Despite her reservations, Rijker tried boxing when she moved to Los Angeles, making her professional debut in 1996 at the Olympic Auditorium.

When Lucia Rijker dropped in at the European Championships of women's boxing in her native Netherlands last year, the greatest fighter in the history of her sport was overwhelmed by the splendor ...

Braekhus will become the first woman to fight on HBO in its 45 years of televising boxing. It was long overdue, but Rijker told Yahoo Sports she was overjoyed.

Stats: Lucia flaunts a 36-0 record in kickboxing and a record of 14-0-0 with 13 KO's in boxing. She's the 1988-1989 IWBA Women's Boxing World Champion, 1985-1994 WKA Women's Division World ...

When Lucia Rijker dropped in at the European Championships of women's boxing in her native Netherlands last year, the greatest fighter in the history of her sport was overwhelmed by the splendor ...

The Jonas and Price fight is everything that looked impossible back in the bad old days when Rijker and Martin talked about fighting, slapped each other and threw insults about.

LOS ANGELES — Lucia Rijker ruptured her left Achilles tendon in a training session, forcing her “Million Dollar Lady” fight against Christy Martin later this month to be called off yesterday.

Rijker, who was unavailable for comment because she was traveling to Los Angeles for the surgery, vowed through Steward to go through with the match against Martin when she recovers.

Braekhus will become the first woman to fight on HBO in its 45 years of televising boxing. It was long overdue, but Rijker told Yahoo Sports she was overjoyed.

Rijker is under contract to Top Rank Inc., a major boxing promoter. It ultimately would like to match Rijker against Martin, who is under contract to Don King.

When Lucia Rijker dropped in at the European Championships of women’s boxing in her native Netherlands last year, the greatest fighter in the history of her sport was overwhelmed by the splendor ...