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Offaly man behind the ‘home for female boxing’ awarded Hero of the Year award

An Offaly man who has played a pivotal role in advancing amateur female boxing has been crowned ‘Hero of the Year’ at the ...
Yahoo! Sports

Netflix’s all-women boxing event spotlights Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano, and a new wave of champions

Tonight, the fiercest rivalry in women’s boxing returns to where it all began — Madison Square Garden. Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano III is the centerpiece of the first all-women’s professional ...
The New York Times

Katie Taylor sweeps Amanda Serrano in trilogy, but women’s boxing was the ultimate victor

The Amanda Serrano-Katie Taylor rivalry was a trilogy of thrilling exchanges, contentious scorecards and years of verbal jabs that culminated in Friday night’s ultimatum. Just like in the 2022 and ...

Cecilia Brækhus was told women couldn’t enter boxing gyms. She still became an undisputed champion despite a ban on the sport

Along the way, her opponents have been many and varied, from world champions in the ring to a professional boxing ban in her native country and those who believed that women had no place in the sport ...
kcra.com

'It feels kind of surreal': Female boxer makes history at Sacramento State

SUPERSTAR. IANA GONZALEZ. A KILLER. YOU KNOW, I CAN BE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE RING, BUT ONCE WE’RE IN THERE, YOU KNOW YOU’RE YOU’RE THE TARGET. SACRAMENTO STATE. CIANNA GONZALEZ CAN PACK A ...
The Press of Atlantic City

They’re fighting in the ring for opportunities outside it

ATLANTIC CITY — The opportunity was long overdue. “Not only do we deserve it, we earned it,” said Jackie Atkins, one of the organizers of the inaugural East Coast Women’s Boxing Championships at ...