Alycia Baumgardner defends her titles vs. Leila Beaudoin in a landmark 12-round, 3-minute fight. She explains why equal rules are key to equality in boxing. In women’s boxing, a standard has been ...

The addition of women’s boxing to the Olympic docket kicked down one of the final gender barriers in the Games. The International Olympic Committee's vote to add the sport gave women, for the first ...

China won two women's gold boxing medals at these Games. Though this was chronologically the second, it was as groundbreaking as the first (in the bantamweight division). Wu began with real ferocity ...

From small club shows and Toughwoman tournaments to sold-out arenas and streaming-era super fights, women’s boxing has gone from novelty to global draw. Along the way, a handful of fighters didn’t ...

The Olympic boxing controversy is a reminder of the athletic world's problem with women's bodies, writes Lindsay Gibbs.

In women's boxing, a standard has been firmly in place for decades in which championship fights are contested over 10 rounds, each lasting two minutes. This rule has persisted even in the sport's ...