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They're young, but they pack a punch. Both 16-year-old Reina Telez and 12-year-old Gabriela Tellez have been boxing for years. And together, these two sisters are breaking stereotypes. "They feel like ...

Paloma Campos (left) and Mónica Álvarez going toe-to-toe. Don’t Miss a Moment. Join 30,000 locals who stay current on San Antonio news, culture, and events. Get our free newsletters in your inbox ...

Rita Bullwinkel knows a thing or two about the human body and the abuse it can take. In an interview with The Paris Review, the author, who played water polo in college, talked about the beating her ...

Kenyan photographer Mia Collis' first impression of Boxgirls, a Nairobi program that teaches young girls to box, was one of a "cacophony of sound." Inside a tiny office in the heart of the dense ...

My dad received death threats because of me two years ago. The threat was serious, and I had to stop training for a whole month. But our coach came to my father and promised he would personally ...

Kira Makogonenko is a 9-year-old boxer from Ukraine, and she's a total boss. While most boxers train for boxing without a blindfold (because sight is important when you don't want to get punched in ...

Feelings aboutBoxer Girl are pouring onto the Bloomingdale listserv—-everything from a high-minded “let’s consider this in a historical context” response (3) to a general screed about gentrification ...

Choi Hyun Mi remembers her hands always ached in North Korea. “The boxing gloves were just one thin layer of leather,” Choi said. “The older female boxers had hands that weren’t intact. Their fists ...