article_snippet: Her found respite in boxing after being introduced to it by Her father and brother.
article_snippet: Boxing has made me the person I am today, and I'm so proud of the person I am," said the 20-year-old trailblazer, who is now looked up to by girls from all kinds of communities wanting to follow in Boxing footsteps.
article_snippet: When we're in that ring we look like boxers -- we don't look like a girl or a boy.
article_snippet: You come into that gym, you come into that show, you come into that ring thinking
article_snippet: The role of Nicola Adams -- the first ever female boxer to win an Olympic gold medal -- has also been key in the fight for acceptance.
article_snippet: Since Nicola Adams success at the Olympic Games, females boxing once a week increased by 79% according to a 2013 Sport England study, but even the production of "No Guts, No Heart, No Glory" highlighted the barriers women potentially face.
article_snippet: It wasn't even the boxing and it wasn't even the speech, it was the dancing we do in the ring.