Editing Women's boxing (section)

== Ireland ==
In 1997, [[Deirdre Gogarty]] challenged [[Bonnie Canino]] for the [[Women's International Boxing Federation]]'s Women's World Featherweight Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1996-09-19/sports/9609190043_1_deirdre-gogarty-tko-first-round |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402130630/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1996-09-19/sports/9609190043_1_deirdre-gogarty-tko-first-round |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2015 |title=Irish Woman Wins On Tko - tribunedigital-sunsentinel |publisher=Articles.sun-sentinel.com |date=1996-09-19 |access-date=2015-03-27}}</ref> Gogarty won, making her the first Irishwoman to win any boxing world title; the fight occurred in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/65517671|title=Deirdre Gogarty: Meet the world champion who came before Katie Taylor|work=BBC Sport |date=17 May 2023}}</ref>

In February 1999, Deirdre Nelson, from [[County Antrim]], was granted a professional boxing licence by the [[British Boxing Board of Control]], which gave her the right to box anywhere within the [[European Boxing Union]]. However, the [[Boxing Union of Ireland]] forbid her to box until guidelines on women’s boxing were issued by the European Boxing Union in September 1999. In 2001 Nelson won a sex discrimination case against the Boxing Union of Ireland due to this; she was awarded £1,500 in compensation. The Employment Equality Authority (based in [[Dublin]]) stated that the Boxing Union of Ireland had discriminated against Nelson, violating the Employment Equality Act of 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/welterweight-deirdre-packs-a-knockout-punch-for-female-boxers-26084697.html|title=Welterweight Deirdre packs a knockout punch for female boxers|website=independent|date=25 June 2001 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/woman-boxer-wins-legal-fight-1.315164|title=Woman boxer wins legal fight|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref>

In 2001, Irishwoman [[Katie Taylor]]<ref name="auto25">{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/boxing/2022/04/27/katie-taylor-journey-ireland-amanda-serrano-fight|title=Katie Taylor's Journey From Ireland to the Best Women's Fighter Alive – Sports Illustrated|date=27 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427130842/https://www.si.com/boxing/2022/04/27/katie-taylor-journey-ireland-amanda-serrano-fight |archive-date=27 April 2022}}</ref> won the first officially sanctioned female boxing match in Ireland, at the [[National Stadium (Ireland)|National Stadium]], defeating Alanna Audley from [[Belfast]].<ref name="familybios3">{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/maeve-sheehan-joy-abounds-as-prayers-at-katies-church-are-answered-26886228.html |title=Maeve Sheehan: Joy abounds as prayers at Katie's church are answered |date=12 August 2012 |publisher=[[Independent.ie]] |access-date=6 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="irishtimescom">{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/pride-without-prejudice-1.920319 |title=Pride without prejudice |publisher=[[Irish Times]] |access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> In 2012, the first year women competed in boxing at the Olympics,<ref name="auto23"/> [[Katie Taylor]] won an Olympic gold medal in boxing; she was the first ever Olympic female [[Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight|lightweight]] champion.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 August 2012 |title=Katie Taylor wins Olympic gold medal |work=[[RTÉ News]] |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0809/katie-taylor-olympic-boxing-final.html |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=8 August 2012 |title=Poster girl Taylor eases into final |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/news/Poster-girl-Taylor-eases-into-final/articleshow/15406065.cms |access-date=8 August 2012}}</ref> In 2023, she defeated [[Chantelle Cameron]]; this win made Taylor the second female boxer, and the first Irish female boxer, to be an undisputed champion in two weight classes; the first was the American female boxer [[Claressa Shields]].<ref name="auto31">{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/38979772/katie-taylor-gets-even-wins-chantelle-cameron-undisputed-title|title=Taylor gets even, wins Cameron's undisputed title|date=26 November 2023|website=ESPN.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/67337495|title=Claressa Shields: The 'loudmouth American' with a story worth saying|work=BBC Sport |date=9 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/articles/c51183j3ld5o|title=Paris 2024: Who are the 10 Irish boxers going for Olympic gold?|date=25 July 2024|website=BBC Sport}}</ref>

In 2020 and 2024, [[Kellie Harrington]] won a gold medal in boxing at the Olympics; this made her the first Irish boxer to win consecutive Olympic gold medals.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics/2021/0808/1239649-tokyo-2020-harrington-wins-gold-with-boxing-exhibition/ |title=Tokyo 2020: Kellie Harrington lands lightweight Olympic gold after dominant display |publisher=[[RTÉ News and Current Affairs]] |work=[[RTÉ Sport]] |date=8 August 2021 |accessdate=8 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/boxing-irelands-harrington-has-no-more-mountains-climb-after-second-gold-2024-08-06/ | title=Boxing-Ireland's Harrington has no more 'mountains to climb' after second gold | publisher=[[Reuters]] | website=www.reuters.com | first=Aadi | last=Nair | date=2024-08-07}}</ref>