Ghanaian boxer Abigail Quartey has won her title despite facing prejudice | DW News

Ghana’s first ever female boxing champion Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey has achieved the world bantamweight title – and is her nation's pride and joy. Her achievements with the Black Bombers, the national team, made history for her country. But while becoming a fighter she found she had to battle far more powerful opponents than those she faced in the ring: the naysayers who insist women can't be fighters.

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