The 28-year-old eased past British opponent Sangeeta Birdi with a barrage of punches and uppercuts to become the nation’s first female world title holder and the 11th overall in Ghana’s history.

Mark Brown/Getty Images Women's boxing is divided between 17 weight classes, from heavyweight to atomweight. The four major sanctioning bodies, WBO, IBF, WBA and WBC have champions in most of the ...

Despite the thriving boxing community, Smart faces common challenges as a female boxer. “There’s a lingering stigma associated with women in boxing. People often question why a woman would ...

Mark Brown/Getty Images Women's boxing is divided between 17 weight classes, from heavyweight to atomweight. The four major sanctioning bodies, WBO, IBF, WBA and WBC have champions in most of the ...

He asserted that two Olympians who won gold in women’s boxing events in 2024 were men who “transitioned.” “Who could forget last year’s Paris Olympics, where a male boxer stole the women ...

THE inaugural Samia Women’s Boxing Championships will kick off tomorrow at Kawe Beach Club in Dar es Salaam, the Boxing Federation of Tanzania (BFT) has announced. According to BFT secretary general ...

2, 2025 at Dort Financial Center in Flint. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP) Middleweight champion Claressa Shields celebrates after defeating reigning WBC women’s heavyweight boxing champion ...

The 28-year-old eased past British opponent Sangeeta Birdi with a barrage of punches and uppercuts to become the nation’s first female world title holder and the 11th overall in Ghana’s history.

On Sunday in Flint, Michigan, Shields dominated Danielle Perkins to become the first undisputed women's heavyweight champion in the four-belt era. Shields (16-0, 3 KOs) sent Perkins to the canvas ...

Claressa Shields has solidified her place in boxing history as a three-division champion and the first-ever undisputed women’s heavyweight champion. With an unblemished record of 16-0 ...

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Claressa Shields unanimously outpointed Danielle Perkins on Sunday night in the first undisputed heavyweight bout in women’s boxing to remain undefeated. Shields ...