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Cecilia Brækhus was told women couldn’t enter boxing gyms. She still became an undisputed champion despite a ban on the sport

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 many ...

‘She carried it on her back to the grandest stages’: How Katie Taylor transformed women’s boxing

Katie Taylor was a 10-year-old hiding her hair in a headguard so she could fight boys. Now she leaves women's boxing after transforming it.
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Pakistan's girls fight for their place in the boxing ring

Pakistan's girls fight for their place in the boxing ring ...

Women's boxing pound-for-pound rankings: With Taylor retired, who moves into the top 10?

Katie Taylor's retirement opened the door for another fighter to join the top 10 in the latest edition of our women's ...
ESPN

Can women's boxing secure its future after Taylor-Serrano 3?

KATIE TAYLOR AND Amanda Serrano -- ESPN's No. 2 and No. 3-ranked women's pound-for-pound fighters-- will collide in a highly anticipated trilogy fight, headlining an all-women's boxing card at New ...
Yahoo

Boxing-French female boxers barred from world championships over genetic testing issue

PARIS (Reuters) -French female boxers have been barred from competing at the inaugural World Boxing Championships in Liverpool after failing to meet a deadline for a genetic sex test that the French ...
Time

Olympic Women's Boxing Has Its First Champions, and a Generation of Girls Have New Role Models

Ireland's Katie Taylor (L) fights Russia's Sofya Ochigava during their Women's Light (60kg) gold medal boxing match at the London Olympic Games August 9, 2012. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (BRITAIN - Tags: ...
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Women's boxing takes center stage at Beautiful Brawlers Invitational in Pacifica

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 ...
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Pakistan's girls fight for their place in the boxing ring

Sweat trickling down her face, aspiring teenage boxer Hoorain Zahra works on a punch combination, eager to follow in the footsteps of her idol Aliya Soomro. Soomro, 21, made national headlines last ...