ABC 7 Chicago

Illinois' only female professional boxing official aims to open doors for women in the sport

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As we celebrate Women's History Month, one woman is opening doors in the boxing world. Cassandra Lewis is the only female boxing official in Illinois, and she said she's just getting ...
Newsday

Women's boxing fights its way to parity with the men's game, just 12 years after its Olympic debut

PUEBLO, Colo. — Charley Davison's husband and their three young children were already in bed back home on the east coast of England before she pulled on her headgear and stepped into the World Boxing ...
CNN

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

Cecilia Brækhus embarked on her against-the-odds career in professional boxing almost two decades ago, and she’s hardly stopped fighting before or since. Along the way, her opponents have been many ...
NBC Los Angeles

Women Win First Shot at Boxing in Olympic Ring

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 ...