Editing Women's boxing (section)

== United States == 
{{Main|Boxing in the United States}}

In 1876, the first women's boxing match was held in the United States. In this match Nell Saunders defeated Rose Harland. Her prize was a silver butter dish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/timeline.htm |title=History of Women in Sports Timeline - Part 1- to 1899 |date=27 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527131109/http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/timeline.htm |archive-date=27 May 2014}}</ref>

Women's boxing first appeared in the [[Olympic Games]] as a [[demonstration sport]] in 1904, in [[St. Louis]].<ref name="auto15"/>

In 1954, [[Barbara Buttrick]] was part of the first boxing match between two women on American national television.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxingnewsonline.net/barbara-buttrick-the-original-trailblaser/|title=Barbara Buttrick - the original trailblazer - Boxing News|first=B. N.|last=Staff|website=www.boxingnewsonline.net|date=3 April 2019 }}</ref><ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/183864-history-womens-boxing/|title=A History of Women's Boxing &#124; WNYC &#124; New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News|website=WNYC}}</ref>

In 1975, Caroline Svendsen became the first woman to receive a boxing license in the United States when she was granted one in [[Nevada]].<ref name="auto5"/>

Also in 1975, [[Jackie Tonawanda]] sued the [[New York State Athletic Commission]] (NYSAC) for denying her a boxing license because of her gender.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/women_trailblazer/tonawanda.html|title=Jackie Tonawanda|website=www.ibhof.com}}</ref> This resulted in the case ''Garrett v. New York State Athletic Commission'' (1975) at the [[New York Supreme Court]] (Tonawanda was also known as Jacqueline Garrett) which was decided in her favor.<ref name="womanauto">{{cite web | title=Garrett v. New York State Athletic Commission, 82 Misc. 2d 524 (1975) | website=Read Caselaw | url=https://cite.case.law/set-cookie/?next=%2Fmisc-2d%2F82%2F524%2F | access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref> However, this did not overturn the law in New York against women boxing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/504460/lady-ali-how-jackie-tonawanda-changed-womens-boxing|title=Lady Ali: How Jackie Tonawanda Changed Women's Boxing|date=October 2, 2017|website=Mental Floss}}</ref> But [[Cathy Davis]] sued the [[New York State Athletic Commission]] in 1977 because she was denied a boxing license because she was a woman, and the case was decided in her favor later that year, with the judge
invalidating New York State rule number 205.15, which stated, “No woman may be licensed as a boxer or second or licensed to compete in any wrestling [[exhibition fight|exhibition]] with men.”<ref name="womanauto1">{{Harvnb|Smith|2014|pp=168–169}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/22/archives/people-in-sports-hills-football-plans-tied-to-hawaii-deal.html|title=People in Sports|newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 22, 1975}}</ref> In his opinion the judge cited the precedent set by ''Garrett v. New York State Athletic Commission'' (1975), which “found the regulation invalid under the equal protection clauses of the State and Federal Constitutions”. The NYSAC filed an appeal of the ruling, but later dropped it.<ref name="womanauto"/><ref name="womanauto1"/> In August 1978 [[Cathy Davis]] became the first woman to be on the cover of ''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Algieri |first=Sal |title=Cat Davis, Women Boxer, Could be Start of New Breed |work=[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]] |date=August 1978 |pages=6–7 (42)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Written by: L.A. Jennings |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-women-boxers-who-fought-for-their-right-to-be-pro/ |title=The Women Boxers Who Fought for Their Right to Be Pro |website=Fightland.vice.com |access-date=2016-06-14}}</ref> On September 19, 1978, Davis received the NYSAC's first boxing license given to a female boxer.<ref>{{Harvnb|Smith|2014|p=169}}</ref>

In 1976, Pat Pineda became the first female boxer to be licensed in California.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJquVRh8ReoC&dq=%22pat+pineda%22+first+boxing+california&pg=PA8-IA3 |isbn=9781611923360 |title=Women Boxers: The New Warriors |year=2006 |publisher=Arte Publico Press}}</ref>

In 1979, a lawsuit made California change its boxing regulations, which had limited women boxers to no more than four rounds.<ref name="auto5"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.womenboxing.com/Tucker.htm |title=Women's Boxing: Shirley "Zebra Girl" Tucker |website=www.womenboxing.com}}</ref>

During the 1980s, women's boxing briefly resurfaced in public notice in [[California]] due to the twin sisters [[Dora and Cora Webber]]. They were world champions. Other women boxers went on hunger strikes to be noticed.<ref>{{cite news|first=Leigh |last=Behrens |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/04/19/boxer-hungry-for-recognition/ |title=Boxer Hungry For Recognition |work=[[The Chicago Tribune]] |date=19 April 1987 |access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref>

But the boom of women's boxing came during the 1990s, coinciding with the boom in professional women sports leagues such as the [[WNBA]] and [[Women's United Soccer Association|WUSA]], and with boxers such as [[Stephanie Jaramillo]], [[Delia 'Chikita' Gonzalez]], [[Christy Martin (boxer)|Christy Martin]], [[Laila Ali]], [[Jackie Frazier-Lyde]], [[Bonnie Canino]] and [[Sumya Anani]], all world champions, jumping into the scene.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://a.espncdn.com/boxing/columns/graham/343466.html |title=ESPN.com: BOXING – Women's boxing becoming a real joke |website=A.espncdn.com |access-date=15 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="google263">{{Harvnb|Smith|2014|p=263}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Brown |first=Sarah |url=https://bitchmedia.org/article/against-the-ropes-women-boxing-feminism |title=Against the Ropes |work=Bitch Media |publisher=Bitchmedia.org |date=13 May 2014 |access-date=30 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/01/the-real-knockouts-of-womens-boxing/384568/ |title=The Real Knockouts of Women's Boxing |magazine=The Atlantic |date=16 January 2015 |access-date=18 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/05/07/a-ring-of-ones-own|title=A Ring of One's Own|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=8 May 2017}}</ref>

On 16 April 1992, after eight years in court in [[Massachusetts]], [[Gail Grandchamp]] won her battle to become a boxer, as a Massachusetts state Superior Court judge ruled it was illegal to deny someone a chance to box based on gender.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assets.espn.go.com/boxing/s/2003/0206/1504885.html |title=ESPN.com: BOXING – Historical Events in Women's Boxing |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> During her battle to win the right to box as an amateur, she passed the age of 36, the maximum age for amateur fighters. Even though she knew it would not help her as an amateur, Grandchamp continued her efforts, and eventually did box professionally for a time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iberkshires.com/story/49424/Grandchamp-Local-Boxing-Legend-Ready-to-Film-Life-Story.html |title=Grandchamp, Local Boxing Legend, Ready to Film Life Story / iBerkshires.com – The Berkshires online guide to events, news and Berkshire County community information |publisher=Iberkshires.com |date=17 July 1987 |access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2007/06/15/361363/121453/en/A-Fighter-s-Passion-for-Her-Olympic-Dream.html |title=A Fighter's Passion for Her Olympic Dream |date=15 June 2007 |publisher=Globenewswire.com |access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Rosenwald |first=Julius |url=http://www.berkshireeagle.com/fastsearch/ci_5192982?source=sb-digg |title=Boxer with a mission – Berkshire Eagle Online |publisher=Berkshireeagle.com |date=17 July 1987 |access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= The Grand Champ of Women's Boxing: A Massachusetts fighter opens the door to first-ever women's Olympic boxing|publisher= SCN|url= http://sparechangenews.net/2012/08/the-grand-champ-of-women-s-boxing-a-massachusetts-fighter-opens-the-door-to-first-ever-women-s-olympic-boxing/|access-date=26 March 2016}}</ref>

[[Dallas Malloy]] was denied an application by [[USA Boxing]] due to being female. She sued and U.S. District Judge [[Barbara Jacobs Rothstein|Barbara Rothstein]] allowed her to box by granting a [[preliminary injunction#Preliminary injunctions|preliminary injunction]].<ref name="auto11">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/1993/10/13/19070725/women-to-make-history-in-first-sanctioned-bout|title=WOMEN TO MAKE HISTORY IN FIRST SANCTIONED BOUT|date=October 13, 1993|website=Deseret News}}</ref> In October 1993, Malloy defeated Heather Poyner in the United States' first sanctioned amateur boxing match between two female boxers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1994/07/10/female-boxer-throws-down-her-gloves/|title=Female boxer throws down her gloves|website=Tampa Bay Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-31-sp-51753-story.html|title=Female Fighters Pound Their Way Into History : Boxing: Dallas Malloy, 16, who fought to open the sport to women, wins nation's first sanctioned amateur bout by unanimous decision over Heather Poyner.|date=October 31, 1993|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> [[USA Boxing]] lifted its ban on women's boxing later in 1993.<ref name="auto11"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Boxing/About-Us/History-of-Amateur-Boxing.aspx|title=History of Amateur Boxing|date=24 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424232359/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Boxing/About-Us/History-of-Amateur-Boxing.aspx |accessdate=28 September 2023|archive-date=24 April 2012 }}</ref> When USA Boxing officially recognized women's boxing in 1993, it became the first organization to do so in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.teamusa.org/USA-Boxing/About-Us/History-of-Amateur-Boxing.aspx|title=History of Amateur Boxing|publisher=Team USA|access-date=2015-09-30}}</ref><ref name="latimes1993">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-18-mn-47225-story.html |title=Striking a Blow for Equality: Dallas Malloy has won her fight to be America's first sanctioned female amateur boxer. The scrappy 16-year-old knows the rewards of blood, sweat and a killer instinct |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=1993-10-18 |access-date=2015-09-30}}</ref>

Also in 1993, [[Don King]], the world-famous boxing promoter, signed American boxer [[Christy Martin (boxer)|Christy Martin]] in October,<ref>Smith, Malissa (2014). ''A History of Women's Boxing''. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-2995-2., pages 194–209</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/10/05/the-rise-of-womens-self-defence-products-and-the-sad-reality-of-rape-culture-15344118/|title=The rise of women's self-defence products and the sad reality of rape culture|first=Jessica|last=Lindsay|date=5 October 2021}}</ref> making Martin the first female boxer to sign with King.<ref name="Christy:4">{{Cite book |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2440301334/BIC |title=Notable Sports Figures |publisher=Gale |year=2004 |editor-last=Barnes |editor-first=Dana R. |chapter=Christy Martin |via=[[Gale OneFile]] |access-date=September 7, 2022 |archive-date=September 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910191735/https://galeapps.gale.com/apps/auth?userGroupName=&origURL=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.gale.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fp%3DBIC%26u%3D%26id%3DGALE%7CK2440301334%26v%3D2.1%26it%3Dr&prodId=BIC |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Martin:0">{{cite web |last=Conner |first=Caira |date=22 June 2022 |title=Boxing legend Christy Martin: 'My husband told me for 20 years he would kill me' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/22/boxing-legend-christy-martin-my-husband-told-me-for-20-years-he-would-kill-me |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |access-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802054608/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/22/boxing-legend-christy-martin-my-husband-told-me-for-20-years-he-would-kill-me |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1995, the [[New York Golden Gloves]] allowed women boxers to compete for the first time.<ref name="auto5"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/japanese-american-physics-teacher-helped-145837163.html|title=How a Japanese-American physics teacher helped pioneer women's boxing|website=www.yahoo.com|date=15 May 2020 }}</ref>

[[Christy Martin vs. Deirdre Gogarty|On March 16, 1996, a boxing match took place]] that is often called the fight that "put women's boxing on the map",<ref name=":Match13">{{Cite magazine |last=Mannix |first=Chris |date=April 27, 2022 |title=Garden Party: Taylor-Serrano Will Make History in Boxing's Most Hallowed Venue |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/boxing/2022/04/27/katie-taylor-amanda-serrano-madison-square-garden-daily-cover |access-date=2022-10-08}}</ref>{{sfn|Smith|2014|pp=194–209}} or "the bout that made women's boxing".<ref name=":Match5">{{Cite news |last=Clerkin |first=Malachy |date=3 March 2016 |title=Deirdre Gogarty – a trailblazer who fought her corner |work=[[Irish Times]] |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/deirdre-gogarty-a-trailblazer-who-fought-her-corner-1.2557208 |access-date=2022-09-07 |archive-date=July 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728075236/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/deirdre-gogarty-a-trailblazer-who-fought-her-corner-1.2557208 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was held in Nevada between American [[Christy Martin (boxer)|Christy Martin]] and Irishwoman [[Deirdre Gogarty]]. The fight was won by Martin, in a six rounds unanimous decision, and led to her featuring as the first female boxer on the cover of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' on April 15, 1996;<ref name=":Martin12">{{Cite news |last=Tumin |first=Remy |date=August 17, 2022 |title=Famous, But Not Free |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/17/sports/fame-boxing-christy-martin.html |access-date=2022-10-05}}</ref> the headline read, "The Lady Is a Champ".<ref>{{cite web |title=Christy Martin, Boxing Sports Illustrated Cover by Sports Illustrated |url=https://sicovers.com/featured/christy-martin-boxing-april-15-1996-sports-illustrated-cover.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803012043/https://sicovers.com/featured/christy-martin-boxing-april-15-1996-sports-illustrated-cover.html |archive-date=August 3, 2022 |access-date=August 3, 2022}}</ref>

In October 2001 the first women's world amateur boxing championships,<ref name="auto12"/> called the [[2001 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships]], were held in [[Scranton]], in the United States.<ref name="auto13"/>

{{Wikinews|First female boxing death occurs in US sanctioned match}}
On April 2, 2005 [[Becky Zerlentes]] was participating in the [[Colorado]] State Boxing Senior Female Championships at the [[Denver Coliseum]] in [[Denver]]. She was [[knockout|knocked out]] in the third round by her opponent, Heather Schmitz, fell unconscious, and died without regaining consciousness. This made Zerlentes the first woman known to have died of injuries sustained during a sanctioned boxing match in the United States. According to the Denver County [[coroner]] the cause of death was [[blunt force trauma]] to the head.<ref>{{Cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203222947/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/apr/06/usa.boxing|archive-date=2022-02-03|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/apr/06/usa.boxing|title=Punch kills woman boxer|work=The Guardian|date=2005-04-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622185027/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-04-17-0504160042-story.html|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-04-17-0504160042-story.html|title=Female boxer's death a shattering blow to the sport|archive-date=2021-06-22|work=Baltimore Sun|date=2005-04-17}}</ref>

Women were allowed to competitively box for the first time at the Olympics during the [[Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Women|2012 Summer Olympics]] in London, producing the world's first 12 female Olympic medalist boxers.<ref name="auto26"/><ref name="auto23"/><ref name="auto22"/><ref name="auto21"/> At those Olympics, [[Claressa Shields]] became the first American woman to win a boxing gold medal.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/olympics/2016/03/11/usa-boxer-claressa-shields-rio-olympics|title=Q&A with U.S. boxer Claressa Shields ahead of Rio|first=Stefanie|last=Gordon|date=11 March 2016|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> As well, [[Marlen Esparza]] became the first American woman to qualify for the Olympics in women's boxing when she qualified for those Olympics.<ref name="Esparzaauto1">{{Cite news|last=Bearak|first=Barry|date=May 15, 2012|title=U.S. Has Its First Female Olympic Boxer|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/sports/olympics/marlen-esparza-becomes-first-us-female-boxer-to-qualify-for-olympics.html|access-date=July 25, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She went on to defeat [[Karlha Magliocco]], making her the first American woman winner of an Olympic boxing match,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/torch-esparza-1st-american-woman-to-win-olympic-boxing-match/2090575/|title=U.S. Women Capture 2 Medals at Inaugural Boxing Competition|date=August 6, 2012}}</ref> and to win a bronze medal, making her the first American woman winner of any Olympic boxing medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://houston.culturemap.com/news/sports/08-08-12-10-31-marlen-esparza-snares-the-bronze-as-first-us-woman-to-win-a-medal-in-olympic-boxing|title=Marlen Esparza snares the bronze as first U.S. woman to win a medal in Olympicboxing - CultureMap Houston|website=houston.culturemap.com}}</ref>

In 2014 the [[International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame]], located in America, held its first induction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2021/08/16/corning-native-inducted-into-the-womens-boxing-hall-of-fame-in-las-vegas-over-the-weekend/|title=Corning native inducted into the Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in Las Vegas over the weekend|first=|last=|date=16 August 2021|website=Fingerlakes1.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.badlefthook.com/2014/4/29/5665798/international-womens-boxing-hall-of-fame-inducts-historic-first-class |title=International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame inducts historic first class|date=29 April 2014 |publisher=Bad Left Hook |access-date=2019-09-28}}</ref>

[[Claressa Shields]] won a gold medal in the women's middleweight division at the [[Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's middleweight|2016]] Olympics; as she had already won a gold medal (in the same division) at the [[Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's middleweight|2012 Olympics]], this made her the first American boxer of any gender to win consecutive Olympic medals.<ref name="Claressaauto">{{cite web |title=Claressa Shields Successfully Defends Her Olympic Title |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/claressa-shields-successfully-defends-her-olympic-championship |access-date=August 21, 2016 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031711/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/claressa-shields-successfully-defends-her-olympic-championship |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Also in 2016, [[Christy Martin (boxer)|Christy Martin]] became the first female boxer inducted into the [[Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/article64804002.html|title=Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame to induct 11, including 1st woman|work=thenewstribune|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309080420/http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/article64804002.html|archivedate=2016-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxingjunkie.usatoday.com/2016/03/08/first-female-voted-into-nevada-boxing-hall-of-fame/|title=First female voted into Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame|work=Boxingjunkie|date=8 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-christy-martin-george-diaz-0805-20160804-column.html|title=Christy Martin finally stands alone as boxing Hall of Famer|first=George|last=Diaz|website=orlandosentinel.com|date=4 August 2016 }}</ref>

American<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/may/10/bskyb.broadcasting|title=Sky could sign exclusive HBO deal|date=10 May 2004|website=The Guardian}}</ref> major boxing broadcasting network [[HBO]] broadcast its first women's bout, between Norway's [[Cecilia Brækhus]] and America's [[Kali Reis]], on May 5, 2018, which Brækhus won.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ringtv.com/535148-cecilia-braekhus-outpoints-kali-reis-remains-undisputed-welterweight-champ/|title=Cecilia Braekhus outpoints game Kali Reis, remains undisputed welterweight champ|date=6 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/02/sport/cecilia-braekhus-hbo-history-boxing-intl/index.html|title=HBO's first televised female boxing match breaking 'the last barrier'|first=Zahid|last=Mahmood|date=2 May 2018|website=CNN}}</ref>

In 2019 American boxer [[Christy Martin (boxer)|Christy Martin]] became one of the first three women boxers (and the first American woman boxer) elected to the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]]; 2019 was the first year that women were on the ballot.<ref name="auto19"/><ref name="auto20"/>

In 2021, American [[Claressa Shields]] defeated [[Marie-Eve Dicaire]] and thus became the first boxer in the four-belt era to hold undisputed titles in two weight classes, and the first female boxer ever to be an undisputed champion in two weight classes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/sports/2021/03/whats-next-for-claressa-shields-after-winning-second-undisputed-world-boxing-title.html|title=What's next for Claressa Shields after winning second undisputed world boxing title?|first=Brendan Savage |last=bsavage@mlive.com|date=6 March 2021|website=mlive}}</ref><ref name="auto31"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/2021/03/06/claressa-shields-boxing-marie-eve-dicaire/4609121001/|title=Claressa Shields continues assault on women's boxing with dominant win, seeks revenge next|first=J. L.|last=Kirven|website=Detroit Free Press}}</ref>

[[Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano|The first women's boxing match to headline Madison Square Garden]], described as the 'biggest women's fight of all time',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano is the biggest women's fight of all time, worthy of a place in Madison Square Garden history {{!}} DAZN News US|url=https://www.dazn.com/en-US/news/boxing/katie-taylor-vs-amanda-serrano-is-the-biggest-womens-fight-of-all-time-worthy-of-a-place-in-madison-square-garden-history/f7wcc8yoyzmz1eew6jroz4jei|access-date=2022-02-02|website=DAZN|language=en}}</ref> was held on April 30, 2022, between [[Katie Taylor]] and [[Amanda Serrano]], with Taylor's undisputed lightweight titles on the line.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stumberg|first=Patrick L.|date=2022-01-27|title=Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano official for April 30th at Madison Square Garden|url=https://www.badlefthook.com/2022/1/27/22904620/katie-taylor-vs-amanda-serrano-official-april-30-madison-square-garden-boxing-news-2022|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Bad Left Hook|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-27|title=Boxing News: Taylor-Serrano clash set for April 30 at MSG » February 9, 2022|url=https://fightnews.com/taylor-serrano-clash-set-for-april-30-at-msg/127210|access-date=2022-02-09|website=fightnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Taylor defeated Serrano by split decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2022/apr/30/katie-taylor-v-amanda-serrano-fight-live|title=Katie Taylor retains undisputed lightweight title after Amanda Serrano win – as it happened|date=1 May 2022|work=Guardian|accessdate=17 May 2022}}</ref>

In 2023, New York boxer Kathy “Wildcat” Collins became the first female boxer inducted into the [[Ring 8 and New York State Boxing Hall of Fame|New York State Boxing Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://philboxing.com/news/story-166058.html|title=Kathy "Wildcat" Collins to become first female boxer inducted into New York State Boxing Hall of Fame|website=philboxing.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldboxingnews.net/2023/05/03/zab-judah-proposes-at-new-york-boxing-hall-of-fame-induction/|title=Zab Judah proposes at New York Boxing Hall of Fame induction|date=May 3, 2023}}</ref>

Also in 2023, American boxer [[Claressa Shields]] became the first woman to win the [[Best Boxer ESPY Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2023/07/claressa-shields-becomes-first-woman-to-win-best-boxer-espys-title.html|title=Claressa Shields becomes first woman to win 'Best Boxer' ESPYs title|author=Dylan Goetz |date=July 12, 2023|website=mlive}}</ref>

In 2024, President-elect [[Donald Trump]] said in a keynote address for [[Turning Point USA]], “There's a spirit that we have now that we didn't have just a short while ago. Sadly, we didn't have. Who the hell can have spirit watching women get beat up in a boxing ring? I don't think that's spirit, right? We’re going to end that one quick! We’re going to end it very quickly. We’re going to end that one very quickly.” Trump had previously falsely said boxers [[Lin Yu-ting]] and [[Imane Khelif]] “transitioned from men to women”, and said their wins were “demeaning to women”. He said about Khelif’s win over Italian boxer [[Angela Carini]] that “this beautiful young woman from Italy” fought against a “man”.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/boxing/trump-vows-to-very-quickly-end-the-sport-of-women-s-boxing-who-can-watch-women-get-beat-up/ar-AA1wk9kd?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=</ref>

Professional women's boxing has declined in popularity in the United States and struggles to get viewership and sponsorship. Many women boxers have to fight in Mexico or Europe in order to make a good living.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/womens-boxing-fights-for-exposure-1467831552|title=Women's Boxing Fights for Exposure|first=Alex|last=Raskin|date=6 July 2016|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=17 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Paul Sullivan |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/08/17/these-women-go-toe-to-toe-for-extra-dough/ |title=These Women Go Toe-to-toe For Extra Dough – tribunedigital-chicagotribune |website=Articles.chicagotribune.com |date=17 August 1987 |access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="google263"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/sport/features/2014/11/female-boxers-fight-survival-us-2014119115159637457.html |title=Female boxers' fight for survival in the US |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=10 November 2014 |access-date=30 September 2015}}</ref> The sport has largely been supplanted by [[Women's MMA]], which is increasingly popular in the USA.<ref name="google263"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-ufc-holm-boxing-20160208-story.html |title=Women's boxing hopes to gain traction from Holly Holm's UFC victory over Ronda Rousey |newspaper=LA Times |date=8 February 2016 |access-date=15 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2148497-examining-the-growth-and-popularity-of-womens-mixed-martial-arts|website= [[Bleacher Report]] |title= Examining the Growth and Popularity of Women's Mixed Martial Arts |access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref>