The 20-year-old middleweight (75kg category) from Hartlepool put in a superb display in her semi-final to comfortably defeat Russia's world number-two Nadezhda Torlopova 18-10 after dominating the ...

The Games will be the first to feature women’s boxing when there will be three weight categories at 51kg, 60kg and 75kg. The squad has been selected following an extensive six-month assessment that ...

LONDON (AP) — U.S. middleweight Claressa Shields dominated Kazakhstan's Marina Volnova in the semifinals of the first Olympic women's boxing tournament Wednesday, earning a spot in the gold-medal bout ...

LONDON (AP) — U.S. middleweight Claressa Shields won the Olympic gold medal Thursday, capping her swift rise to the top of women's boxing with a 19-12 victory over Russia's Nadezda Torlopova. The ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will look into allegations that Azerbaijan was promised two gold medals at next year's London Olympics in exchange of cash and could launch ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Amateur boxing's world governing body has dismissed as 'preposterous and utterly untrue' allegations that Azerbaijan was promised two gold medals at next year's London Olympics in ...