Video: Making the 1st ever US women's Olympic boxing team

The top female boxers in the country will come together in Spokane, Wash., to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics and form the first-ever U.S. women's Olympic boxing team. Cynthia Bowers reports on one Olympic hopeful hoping to make history.

Boxing her way into history

Mikaela Mayer is hoping to be one of the first U.S. female boxers to compete in the Olympic Games in London

Top seeds at women's boxing trials get shot at history

Twenty-four athletes will be fighting for the chance to represent the USA at the London Games as women's boxing makes its Olympic debut.

Afghan female strikes blows for equality

KABUL, Afghanistan Besides going after a medal in the boxing ring at the London Olympics, Sadaf Rahimi will be taking a few punches in the fight for equal rights for Afghan women. There are female Afghan success stories, yet most women in Afghanistan remain second-class citizens, many cloaked from head to toe in blue burqas, some abused or hidden in their homes. Ms.

Boxing: Even as bouts decline, Reno promoters give the sport a fighting chance

Just when it seemed Reno was once again becoming a hotbed for pro boxing, fight cards suddenly disappeared from the area.