Big-punching Turkish boxer Elif Nur Turhan has stopped Beatriz Ferreira with a fifth-round barrage to take the Brazilian’s IBF world lightweight belt in Monaco.

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 divisions and to make it ...

Thirty years ago, on March 16, 1996, the landscape of women’s boxing saw a significant shift when Christy Martin faced ...

Lilyana McDaid, aged 8, was surprised by the Nottingham charity, Wish Upon a Star, with a surprise visit to Lapland on her ...

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Sydney Sweeney’s latest movie was down for the count in its opening weekend at the box office. According to the receipts from Box Office Mojo, “Christy,” a boxer biopic, was released in more than ...

Sydney Sweeney portrays history-making boxer Christy Martin in the biopic 'Christy' Andy Lyons/Getty ; Black Bear Sydney Sweeney portrays legendary female boxer Christy Martin in the biopic Christy ...

Flint native and undisputed heavyweight champion Claressa Shields just signed a new multi-fight deal worth $8 million. The $8M deal is one of the largest in women’s boxing history. That means Local 4, ...

Claressa Shields has boxed in Detroit before. But this may be her biggest fight yet – not just for her, but for the sport she loves. Shields is set to face Lani Daniels at Little Caesars Arena on ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Claressa Shields signed a multi-fight deal Thursday that will pay her a minimum of $8 million, and the undisputed women's heavyweight boxing champion plans to return to the ring in ...

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 ...