Women's prize-fighting, as popular as it has suddenly become in the wake of Ronda Rousey's success, is not as new some people may think. In fact, its history goes back centuries to the earliest days of British boxing.
This is a revision of an article which was originally cross-posted at the now-defunct SBNation Blog Head Kick Legendby John S. Nash on Mar 4, 2012 [†]
In the wake of Ronda Rousey's quick ascension to stardom in the sport of mixed martial arts, one wouldn't be faulted for thinking that WMMA had arrived.