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Since
the age of ten, Phumla Ntombela knew she wanted to blaze the trail
of women sports. She has been inspired by the likes of Marion Jones
and Maria Matola but she did not want just any sport. She has tried
everything from swimming, netball, volleyball, kung-fu and soccer.
One day she
was watching the news when she heard about women boxers. She was
instantly interested. “It was like a revelation. I knew there and
then what I wanted to be,” said the 14-year old. The next day she
went to the Chesterville Boxing Club and she has not looked back,
preparing herself for a year and three months now. Though she has
not fought a competitive match, she is confident that whoever comes
first will get a hiding. “The reason I have not been inside the
ring is that there are very few women boxers and there is no-one
in my division to fight with. It’s frustrating but I will wait,”
said Phumla.
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