ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — When Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey decided as a teenager to become a professional boxer – an unusual choice for a young woman in a working-class neighborhood of Ghana's capital of ...

As a boxing instructor, I find that many of my clients take up the sport for its mental health benefits: It can serve as an outlet for releasing anger, reducing stress and increasing self-esteem.

Every day, twice at day, Shurretta 'Chiccn' Metcalf is at Texas Select Boxing in Garland, training for the fight of her life. "Everybody likes to call me 'Chiccn.' It's so funny, a boxer that's named ...

If boxing had a Mount Rushmore, Amanda Serrano’s face would already be carved into it. Serrano is a Puerto Rican powerhouse who’s shattered records, defied limits, and turned every doubter into a ...

Inside the walls of Babyface Boxing Training Center, the first lesson girls learn in the ring is that they are limitless. The Pacifica-based gym, owned by Boxing Hall of Famer Blanca Gutierrez, is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Let’s get this straight: Women’s boxing is not a trend. It’s not a footnote or a feel-good novelty. It’s a fight-for-every-inch sport that’s lost its mojo a bit over the past 18 months—and The Promise ...

Hosted by Victor Migalchan, California LIVE Podcast, one of the nationwide leading platforms for powerful, purpose-driven conversations, proudly shines a spotlight on the legends of women’s boxing at ...