Women Boxers Have An Advantage Over Men

Despite the risk of injury, boxing is attractive to women. (Photo: Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The world of boxing was shocked by the death of boxer Hero Tito in the Holywings Sport Show Boxing fight for the lightweight belt of the Indonesian Boxing Association (ATI) against James Mokoginta in Jakarta on Sunday 27 February 2022. Hero Tito fell by KO when he received consecutive punches from Mokoginta in Jakarta. seventh round.

Reporting from The Sun (December 21, 2021), a female boxer from Montreal, Canada, Jeanette Zacarias Zapata, also died after losing by knockout. Zapata fell into a coma after the GYM Gala International women's boxing bout against fellow Canadian boxer Marie-Pier Houle.

Quoted from the British Medical Association, there are many deaths around the world due to boxing. There have been 140 boxing-related deaths worldwide since 1990. Including female boxer Stacy Young, who died in 2016 after a blow to the head caused brain swelling.

However, the International Boxing Association (IBA) which studies the problem of concussions in boxing concluded that fewer women suffer from concussions in boxing than male boxers. Women are less at risk of serious injury than men because of the physiological differences between the two.

Women's Boxer Excellence

According to a 2017 Temple University study that conducted research on female athletes, women had a more flexible neck, less shoulder and neck muscles and lower lower body strength than male athletes.

This prevents female boxers from hitting opponents as strong as male boxers. It also allows female boxers to absorb blows without getting injured in the same way as men.

Illustration of a female boxer. (Photo: Unsplash)

Boxing is originally an ancient martial art, which is a fighting sport that dates back centuries. Thus, from ancient times to the present day boxing was a discipline reserved for men for the physical preparation of war or gladiator-like entertainment.

In the midst of the widespread issue of feminization, boxing has spread to the world of women. Boxing is no longer a sport for men, women are starting to pursue it from a hobby to becoming a professional boxer.

Slowly but surely a number of countries that initially banned women's boxing are finally starting to lift the ban. Its culmination was the inclusion of women's boxing in the 2012 London Olympics.

Different Characters

According to Sport England, women's boxing is very different from men's boxing because of the different techniques, goals and stereotypes of each discipline. The general female boxing characters are:

French Savage Boxing, which combines the hands and feet and western boxing techniques of Boxercise and Boxfit, which releases energy but doesn't have the full power to attack again.

The hallmark of women's boxing is the focus that is emphasized during training are:

Training for beginners that will open up athletes more. Self-defense training to gain self-confidence and physical and mental strength Technical lessons on hitting speed, hitting power, and footwork agility.

The similarities between men's and women's boxing is that it requires fast footsteps to survive in the ring. The point is to be able to withstand paralyzing attacks towards the body, and dodge upper cut blows that are aimed at full speed.

Unlike the world of men's professional boxing which is divided into 17 classes, women's boxing is divided into 18 classes. Starting from the lowest class, namely atomic class (46.3 kg), to heavy (91 kg +), while the professional boxing class for men starts from mini flyweight (47.6 kg) to heavy (91 kg +).

Some of the names below the world below are the names of how women conquered world boxing.

Laila Ali

Laila Ali is a big part of women's boxing history who is the daughter of Muhammad Ali, the world boxing legend. Under the shadow of her father's big name at the age of 21, Laila made her professional debut. His most famous fight was against April Fowler with just 31 seconds. Her best title is the 2002 International Women's Boxing Federation.

Laila Ali and her father, Muhammad Ali. (Photo: Time.com)

Regina Halmich

Regina is a great female boxer icon in Europe who started her career as a boxer since 1993. Regina is a unique boxing athlete because she only plays 3 matches a year, with the aim of keeping her career stable. With his principles proved to show an extraordinary career, from 56 matches and won 54 of them.

How about Indonesia?

Felmy Sumaehe: First Indonesian Female Boxer to Win WBA and WBC Asia

The name Felmy Sumaehe may still be foreign to Indonesian people. This Manado-born woman is not a celebrity, tiktokers or YouTuber, but Indonesia's first female boxer, who has loved boxing since she was 13 years old. Felmy Sumaehe has won the WBA Asia Female Bantamweight Championship belt. She got this title after defeating boxer from Argentina, Vanessa Taborda on November 10, 2020. Previously, the first female boxer in Indonesia successfully defeated a female boxer from Thailand, Saowaluk Nareepangsri in the WBC Asia Bantamweight Female class in 2019.

Indonesian female boxer, Uswatun Hasanah. (Photo: Instagram/Kemenpora)

Sertu Huswatun Hasanah, Indonesia's first female boxer to reach the Asian Championship final

Sertu Huswatun Hasanah who comes from the Indonesian Army, who is known as the Rising Star in Indonesian women's boxing from West Nusa Tenggara, who made an achievement at the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2021. Noted to be the first female boxer from Indonesia. Indonesia who stepped into the final of the event. Overthrowing Shoira Zulkaynarova (Tajikistan), with a hook that became her mainstay, Uswatun became the talk after winning the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games when she was 20 years old. Atun, as he is usually called, has become the talk of the boxing world after winning the 2018 Asian Games bronze medal when he was 20 years old.