Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey trains in a school compound in the Jamestown district of Accra, Ghana, on Jan 22. AP ACCRA, Ghana — When Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey decided as a teenager to become a ...

When Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey decided as a teenager to become a professional boxer – an unusual choice for a young woman in a working-class neighborhood of Ghana's capital of Accra – her ...

Sena Irie has found many forms of inspiration in her drive to become an Olympic boxing champion. First, it was manga. Then, playing games or encouraging words from her coaches. But most of the ...