FEMFIGHT EUROPE.

Fans around Europe are all by now familiar with LGIS in Germany,many of their bouts are still featured on the internet. I wasn't aware of just how far the word had spread until the other day when I spoke with a friend in Germany who had been to Canada on business.There he had met a long time fan of the scene who remembered seeing an a news item about them way back in the seventies. Between them they were able to track down the article which was in the Montreal Gazette on the 5th of October 1977. The article relates how there were protests in a number of places where the shows were put on and it wasn't unusual for the police to have to be called to clear the"women's libbers"of the time who seemed to think the boxers were being used as sex objects. Many may recall the boxer quoted by the paper,24 years old student Angie Simons who said the girls made good money and enjoyed the bouts. Sadly my friend wasn't able to get me the article,but tells me...

A girl as got to have guts to go in the boxing ring,but to risk your looks like Melina as got to be extra brave. As yet no opponent as been named for her debut fight,26 July in Frankfurt,Germany. Speaking to a few friends in Germany I'm told a few of their wives will be watching,I'm sure they don't want to see her pretty face getting bruised,or do they?

I have in the past seen odd clips of the Danube Women arm wrestling,but just short of an hour!!!Gotta be worth a look! And a good insight into the girls who were regulars in the year 2000.

The 22nd of last month saw this years CRN Fight Night which again featured a couple of brave ladies. I'm sure that in future years more ladies will take part as for many this is the most popular part of the evening.

It's hard to believe that Festelle's best works came from the eighties when Maggie Jennings had almost super star status. Even now their work stand s the test of time and compares well with much of the current offerings in the U.K.

We have all seen the BSA girls in their own version of MMA,but here they face off in the boxing ring under boxing rules.

Anyone who as visited Eastern Europe will know that days when the sun beats down are few and far between.Which may explain why the girls take to the fields and fight.