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 ...

Green is fighting at a time when female boxing is more popular than ever before. But the sport’s visibility is a somewhat recent phenomenon. Early in Green’s career there was a lack of ...

With a lineup that features some great matchups, this event is set to let boxing fans see 12 bouts on the card, with three featuring women's boxing. The promoters behind this event are two iconic ...

She faces a taller, maybe stronger foe this weekend at heavyweight and recently said of women’s boxing and the nation of the UK to Ariel Helwani: “I feel like you guys in the UK are trying to ...

But everything changed when Katie Taylor stepped into the spotlight. Katie Taylor, a name now synonymous not only with Irish boxing but also with women’s boxing on a global scale, became the first ray ...

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 ...