This Toronto boxer couldn't find gear made for women. So she
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When Yin Qi Xie started boxing, she noticed a lack of women’s equipment and apparel. Now, the 19-year-old KoStudio founder is kicking butt at making the male-dominated sport more inclusive
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Bare and Boxered
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Toronto's Renee Paquette says working for AEW 'made the most sense
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Shrink it and pink it' is not the kind of equipment design female
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Woman boxer withdraws from Quebec championship fight rather than face trans competitor, The Post Millennial
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My sales were doubling every month: This former IT sales guy
Ukrainian boxing champions trade gloves for guns in fight against
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Ko Studio on the App Store
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Jesse Kline: Sorry, Jake Paul, but it is true that fewer people
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Tokyo Olympics: Female athletes face double standards over uniforms
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