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Meet Amanda Kari. 🥊

On the mat, off the mat, and very much herself. Amanda is iFight's Finance & Marketing Director and one of the people helping to build the platform behind the scenes.

We're kicking off our Meet the Team series with a proper introduction to the person behind the job title.

Who should we introduce next?

#iFight #MeetTheTeam #MartialArts #CombatSports #BehindTheScenes

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Here's another short message from Amanda, part of the team helping build iFight.

We're building iFight to help connect fighters, coaches, clubs, promoters and everyone involved in combat sports.

What do you want to see improve across the combat sports community?

#iFight #CombatSports #MartialArts #BJJ

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Swipe right for a fight? Not quite. 🥊

Amanda sums up iFight brilliantly: think of making connections, but for fighters, gyms and opportunities in combat sports. No awkward first dates required.

What’s harder to find: the right opponent or the right gym?

#iFight #CombatSports #MMA #BJJ #Kickboxing #MartialArts

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Amanda has a message from behind the scenes at iFight. Take a look and tell us what you think.

We're building iFight to help connect fighters, coaches, clubs, promoters and everyone involved in combat sports.

What would you most like a trusted combat sports platform to help you with?

#iFight #CombatSports #MartialArts #BJJ

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The mat doesn't lie. Skill is built round by round, decision by decision.

At iFight, we're building a better-connected combat sports community where experience, credentials and opportunities can be recognised.

What matters most to you when checking a fighter or coach's background?

#iFight #BJJ #Grappling #CombatSports #MartialArts

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JAMES J. CORBETT
1866–1933 “Gentleman Jim”

James John Corbett, better known as “Gentleman Jim,” was one of the fighters who helped usher boxing into the modern era.

Born in San Francisco in 1866, Corbett became famous for a very different style from the rugged bare-knuckle fighters who came before him.

Rather than relying simply on strength and toughness, he used footwork, movement, timing, defence and calculated combinations.

His approach helped establish the more technical style associated with modern boxing.

His place in boxing history was secured on 7 September 1892, when he faced the legendary John L. Sullivan in New Orleans. The fight was contested with gloves under the Marquess of Queensberry rules. Corbett stopped Sullivan in the 21st round, ending Sullivan's reign and becoming heavyweight champion.

That fight represented much more than a change of champion. Sullivan was strongly associated with boxing's bare-knuckle past, while Corbett came to represent a newer, more scientific approach to the sport.

Corbett held the heavyweight title until 1897, when he lost to Bob Fitzsimmons. He later fought another legendary heavyweight, James J. Jeffries, twice.
Outside the ring, Corbett became a successful stage and screen performer, helping make professional fighters into mainstream celebrities. He died in 1933, aged 66.

#bareknuckle #boxing #fighter #combathistory #MMA #kickboxing #grappling #BJJ #BrazilianJiuJitsu #ifight #iFightGlobalUK

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Old-School Horsehair Boxing Gloves

Before today's multi-layer foam gloves, horsehair was commonly used as padding inside boxing gloves.

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, professional fighters could compete in incredibly small gloves. Two-ounce gloves were used in some bouts, with four-ounce horsehair gloves later becoming commonplace. By 1929, British rules required a minimum of six ounces.

Unlike modern foam, horsehair could move and compress inside the glove, meaning the padding over the knuckles could become much thinner with use. Fighters from the 1960s and 70s still remember competing in six-ounce horsehair gloves.

One of boxing's most famous examples survives from Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) vs Henry Cooper in 1963. Ali's damaged glove split at the seam, exposing the horsehair padding inside.

Horsehair hasn't completely disappeared, it has continued to be used in some professional fight gloves, sometimes alongside modern foam.

Would you fancy fighting in a pair of old-school 4oz horsehair gloves?

#iFight #FightKitThroughTheAges #BoxingHistory #Boxing #OldSchoolBoxing #CombatSports #FightHistory #BoxingGloves #FightKit #MartialArts #iFightGlobalUK

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JOHN L. SULLIVAN
(The Boston Strong Boy) 1858–1918

John Lawrence Sullivan was one of the most famous fighters of the 19th century and one of the men who helped transform prizefighting into the sport of modern boxing.

Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1858, Sullivan became known as “The Boston Strong Boy.” A fearsome heavyweight with enormous punching power, he competed during a remarkable period when boxing was moving from bare-knuckle fighting under the London Prize Ring Rules to gloved contests under the Queensberry Rules.

In 1882, Sullivan defeated Paddy Ryan in a bare-knuckle contest to establish himself as America's leading heavyweight. His fame grew far beyond boxing and he became one of America's earliest national sporting celebrities.

His most legendary contest came on 8 July 1889, when he faced Jake Kilrain in Mississippi. The men fought bare-knuckled for an extraordinary 75 rounds, lasting more than two hours, before Kilrain's corner conceded the fight. It became the last heavyweight championship contest fought under the London Prize Ring Rules.

Sullivan's reign finally ended in 1892, when he was defeated by James J. “Gentleman Jim” Corbett in a gloved championship contest. Sullivan retired from top-level competition as boxing entered a new era.

He died on 2 February 1918, aged 59. More than a century later, John L. Sullivan remains an important figure in combat-sports history — a fighter who stood right on the dividing line between old-school bare-knuckle prizefighting and modern professional boxing.

#bareknuckle #boxing #fighter #combathistory #ifight

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Gosh, this was 4 years ago!

#kickboxing #kickboxingtraining #iFight #ifightglobaluk

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Trying to get some work done at iFight…

Bob: “I think you'll find that's MY laptop.” 🐈‍⬛💻

Emails? ❌
Marketing? ❌
Fighter outreach? ❌

Sitting directly on the laptop and refusing to move? ✅

Apparently Bob has promoted himself to Head of IT.

Productivity has fallen dramatically, but morale is excellent. 😂🐾

#iFight #OfficeCat #WorkingFromHome #HeadOfIT #bobthecat

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Rosie thought she was doing a workout… Bob thought she wasn’t using enough weight. 😂🐈‍⬛💪

“Hold that plank, Rosie. I’ve added some resistance.”

Personal training by Bob — no excuses, no refunds. 😂

#ifight #personaltraining #resistancetraining #Bobthecat

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Gonna share some great vintage videos with you from the archives 😮

Guess the year?

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