Malloy's 1993 lawsuit still felt as amateur women's boxing continues to grow

Malloy's 1993 lawsuit still felt as amateur women's boxing continues to grow
TONY BRIGGMIN - THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

Fifteen years after Dallas Malloy's legal victory against USA Boxing, the impact of the decision continues to reverberate.

According USA Boxing, the sport's amateur governing body has seen its membership of female athletes grow to 2,370 as of December 2007, and internationally, more than 120 countries and approximately 30,000 athletes participate in the sport. A record 208 boxers from 44 federations registered for the Fifth AIBA Women's World Championships to be held Nov. 22-30 in Ningbo, China .

In response to the sport's growing popularity, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) submitted a formal application in October to the International Olympics Committee to include women's boxing in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Fifteen years after historic bout, Malloy still taking on all challenges
Boxing is the only sport on the Olympic program without a female counterpart. The AIBA says the IOC Executive Board is expected to rule on the proposal in late 2009.

"The level of boxing is very high, very good," AIBA president Wu Ching-Kuo told the Associated Press in August. "Many of our federations have asked us to support women's boxing in the Olympics. We hope we'll soon have the women competing there."

Washington state could have its share of Olympics contenders.

Grace Parks, 28, of Bellingham, USA Boxing's second-ranked light middleweight, is a four-time Golden Gloves winner and three-time national silver medalist.

Queen Underwood of Seattle is USA Boxing's top-ranked light welterweight. Jessica Chambers of Tacoma is the fifth-ranked lightweight. And Jackie Peterson of Vancouver is the third-ranked welterweight.

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