Maho Bah-Villemagne, transgender boxer: 'Not many people are concerned that I was born female and can get punched by men'

One year after his first fight in the men's category, the athlete stepped back into the ring on Saturday in Marseille. He ...
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They told her women shouldn’t box. Now she’s Ghana’s first female world champion

ACCRA, Ghana — When Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey decided as a teenager to become a professional boxer – an unusual choice for a young woman in a working-class neighborhood of Ghana’s capital of Accra – ...

WBC standing firm against women fighting 3-minute rounds

The World Boxing Council (WBC) is standing firm in its position against sanctioning 3-minute rounds for women's fights, ...
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Boxing-French female boxers barred from world championships over genetic testing issue

PARIS -French female boxers have been barred from competing in the inaugural World Boxing Championships in Liverpool after failing to meet a deadline for a genetic sex test that the French Boxing ...