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Hall of Fame my greatest achievement - Couch

Boxing trailblazer Jane Couch says being inducted into the Hall of Fame is a greater honour than winning world titles in her pioneering pro

Jane Couch is being inducted into the international boxing hall of fame. She is the reason that women in the UK are able to get licensed by the BBBofC after her sexual discrimination lawsuit. The BBBofC had argued that "pre-menstrual tension made women too unstable to box".

For people who'd like to learn more about Jane, here is a sitdown with the folks at Sky Sports.

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‘Gentleman Jack’s Suranne Jones To Star In & Produce Story Of Female World Boxing Champion Jane Couch

Surrane Jones, the star of HBO and BBC drama Gentleman Jack, is to star in and produce a drama based on the life of five-time female world boxing champion Jane Couch. Jones, via her TeamAkers Produ…

Surrane Jones, the star of HBO and BBC drama Gentleman Jack, is to star in and produce a drama based on the life of five-time female world boxing champion Jane Couch.

Jones, via her TeamAkers Productions banner, and Gentleman Jack producer Lookout Point, have optioned Couch’s memoir The Final Round to develop it as a series.

The book tells the story of how Couch went from a tough upbringing in the fishing town of Fleetwood to top boxing venues all over the world, at a time when it was still illegal for women to box in the UK. She instigate a legal battle against the UK Boxing Board of Control, who only 20 years ago still insisted women were too psychologically unstable to box. Refusing to be marginalised Couch teamed up with two other fearless women, her solicitor Sarah Leslie and Dinah Rose QC and won the case allowing women to box in the UK.  She was regularly portrayed by some quarters of the press as a freak and a monster and was horribly exploited by the people around her.

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Lookout Point and TeamAkers to adapt Jane Couch’s The Final Round - Lookout Point - London Production Company

Lookout Point and TeamAkers to adapt Jane Couch’s The Final Round - Lookout Point - London Production Company

Yes, please!

Suranne Jones is involved ;)

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Sumya Anani mauls Jane Couch for the 4th round stoppage - 6/21/2002

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Jessica Rakoczy vs Jane Couch - 07/21/2005

The major sanctioning bodies of boxing have not always had women’s titles. In fact, the WBC didn’t start sanctioning women’s title fights until 2005. This fight is actually for the inaugural WBC Lightweight title.

The fight featured Jane Couch and Jessica Rakoczy. Couch was the first woman ever to be licensed as a pro boxer in the U.K back in 1998 after she sued the British Boxing Board of Control for sexual discrimination. MMA fans may remember Rakoczy as one of the finalists for TUF 18: Rousey vs Tate. Prior to her attempt at an MMA career, Rakoczy was a world champion boxer who fought pioneering figures in women’s boxing such as Jane Couch, Ada Velez, Layla McCarter, Mia St. John, Ann Saccurato, Cindy Serrano, and Belinda Laracuente.