Women's boxing continued its rapid growth in 2025, fueled not only by high-quality matchups but also by an increasing number of cards headlined by the sport's elite fighters. Since our last top 30 list in 2022, the landscape has shifted considerably. New faces have emerged, while several fighters who once dominated the rankings have slipped down the list or fallen out altogether.
Sydney Sweeney put on a reported 30 pounds of muscle to play boxer Christy Martin, the subject of Christy, turning her body from red-carpet willowy to one with a sturdy solidity. The movie begins in 1989, when Martin was just out of her teens and fighting in Toughwoman contests, and spans 22 years, providing all sorts of opportunities for ungainly period hairstyles, from a ragged pageboy to a curly mullet to a frizzy shag.
Chantelle Cameron relinquished her WBC super-lightweight title on Friday in a protest over women's boxing rules, with the British fighter demanding the right to fight three-minute rounds like her male counterparts. Cameron's decision to vacate her championship belt stems from her opposition to the World Boxing Council's mandate that women compete in two-minute rounds, which the 34-year-old views as unequal treatment.
