The magnificent Barys Arena in Astana, capital city of Kazakhstan was the site of the 2016 AIBA Women’s World Championships from 19-27 May, where defending champions, Olympic gold medallists and […]

Friday afternoon saw the final session of the 2016 AIBA Women’s World Championships in Astana’s Barys Arena, with a remarkable thirteen countries vying for gold medals. As the sun went […]

After 265 electrifying bouts of boxing, Friday afternoon will see the final gold-medal matches of the 2016 Women’s World Championships, with thirteen teams still chasing gold. Among the twenty boxers […]

Thursday’s afternoon session witnessed a brilliant win for Ireland’s Kellie Harrington as she became only the second Irish boxer in history to reach a Women’s World Championship final. The China […]

An entertaining afternoon session at the 2016 AIBA Women’s World Championships saw the ten finalists confirmed at light flyweight, bantamweight, light welterweight, welterweight and light heavyweight, with China and Kazakhstan […]

Wednesday saw a rest day at the 2016 AIBA Women’s World Championships, and an opportunity to take in some local culture while taking stock of what has already been an […]

After an afternoon that saw the Women’s World Championship semi-finalists confirmed at seven weights, Tuesday’s evening session promised even greater emotion with 17 of the 24 flyweight, lightweight and middleweight […]

Reigning flyweight (51 kg) World Champion Marlen Esparza continued her sparkling form at light flyweight (45-48 kg) with a crucial win against tricky Mongolian Altantsetseg Lutsaikhan, and faces China’s Yuyan Wang […]

As the 2016 AIBA Women’s World Championships reach the Quarter-Final stages, for the three Olympic classes of flyweight, lightweight and middleweight, Tuesday evening’s bouts will assume a huge added significance. […]