olympic boxing

The toughest ladies of the US female boxing circuit are taking to the ring this week as the first ever women’s Olympic trials got underway at the Northern Quest Resort Casino in Spokane, Washington.

US Middleweight Claressa Shields defeated Kazakhstan’s Marina Volnova in the semis to advance to the gold medal bout against Russia’s Nadezda Torlopova in the Olympics first-ever female boxing competition.

Women's competitive boxing is set to make its debut at this year’s Summer Olympic games in London, and Texas native, Marlen Esparza, 22, was the first female added to the precedent setting list.

The opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games is a little more than a month away, so with that, let’s take a closer look at just a few of the U.S. Women’s National Team gold medal hopefuls.

Welcome to The Jock’s Box. Home of a admirably-lit and sexily-placed pedestal for Shewired to drop those women athletes we all love to admire. Don’t feel guilty—just lay back and enjoy the double entendre. This week I didn’t have to do any work; the ESPYs did it for me. They filtered through a stellar list of nominees to pick Lindsey Vonn as Best Female athlete. That award comes  quick on the heels of her landing Best Female US Olympian at L.A.’s Nokia Theater.

The International Olympic Committee has made its decision in the choice of adding two events to the 2016 Summer Games, and it’s gotten my lesbian and feminist dander way up. The committee said it was a challenging choice of baseball against softball, golf against roller sports, squash vs. karate vs. rugby.

Top ranked U.S. archer and four time Olympian, Khatuna Lorig, is the woman responsible for helping hone Jennifer Lawrence’s shooting skills in preparation for the physically demanding role of Katniss Everdeen, in this spring’s global box office smash, The Hunger Games.

On paper it sounds like the next Rocky movie. A 17-year-old American Olympian coming from humble beginnings in Flint, Michigan battles her way to a gold medal, past a Russian fighter nearly twice her age. But what may feel like a Hollywood fairy tale for young Claressa Shields is a proud moment for USA boxing, as she becomes the first U.S. athlete to win the women’s middleweight gold medal.