u2019s ratings committee. Malissa continues to speak and write about the sport, and most recently, she was a featured speaker for the Women In Boxing organization\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day event broadcast from London. She is a frequent guest on a variety of podcasts and radio shows, appearing as an evangelist for sports equity and the place of women in the business of boxing.<\/p>\n

Maintaining her own wellness, she still trains at Gleason\u2019s Gym, albeit a little less frequently.<\/p>\n

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