Despite the thriving boxing community, Smart faces common challenges as a female boxer. “There’s a lingering stigma associated with women in boxing. People often question why a woman would ...

Claressa Shields outpoints Danielle Perkins to become first undisputed heavyweight champion in women's boxing; 29-year-old is only boxer, female or male, to achieve undisputed status across three ...

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Claressa Shields unanimously outpointed Danielle Perkins on Sunday night in the first undisputed heavyweight bout in women’s boxing to remain undefeated. Shields ...

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 ...

American Claressa Shields was crowned boxing's first undisputed world champion in three weight classes on Sunday after beating compatriot Danielle Perkins for the women's heavyweight title by ...

Boxing-Shields Crowned First Undisputed Women's Heavyweight World Champion (Reuters) - American Claressa Shields was crowned boxing's first undisputed world champion in three weight classes on ...

won Olympic Gold medals in 2012 and 2016 in the Women’s Middleweight Division. Shields’ biopic, The Fire Inside—which tells the story of how boxing phenom rose to prominence—opened in ...