Post by Dee Williams on Oct 1, 2012 22:14:47 GMT -5
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BOXING clubs have had to create waiting lists for girls to join since Katie Taylor's triumph at the Olympics.
Her father Pete has revealed that huge numbers of young women are now looking to take up the sport for the first time.
The Olympic boxing coach who runs Bray Boxing Club told the Herald: "It's great to see the uptake in the boxing clubs. My own club now has a waiting list because we've so many people looking to join.
"I've a load of girls. They're 50/50 with the men. I train everybody in the club and they are all absolutely brilliant and they're so committed as well. We have girls from eight up to 30 years of age.
"The girls spar with the boys all the time. They're all the same. They're not girls; they're just boxers in the club. There's no difference to us."
Mr Taylor said he was delighted that his daughter's Olympic gold had encouraged young people to take up the sport.
BOXING clubs have had to create waiting lists for girls to join since Katie Taylor's triumph at the Olympics.
Her father Pete has revealed that huge numbers of young women are now looking to take up the sport for the first time.
The Olympic boxing coach who runs Bray Boxing Club told the Herald: "It's great to see the uptake in the boxing clubs. My own club now has a waiting list because we've so many people looking to join.
"I've a load of girls. They're 50/50 with the men. I train everybody in the club and they are all absolutely brilliant and they're so committed as well. We have girls from eight up to 30 years of age.
"The girls spar with the boys all the time. They're all the same. They're not girls; they're just boxers in the club. There's no difference to us."
Mr Taylor said he was delighted that his daughter's Olympic gold had encouraged young people to take up the sport.