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Former regional swimmer Lucia Hooper reveals swapping her costume for boxing gloves has improved her mental health. Hooper found interest in the combat sport when she began studying at Loughborough University earlier this year. “It is an extremely sporty university so I was interested into doing a ‘different’ sport,” she said. “Something along the lines […]
Gloucester’s Shabir Haidary is set to undergo state of the art fitness testing to aid his recovery and future development following his most recent victory. Speaking to his Strength and Conditioning coach and lecturer before the testing, Ed Baker listed the benefits of the programme which the Super Featherweight is set to complete tomorrow. “It’s […]
Shabir “The Afghan Warrior” Haidary impressed once more with a well earned 60-54 points victory against Kent’s Tatenda Mangombe. “I loved every moment of it, I could tell the crowd did as well and I live for knowing that I can entertain the fans whilst I fight. “Before mine, most of the fights were a […]
The Afghan Warrior lit up Fight Town with a 60-54 points victory against Tatenda Mangombe to thrill the fans on Saturday night. It was another successful bout for the Super Featherweight who impressed the Swindon crowd with some impressive displays of movement and punching power. Despite securing the win comfortably on the scorecard, Mangombe proved […]