‘Every girl now wants to be a boxer’: excitement in Katie Taylor’s home town for her valedictory bout

Irish boxer lauded for her tenacity and inspiration before her last fight in front of 80,000 people at Croke Park ...
Washington Post

She’s the first female boxer in her club. She’s also in middle school.

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) ...
The Manila Times on MSN

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

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 ...

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 ...
CNN

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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Pakistani Esma Atif was told boxing could hurt her marriage. She now wants girls to fight

New Delhi: The story of Pakistan’s first women’s boxing coach, Esma Atif, is similar to that of Indian women athletes. Her journey mirrors the systemic struggles of Indian women athletes breaking into ...
Yahoo! Sports

Stephanie “Golden Girl” Jaramillo inducted into International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame

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

‘She’s Going To Make It To The Top’ – Johan Ghazali Praises Olivia Bahsous Ahead Of The Inner Circle 35 "Jojo" believes his good friend has what it takes to rule the women's atomweight Muay Thai ...