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Adams recalls being told she was ‘too pretty’ to be a boxer
Nicola Adams with a punch bag representing a key barrier that prevents women from getting active as part of the launch of the next phase of Sport England's 'This Girl Can' campaign at Westfield Stratford City in London
Fifty years ago this month, Britain faced its hottest summer on record, as welterweight champion Stracey met his match in Mexico’s Palomino, writes JOHN WIGHT.
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TWO-TIME Olympic champion Nicola Adams remembers being told she was “too pretty” to be a boxer.
More than a decade after her historic performance at London 2012, where Adams became the first-ever woman to win Olympic boxing gold, the 40-year-old can still recall moments others tried to discourage her from even trying.
“I think my biggest struggle was being in a male-dominated sport,” Adams told the PA news agency.
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