Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Female fighting focus pleases Brit medal hopeful (Reuters)

Great Britain's Olympic boxing coach Bob Dillon practices with his boxer Nicola Adams (R) at the Santo Amaro club in Sao Paulo February 9, 2012. REUTERS/Fernando Donasci

LONDON (Reuters) - Part-time actress, part-time tiler, full-time women's boxing trailblazer, British flyweight world champion Nicola Adams has a lot on her plate. The diminutive Leeds local is currently basking in the spotlight as one of 36 female boxers taking part at the Olympics for the first time. Finally knocking down the last male-only Olympic sport, all eyes will be on the 29-year-old Adams and the 35 other women taking part, intrigued to see how popular the bouts will be. ...




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