Women get in the ring.

• Position: INDIA - Boxing ring - Brief article

In a steamy gym in Trivandrum, a city on the southwest coast of India, the thud of boxing gloves echoes off the walls. The young women at this training camp punch hard: They're hoping for a chance to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, which will include women's boxing for the first time. Many of the women at the training camp see boxing as a ticket to middle-class life: India rewards its top athletes with coveted government jobs, usually with the police or railroads. For others, boxing brings a new kind of freedom and the confidence to go out on the streets with less fear. The rise of women's boxing in India...