When I started boxing at the age of nine, there were loads of clubs around but none that allowed females into the gyms.
I wanted to train at Boxing Club like my older brother [heavyweight champion] Daniel, but the coach at the time just didn’t believe there was a place for females in the gym. The only way I could join was if I said I was a boy, so that’s what I did. I became Colin.
When my dad and I looked at clubs where girls could spar, we felt they didn’t take things so seriously.
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