By the end of the decade, ring officials were considerably more squeamish. The 1980s were a time of excess. In boxing, the impact was felt on all levels. One talented fighter after the next fell by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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On Saturday night in Birmingham, Chantelle Cameron won for the second time in what has been a bad year for professional women’s boxing in Britain and Ireland. So far, too many of the main ...

The featherweight was one of two women boxers kicked out of last year's world championships after the Russian-led International Boxing Association accused them of being men. Lin, who along with ...

While the fight, won by Taylor, has garnered its share of controversy, it was a lot of exposure and the biggest payday either of the women have seen. Writer Malissa Smith grew up watching boxing ...

Sebastian Coe, a candidate to be the next president of the International Olympic Committee, called for protecting women ...

Boxing gym manager charged with groping two women and trying to extort third His attorney - and an employee - deny the allegations Arraignment set for Dec. 23 SAN JOSE, Calif. - The manager of a ...