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09/15/2008 Archived Entry: "Women’s Boxing: Olympics 2012 - Here Come the Women?"
Women’s Boxing: Olympics 2012 - Here Come the Women?
By Jill Diamond
WBC Championship Committee
NABF Women's Division, Chair
World Boxing Cares, Chair
www.worldboxingcares.com
Courtesy of Secondsout.com
My name is Jill Diamond. I’m on the WBC Female Championship Committee. I’m Chair of the NABF Women’s Division and World Boxing Cares. I’m the ring finger in the fist of a large sanctioning body, one which is trying to make a place in the arena for women boxers. I’ve been with them since the beginning of this journey. We’re moving ahead, but slowly.
I take women’s boxing very seriously. More to the point, I take women athletes very seriously. So seriously, I give up about five hours a day, unpaid, to try and further their visibility.
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http://www.secondsout.com/World/news.cfm?ccs=225&cs=29381
