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.
ACCRA, Ghana — 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 Accra – ...
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 ...
OBC Athletics has started a Women’s Intro to Boxing program every Monday at 135 E Bridge St here in Oswego. Their main goal is to help fight the stigma against ...
Boxxer are planning to match Natasha Jonas and Lauren Price in an all-female bill in London in March to lead a wider attempt to prioritise rebuilding women’s boxing in the UK. The 40-year-old Jonas ...
From small club shows and Toughwoman tournaments to sold-out arenas and streaming-era super fights, women’s boxing has gone from novelty to global draw. Along the way, a handful of fighters didn’t ...