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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 ...
Willamette Week

Society Nine, Named for Title IX, Is a Women-Owned Business Selling Boxing Equipment for Women

Society Nine Society Nine. Photo by Kim Oanh Nguyen of @photosbykim. “Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.” Surely, Honoré de Balzac was talking ...

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

Now, at the age of 43, Brækhus is ready to hang up her gloves, her far-reaching legacy already etched into boxing’s history ...
Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Golden Gloves was solely for men for decades. Then women entered the ring in 1994 and made history.

When Leatitia Robinson, a six-time Chicago Golden Gloves champion, smiles, her braced teeth are what stand out. That and her strong voice that commands the gym. When she speaks, people listen. The ...
Newsweek

The Conservative Outrage Over Women’s Boxing Will Only Endanger More Women Athletes | Opinion

In 2022, the Right's favorite "gotcha" question to liberals was "What is a Woman?" Sen. Marsha Blackburn famously asked then Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to define the word, and ...