Is there a female comic book character out there capable of defeating Wonder Woman in physical combat?
No lasso, no energy projection with the exception of energy constructs used for the sole purpose of punching or kicking, no telepathy, no telekinesis, no weapons such as swords, or shields.
Then Pre-FLASHPOINT, Supergirl and Power Girl were both varying degrees of physically superior. And even Earth-Angel Supergirl might have been. I need to read more, but she has the showings to make the argument.
And I would add arguably Boodikka when she was just a GL, and definitely after she became an Alpha Lantern. And I am going by your criteria on energy powers.
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Power Girl once was doing well against WW, but WW got a win by putting Karen into a full nelson wrestling hold. Which is silly, because Karen could just fly and shake Diana off of her back. "Skills beat brute force"? Yes, but not always.
Her fight against Powergirl showed WW as in the same power class. But Diana was holding back during a good portion of the fight. The moment she started fighting back more seriously, Diana showed she was totally capable of taking PG down. The writer of the comic has confirmed that WW didn't want to fight PG, which made PG look better at first.
We gotta love a writer that remembers Mary's powers about the strength of Hercules, speed of mercury etc. But forgot that Diana has been historically stronger than Hercules, faster than Hermes, wise as Athena etc. Literally her intro since 1942. And lol at 1 month of training in karate vs somebody that is supposed to be training in combat since childhood for thousands of years. But then again, that WW was not in a sane state of mind and her body was decomposing. So let's give tom taylor the benefit of the doubt, since mary fought a Diana that wasn't in her A game. And who knows what power source does dceased WW have. The rebirth version of WW for example, basically has all the powers from the Gods she got during Post Crisis, plus the addition of Hephaestus and Zeus. And the Hecate mark.