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citybird15 asked Laura Saperstein: "What are the female boxing community doing to get women's boxing onto the Olympic schedule and are you personally involved in any petitions or campaigns?"
Laura Saperstein answer: "It’s very difficult to raise the profile yourself. I’ve had a lot of negativity from the authorities. I started the ‘Boxergirl’ website 3 years ago , I wanted to put on a female boxing tournament and ..." Show more»" It’s very difficult to raise the profile yourself. I’ve had a lot of negativity from the authorities. I started the ‘Boxergirl’ website 3 years ago , I wanted to put on a female boxing tournament and I sought assistance from the authorities and got told I’d be blacklisted. There seems to be an attitude that if I got involved as a female boxer rather than as a member of an established authority then I must be doing it for my own benefit or for money so they didn’t want to help. To me that’s absurd because no one to date has put on a women’s tournament in this country and it takes money to do that. As a female boxer I would love to help some of the other girls to get fights and put on a tournament but it takes money and at the moment any funding that’s available will obviously go to whoever is in charge of developing women’s boxing in this country and they don’t seem keen on anyone who isn’t in an official position either with the ABA or the police boxing clubs, to have a role. If I can make any money out of my professional career one of the first things I want to do is put on a tournament for female boxers but you need resources and money to do it. And it’s really hard. For me the biggest barrier was I couldn’t find anyone to box and no one was making enough effort to find me opportunities so that’s why I started the website so that girls could find each other and matchmakers had a resource. "Show less«
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citybird15 asked Vivienne Nathanson : "Do you think that including women’s boxing in future Olympics will have a serious impact on the numbers of girls taking up the sport in the future, and are the BMA taking steps towards blocking it’s inclusion..." Show more »"Do you think that including women’s boxing in future Olympics will have a serious impact on the numbers of girls taking up the sport in the future, and are the BMA taking steps towards blocking it’s inclusion at the 2012 Olympics? " Show less »
Vivienne Nathanson answer: "As mentioned earlier, the BMA believe that boxing has no place on the sporting line-up, especially for international competitions promoting a message of peace and harmony. Inclusion of women’s boxing ..." Show more»" As mentioned earlier, the BMA believe that boxing has no place on the sporting line-up, especially for international competitions promoting a message of peace and harmony. Inclusion of women’s boxing in the Olympic programme would encourage more girls to take up boxing, due to the high profile of the games. The BMA continues to call for a ban on boxing in all forms. "Show less«
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0 comment | Topic: Sport | Email to friends | Dec 14 2007 9:18:19 AM

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