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Compared to men's boxing, however, it lacked popularity and exposure. This might be attributed to the fact that women's boxing, at that period, confronted a society filled with stereotypes and which categorized professions as either 'men's work' or 'women's work'. Machism was predominant during a large part of last century, and therefore women's boxing couldn't attain a lot of fanfare for most of it.

It should be noted that during the 1970s, a popular female boxer came out of the United States Northwest. Her name was Cathy 'Cat' Davis and a few of her fights were televised. To this day, she remains the only female boxer to appear on the cover of Ring Magazine. But a scandal broke out where it was said that some of her fights had been fixed, and as a consequence, women's boxing as a sport was almost killed.

During the 1980s, women's boxing briefly resurfaced in California under the wings of sisters Dora and Cora Webber. The twin sisters were world champions and packed crunching punching power and a good chin.

But the boom of women's boxing came during the 1990s, coinciding with the boom of professional women sports leagues such as the WNBA and WUSA, and with boxers such as Delia 'Chikita' Gonzalez, Laura Serrano, Christy Martin, Deirdre Gogarty, Laila AliLaila Ali (born December 30, 1977), is the daughter of the boxer many consider to be the greatest fighter of all time, Muhammad Ali. Laila, who is a personal trainer in Los Angeles, surprised the boxing world in 1999 by announcing she would try a hand at, Jackie Frazier-LydeJackie Frazier-Lyde (born 1962) is a lawyer who is the daughter of former world Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier. In the year 2000, she shocked the boxing world by announcing that at the age of 38, she would begin participating in the sport of Wome, Lucia RijkerLucia Rijker (born December 7, 1967) is a Dutch professional female boxer and Kung Fu fighter who has reportedly only lost one fight in both her professions combined, namely, during a Kung Fu competition. Rijker, as a Kung Fu fighter, has been on the cove, Ada VelezAda Velez (born September 15, 1970) is a Puerto Rican who lives in Hollywood, Florida and trains with former women's boxing world champion Bonnie Canino. Velez became the first Puerto Rican to win a women's world boxing championship on January 19, 2001, w, Ivonne Caples, Bonnie CaninoBonnie Canino (born approx. 1970) is a former women's boxing world Featherweight champion who also won world titles in kick boxing five times. The native of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, beat such important challengers as Gloria Ramirez, Nora Daigle and Sue Ch and Sumya AnaniSumya Anani (born February 12, 1972) is one of the top fighters in the sport of women's boxing. Anani, like many women's boxers, came to the sport in a roundabout fashion. While living in Kansas City in the early 1990s and working as a massage therapist,, all world champions, jumping into the scene. Nowadays, women's boxing's fan base is growing with a lot of televisionSee TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television p exposure and interesting fights.There are a few organizations that recognize world championship bouts, and fights are held in more than 100 countries worldwide.

See also: Amy Hayes, Becky Garcia, List of female boxers.