Boxing has surged in popularity in recent years as a mainstream fitness activity, with many gym chains and health clubs offering classes and equipment for those interested in taking up the sport.

Before Cary Williams opened her boxing gym in 1998, there were two major options for people who wanted to box. “You had to be a fighter, or you had to go to a fitness gym,” she says. Williams, a Santa ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X When former heavy-handed pro heavyweight Dan Mullarkey opened his boxing gym in downtown Chester ...

When gunshots rang out like the Wild West and Washington Heights was the murder, cocaine and heroin capital of the city, there was one place where fights ended someplace other than the morgue. In an ...

On the bleak east side of Detroit, a boxing coach is making sure kids have a fighting chance at success in a city plagued by hardship. At the Downtown Youth Boxing Gym, run by Coach Khali Sweeney, ...