ATLANTIC CITY — The opportunity was long overdue. “Not only do we deserve it, we earned it,” said Jackie Atkins, one of the organizers of the inaugural East Coast Women’s Boxing Championships at ...

Boxers often talk about preparing for each fight as if it’s their last. For Cecilia Braekhus, there’s no “as if” about it. After an 18-year career that has earned her the nickname the “First Lady of ...

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm continues to expand its roster of athletes by signing Most Valuable Promotions' boxing trailblazer Amanda ...

Heavyweight Undisputed Champion Claressa Shields’ power and resilience are undeniable. Shields has arguably 'been that girl' in her arena as a four-time undisputed boxer and 17-time world champion who ...

Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey is a Ghanaian boxing trailblazer. She was 27 years old when she became Ghana’s first female world boxing champion and the first female member of the West African nation’s ...

(CNN) — Cecilia Brækhus embarked on her against-the-odds career in professional boxing almost two decades ago, and she’s hardly stopped fighting before or since. Along the way, her opponents have been ...

Since time immemorial boxing has been perceived as a male-dominated sport, with a history filled with superstar male pugilists as well as legendary matchups. Nonetheless, in recent times, women have ...

Given Fran Hennessy admits to being “scared of the sea”, it is somewhat surprising that she accepts my invitation to go paddleboarding off the Kent coast. It normally takes 10 hours for novices to ...

The French women’s team has been barred from competing at the World Boxing Championships which began in Liverpool on Thursday after missing the deadline for sharing gender test results. In May, World ...

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm continues to expand its roster of athletes by signing Most Valuable Promotions’ boxing trailblazer Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano, the most decorated fighter in women’s boxing for ...