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 ...

Andrea Girón, 13, eyes her opponent, 12-year-old Taylor “Too Tuff” Hill, during a boxing match at Shirley C. Heim Middle School in Stafford, Virginia on Aug. 16. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) ...

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.

Soomro, 21, made national headlines last year after winning an international bout in Bangkok in a rare feat for a young woman from Pakistan, where patriarchal and cultural norms dictate that girls and ...

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 ...

Taylor signs off her storied career in front of 80,000 fans on Saturday night. Katie Taylor fights for the last time Saturday at Croke Park. These are the five wins that built the career, from her ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

KARACHI, Pakistan — 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 ...