British boxer makes Olympic history

Source:The Guardian
Pictures:Zimbio

Adams makes Olympic history 14 years after British Boxing Board of Control lifts ban on female boxing.

Nicola Virginia Adams has become the first ever female boxer to win Olympic gold at the games. The 29 year old 5'5 Leeds born boxer boxed her way through into history yesterday at the ExCel center, beating Chinese double world champ Ren Cancan. This time around, Cancan can't clinch the prestigious Olympic title.

Victory joy for our girl Nicola Adams

Adams unable to contain her joy

 Nicola 'stumbled' across boxing as a 12 year old in her local gym back in Leeds when her mother had to attend an aerobics class but couldn't find child care. In those days, female boxing was banned by the British Boxing Board of Control. The reason?...pretty girls shouldn't get hit and instability of women due to their menstrual cycle. In our 21st century world, unfathomable to think such  misogynists excuses were the grounds to stop women from progressing into fulfilling careers.

 Back in 1997 famous boxer Lennox Lewis termed the idea of female boxing competitions "a freak show" and the almost far right Daily Mail described it as a "bout of madness".  Even former world boxing Champion Amir Khan was against the  International Olympic Committee announcing in 2009 it would include female boxing as party of the London2012 Olympic games. Khan's feeble view?  "When you get hit, it can be very painful". Needless to say he has never experienced child birth and of course never will.

Today the Daily Mail has Adams splashed against it's front page hailing her a hero as she adds to Team GB's spiralling Olympic gold medals, pushing the number to 24. Khan meanwhile was seen yesterday at the match,  filled with exuberant and extravagant praises for Adams. Talk about a U-turn.

EastEnders heart throb Chucky Venn who stars as Ray Dixon- Kim Fox's heart throb wrote this on our Facebook fan page:

Congratulations Nicola Adams as well as all the Olympic female boxers as a whole.As a passionate boxing fan, I feel as though I've witnessed something special, an evolutionary turn in competitive female boxing, these women possess such exemplary ability. Seeing Nicola Adams, such a lovely gracious, yet deceptively skillful & aggressive fighter from humble beginnings achieve Gold for the first time, in Olympic Female Boxing is nothing short of incredible!!I can't wait to see what Nicola does next!!
WOW!!

Nicola as an adorable 3 year old