By Veronica Wells ·Updated October 29, 2021
Mary ‘Merciless’ McGee was a cheerleader in high school when she first discovered that her hometown of Gary, Indiana, had a boxing gym. Following a boy from her school, she stumbled into the space and was completely enamored by what she saw.
Now, at 35-years old — after overcoming financial inequality, sexism, and not being taken seriously as an athlete– McGee is the International Boxing Federation’s Women’s
