Though I'm one of the most non-violent men you will ever meet, I adore boxing. To me there is no purer sport than the sweet science. Years ago I dabbled in boxing and loved it. In my mid-20s, I could ...

The Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club, an all-women boxing gym in south Riverdale, is hosting Fight Factory VI this Saturday, Nov. 22. The event, which begins at 7 p.m., will feature a host of amateur and ...

That’s how clients describe boxing coach Savoy Howe. But the 54-year-old founder of Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club never referred to gym members as clients — they are her fighters, her competitors, her ...

For the women she met, it's about more than perfecting your punch or channeling aggression, it's about discovering how strong you already are. "Women are really strong; we've just been told we're not, ...

With it now being an Olympic sport, Ellen Connor says the “door is wide open for women’s boxing.” And she plans on barging right through it. The head coach of the Sooke Boxing Club is hosting the ...

The face of what is arguably the toughest sport is most often male. But females have been fighting for years — and they’re on the rise. Women’s boxing was only formally recognized at the 13th ...

Gyms for women in Toronto are for all the empowered women who sometimes just want a place to call their own when lifting weights, doing squats and flowing through a Vinyasa. Here are my picks for the ...

More than 35 people with Parkinson's disease frequent a program called Knock Out Parkinson’s Disease (KOPD) in London, Ont., ...

An Offaly man who has played a pivotal role in advancing amateur female boxing has been crowned ‘Hero of the Year’ at the National Lottery Good Causes 2025 awards. Liam Brereton has been involved in ...