“No one’s running to the fridge anymore because a women’s fight is on TV.” Women have been in the boxing game for decades ...

The first edition of the Women’s World Boxing Championships was held in 2001 and hosted by Scranton in the US state of Pennsylvania. It took place seven years after women’s boxing was formally ...

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 ...

The first ever women's world boxing champion is still influencing the sport from her residential care home. Barbara Buttrick, from Cottingham, near Hull, sparred against many of the greats in men ...

Also featuring on the bout, Caroline Dubois will be hoping to maintain her WBC women's lightweight ... Simpson vs Steed Woodall on TV and live stream The boxing event will be shown live on Sky ...