The 17-year-old fighter traveled with trainer/coach Shawn McFadden to Independence (MO). There she went undefeated en route to the 165-pound crown.

This fight is for the first-ever undisputed women's heavyweight title in boxing history, and a chance for an American, male ...

So I’ve always been an athlete, but I’ve always been in places where there weren’t many women there with me,” she said Tuesday. Atkins doesn’t want girls today to be the only females in the room, now ...