Toronto Newsgirls stake all-grrls gym

Guts & glory
Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club celebrates a decade of throwing & taking punches

Julia Garro/Xtra -- After a decade of sweating it out at gyms shared with male-dominated clubs, the Toronto Newsgirls are preparing to open the first-ever women's-only boxing gym in Canada, a 3,500-square foot "dream gym" at Gerard and Carlaw.

"It's going to be all female," says Howe, who's known in the boxing ring as Kapow! "I'd like to let in the boys but not at least for the first year... I think we need to establish ourselves as an all-female gym for the first little while just so we can pee in all the corners, you know, set it up the way we want to set it up."

Photo - CONTENDERS. Toronto Newsgirls (from left to right) Iceberg, Turbo, Double-R, Kapow!, Machine, Tank and Surly. (RJ Martin)