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IN RECENT years, there has been significant advancement in the movement to create parity between male and female professional fighters. The likes of Katie Taylor and Claressa Shields have done, and are continuing to do, essential work to push women’s boxing on to a larger platform and earn it the respect it deserves. But this isn’t a new phenomenon; this fight has been happening for decades. Sky’s new documentary, Right To Fight, focuses on the women who built the foundations for what boxing is today, using research and archive footage from former fighter Sue Fox.

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