Brijhana Epperson, left, works out with her dad, Courtney, in the boxing ring during a recent training session. Cora Hall chall@kcstar.com Brijhana Epperson is accustomed to being the only girl in the ...

An 11-year-old Chicago girl is challenging long-standing stereotypes in boxing and building a name for herself in the ring.

Inside the walls of Babyface Boxing Training Center, the first lesson girls learn in the ring is that they are limitless. The Pacifica-based gym, owned by Boxing Hall of Famer Blanca Gutierrez, is ...

MONROE — More than two dozen girls got a chance to learn more about sports that haven’t always been open to females last week during a boxing and wrestling camp at Arthur Lesow Community Center. The ...

Helping one of his young fighters into a boxing glove one afternoon, Coach Johnny Callas stopped to swoon over her square-tipped, acrylic nails. Painted pale mint and lavender, they’re shorter than ...