The IOC is therefore running the boxing competition at the Paris Games, as it did at the Tokyo Olympics, and its rules on the inclusion of athletes with DSDs and gender diversity in the women's ...

But like most sports in Ghana, boxing has often been seen as for men only, and women are discouraged from taking part. But Quartey persisted. And last year, at age 27, she became Ghana’s first ...

Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu‑ting of Taiwan had been disqualified from the 2023 Women’s World Champion­ships with the International Boxing Association president, Umar Kremlev ...

The dispute has triggered conflicting official statements, pointed comments and unhinged social media posts, all whirling around two athletes in the women’s boxing competition at Arena Paris Nord.

PARIS – Let’s make one thing very clear off the top. There isn’t a sane human being on Planet Earth who believes that a man should be boxing women in the Olympics. Not a single one.

"Katie Taylor was the fight that we wanted to make happen and use it as a launching pad for women's boxing," Bidarian said in a 2022 interview with ESPN. "To bring an enormous amount of attention ...

By the time Taylor-Serrano III is over, women’s boxing may have a new moment to identify as its peak. It’s not only Taylor and Serrano making this era stand out, of course. This Saturday night ...

Khelif waited until her opponent left the ring before celebrating, jogging on the spot with an enormous grin on her face before leaving and shadow-boxing her way to the doctor's station for a ...

He said, ‘Are you crazy? Nobody hears about women’s boxing in Bulgaria.’ I said, ‘If nobody hears it—I’m going to do it,’” Lang recalled. During her heartfelt Hall of Fame inductio ...

Let’s get this straight: Women’s boxing is not a trend. It’s not a footnote or a feel-good novelty. It’s a fight-for-every-inch sport that’s lost its mojo a bit over the past 18 months ...

Claressa Shields unanimously outpointed Danielle Perkins on Sunday night in the first undisputed heavyweight bout in women's boxing to remain undefeated. Shields, a two-time Olympic gold medalist ...