Boxing as a way for women to get fit and relieve stress

By Charles You, AJC [originally published in 2006)

At a boxing gym off College Avenue in Decatur, the nemesis isn’t really a human being. It’s stress. A group of women gather there regularly to throw punches and work up a good sweat in the name of fitness.

The all-women boxing program the Decatur Boxing Club offers is rare. Most of the participants started boxing only a few months ago. Now they pay $115 a month to slip on the padded gloves.

Another recycled article. I don't know if such a program still exists today.

I knew a young lady who took lessons there for a while a couple of years ago, but has since quit. I think her main motivation was weight reduction. It didn't work for her.