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That little piece of history, making me feel, this is my motivation, what

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I want to achieve. A lot of people have written me off. This is my

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life, what I have been looking forward to for the last four years.

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The deal and angle. -- VB all and end all.

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For almost four years, the best amateur boxes in Britain have been

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working towards this summer's Olympic Games in Brazil. The Great

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Britain men and women's score was spent all week living in training

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together in the British Institute of sport in Sheffield. A gruelling

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routine. I hate Monday morning. Training three times a day, I

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thought I could not do this, I thought my body with breakdown. I

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could not get used to it. It is more than 95, it is more like seven to

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seven. This is a huge challenge, qualifying for re-Okung are coming

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with a huge amount of pressure. They can afford to leave no stone

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unturned. We get our weight checked at half past seven. From there, half

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past seven, we go to the track, do our run. We are all in the same

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boat. Nice to have someone to talk to, I'm dreading this run, I know

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they are dreading it as well. Makes it seem a bit better. After that we

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go back, have breakfast, a little rest, then strength and

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conditioning. Then we have the boxing session, sparring, fax, and,

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skipping. It is just routine. -- pads.

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The 2012 Olympics brought an unprecedented level of success will

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GB Boxing. Nicola Adams, one of three gold medallists. The girls no

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working to the blueprint of their coaches in Sheffield will bring them

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the best chance of glory. Women's boxing is going from strength to

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strength. You can get certified equality coming through. They are as

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good as gold, sparring regularly, everybody helping each other out. It

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is an individual sport when you get there, but they realise with the

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quality of sparring and training they make the most of it so they are

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able to perform. Nicky is the really experienced one. European champion,

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Olympic champion. She is running really well. When Nicola Adams is

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running hard in the mornings, she performs better for the top they

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just like to see me in pain, dying on the track. More for their

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entertainment than anything else. A lovely girl, Chantelle, quiet,

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confident in their own ability. The real positive way Chantelle Kamran

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is her love for the sport. She absolutely loves it. A fully fit

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Savannah Marshall, with their heads right, confident, I think she's the

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best middleweight in the world. I never, ever thought this will become

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a job. Anything like that. I probably have the best job in the

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world, really. She has real quality, former world champion, very young,

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very ambitious and stop she has been injured, she knows she's injury

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free, her confidence should be up, she should go for it. The women's

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game has moved on, at least 8-10 quality females at every weight. No

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easy medals, the girls have to get it right, listen to tactics, stay

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calm, boxed their way through this qualifying, hopefully onto a medal

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in Brazil. No easy task, all three are capable of doing it. The first

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chance to qualify for the Olympics would see the girls face the best in

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Europe. Only a place in their weight category final would be good enough.

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In 2012 Nicola Adams changed the face of sport forever, becoming the

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first female Olympic gold-medal boxing winner. Now a gold medal here

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would put on the verge of creating used again, as she is to become the

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first ever Olympic female to maintain a title. Nicola Adams onto

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the front foot. Her opponent, wearing red, this for a place in the

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final, and a place at Rio. Beautiful left jab from Nicola Adams. She has

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boxed beautifully so far. Really aggressive contest. Both Boxers

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going for their shots. Adams finding her range, finding her range

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wonderfully. Picking her shots. The reigning Olympic champion will go

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through to Rio 2016. I am on the road to Rio, amazing feeling.

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Successful Nicola. The 33 Ralph was not yet -- 33-year-old was not

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content with qualifying, adding another medal to her collection. For

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Savannah Marshall, the European qualifiers would prove to be a

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painful experience. Sea -- she suffered a defeat in her

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first match. Chantelle also suffering a defeat in

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her match. I'm seeing friends and family. I had a week off, training

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at home, but different to Sheffield training. I came back to my camp.

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Monday, back to Sheffield. Saturday and Sunday, just catching up with my

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family and friends. Where you always into combat sports? Mainly kick

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boxing, when I was really young. There is a picture of me, really

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young. My first-ever tournament. I was about 13. What did your mum and

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dad think? To begin with they thought I was going through a phase,

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Notts eating with this. My dad, did not like the fact I was fighting. My

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mum has been the one taking me on to get into the ring. My dad came

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around to seeing I was good at it, dedicated. He became one of my

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biggest fans. These are the world medals in kick boxing. I was world

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champion, British champion, five Nations champions. And European

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champion. Come here, Guinness. Scared of the camera! I was gutted,

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did not qualify in the Europeans. I shut down from Aaron Baddeley for

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about two days. Did not contact my parents, they were worried sick. I

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wanted to do it my way. Straightaway, speaking to my coach

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at home. Spike Lee my brother, we had a massive phone conversation.

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Started speaking to my friends gradually, that took me awhile. The

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worlds, hopefully my time. I will graft a bit extra, put more working.

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I'm hungry for it. When I was out there, did not get altercation, I

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was like, I need to qualify. You realise how much it means to you.

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When I did not get it, I realised this means everything, nothing

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seemed important anymore. This is all I want.

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Kazakhstan, qualifying. My coaches somewhere around here, I have known

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since I was 16. Now she is watching me, seeing the progress into an

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athlete. She was quiet, timid 15-year-old. I thought, OK, see what

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we can do. Straightaway, she amazed me. When she started training with

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the bigger guys, even then, her boxing was shining through. Some of

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the adult guys were like, who is this youngster shoving us up? My

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opinion was not really women and boxing. Chantelle changed my opinion

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of that. She had already been kick boxing when she came to us. She was

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looking to just improve her hands. What I saw of her, when I took on

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the pads, I felt her energy, she changed my opinion on women and

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boxing. With one more chance to qualify for

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the Olympics, Chantelle would need to be at her best at the World

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Championship in Kazakhstan, where only a top four finish would secure

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a seat on the road to Rio. Started simply, 44 second knockout in her

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first bout. We're on our way, Chantelle Kamran working effectively

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behind her jab. We have a coming together. That is harsh. Two brings,

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something audible from the other ring. The other Boxer causing,

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Kamran well within her rights to take a shot, she has been issued

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with a warning. Working to the body, looking to tire her opponent out.

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Haldon, a warning for holding. We mentioned the fact that her opponent

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would have to look as she conducts herself. They warning each way.

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Coming into the final round, closing seconds. They are proving to be the

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equal of one another. Good right hand from Cameron in response. Very

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little in this. Successful two shot Salvo from her opponent. The action

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has stopped. That is indeed the concluding Bell for this contest. A

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hard-fought encounter, in the second preliminary round.

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She is a split decision victor. Over Great Britain's Chantelle Kamran. I

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think she's desperately unlucky in this contest. Really do. A crushing

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defeat ending Chantelle's Olympic dream. We are very disappointed.

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She's one of the hardest working people in the squad. A real nip and

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tuck affair. Unfortunately on the wrong end of a close one. Very

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disappointed, as we all are. Chantelle is a brilliant fighter,

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one of the best in the world, I hope she can come back. Brilliant role

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model for female boxing because of her fighting spirit and dedication.

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She has travelled around the world, fighting and beating the best. Does

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not matter what happens now, I'm proud of her already. Only say

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weight Katie Taylor, the Irish legend was still looking to qualify.

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She had to settle for bronze, after being defeated by Estelle Mossely

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will in the any final. -- in the semifinal. In 2012, Savannah

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Marshall was the best middleweight in the world. Years of injuries,

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followed by unlikely defeat in Turkey, in the European qualifying

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have left her hopes on the balance. I wanted to be a teacher, everything

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you could think of, apart from a boxer. I first started when I was

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12, just friends, go into the boxing gym, I went along. The only girl in

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the club, for a good few years. Did not bother me, I was comfortable

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training with other boys. My mum and dad never said anything, friends did

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not say anything, or just accepted. I am lucky, really. I love it, my

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gym. Some of these bags, I have battered. My home. No other place I

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would rather train. Took me two years to get my first bout. I

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remember being really nervous, would not tell anyone, not even my mum or

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dad until a couple of days before. I am boxing in Birmingham, in two

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days. Did not want them going on about it, so I would get more

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nervous. She has done it, Savannah Marshall

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takes the gold. When I won the worlds, I thought I am all right at

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this. I am good. The reigning World Championship gold medallist is Great

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Britain's Savannah Marshall. In the Olympics, I was ranked number one,

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the favourite to win gold. It was all just too much for me. Really got

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on to me. I remember thinking what the occasion was, everybody talking

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about it. Something like 20,000 people in the arena. I had never box

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in front of that many people, everybody was set in stone that I

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was going to win gold. Only needed to win one fight for bronze. Even

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winning that, my life would be changed forever, what I have to do.

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I remember thinking, I want to get home, go home. When I was at home, I

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was relieved I had left little behind. Took me the best part of two

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years to get over. After the Olympics I wanted to get back in the

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ring and truth I was good enough. A lot of people have written me off

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since London, I have not been about. Two or three tournaments, then going

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missing for six months through injury. I had one operation, then

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three, I'm still here, still number one. Still fighting to qualify. I am

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strong, looking forward to it. Got one more chance now. Go out and

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do it! With her final chance arriving at

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the World Championships, Savannah Marshall would face Li where the

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prize was a place in Rio. Savannah Marshall competing in her

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third bout of the tournament. She's made a pretty bright start here, the

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boxer wearing blue. So has Li as well. You would expect nothing less

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when you are taking on the World Championship silver medallist and

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tournament number three seed. Savannah Marshall getting to work

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behind a lovely left hand. The second of the jabs did get through.

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Working well behind the jab, started fairly well. That wasn't a bad right

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hand. It is important again that when she lands those shots, if she

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does fall in, she's got to switch the attack downstairs and doesn't

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want to be holding on the inside. Or letting her opponent hold her. She

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needs to work when she is in the clinches. She's got the benefit of a

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slightly longer reach. She needs to keep it long and, as you say, keep

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popping them straight shots out. The third preliminary round, Li had a

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really comprehensive victory over the Swedish boxer, who has made it

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through to the Olympic Games already.

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Both of them will be coming in full of confidence here. Again, we have

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got confusion. We have had that on a few occasions - two rings in

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operation, both using a similar-sounding bell. Both boxers

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broke off. That bell concludes this round. That a fair reflection of the

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round of boxing we have just seen. Judges A and C favouring Marshall,

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Judge B favouring Li. You need a big round now. Try and get hold of her

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now. The instructions clear from Li. First round was split, Judge B

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favouring the work of Li, Judges A and C favouring the work of

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Marshall. The two boxers having moments of success during these

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exchanges, but perhaps the eye-catching shot during that

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cluster of punches was the clean, long left hook landed by Savannah

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Marshall. Lee wants Marshall to work hard off the jab. If she misses the

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target, she can fall in a little bit. He wants her to work better

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with the jab. That was a nice shot. Measure the distance with that punch

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and let the back hand go. Use your jab as a range finder to make sure

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you know your back hand is hitting. If you are getting behind your jab,

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like Lee is saying, you will know whether it is going to land or not.

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Right hand to the body wasn't too far away from Marshall.

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Grappling at centre ring now. It's Marshall who is operating out of

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centre ring, runs into a one-two combination. That was good, keeping

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her opponent on the outside. You are showing the judges that you are in

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control in terms of the movement, you are dictating things. A good

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right hand to the body from Li. Some lovely defensive work from Savannah

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Marshall. She blocked a lovely right hand from her opponent who threw the

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shot and kept that left hand nice and high. Good defensive work from

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Marshall. Another competitive round of boxing. Li, the tournament number

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three seed, finds herself trailing for Judges A and C by two points, it

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is tied up for Judge B. Savannah Marshall is in the ascendancy? She

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is starting to work well. She's just getting a bit too close. To the

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second half of this 75kg middleweight quarterfinal. Lee

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encouraging Savannah Marshall, telling her she needs a big round.

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There is a cracking right hand from Marshall, swivelling the head of Li.

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Lee wants Marshall to work with the same urgency and intensity as she

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has been showing, to keep her on her toes. And I think she's responding

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well. The right hook wasn't too far away from Li. Won an Asian Games

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silver at the tournament in South Korea in 2014. She lost to a boxer

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from North Korea. She demonstrating herself as a capable opponent during

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the course of that tournament and here she is, she's already qualified

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for the Olympic Games. But she wants some World Championship hardware

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here to add to be what she won two years ago -- to add to what she won

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two years ago. She's falling in and letting Li get close and she needs

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to lean back a bit and give herself more space. You can see her trying

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to get through with that uppercut. It's been a bit untidy in this

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round. A good one-two combination from Marshall... That is when she is

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at her best, when she has her long levers in someone else's face.

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Working behind that jab, that is important, that set up that one-two

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combination there. Straight shots, that is her strength, Savannah

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Marshall. Uppercut attempted by Li. Another competitive round of boxing.

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Lee into the blue corner immediately. Marshall leads on all

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three scorecards by three points for Judges A and C and by one point for

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Judge B. Plenty of encouragement from Lee as

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there is for Li, as she rises from her corner. This is the fourth and

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final round. That last round, it was a close round, but they gave

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Savannah Marshall the benefit of the doubt because she is trying to box

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and she is trying to keep it at long-range. Li wants to work on the

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inside. Lee wants Savannah Marshall to keep it going. He knows she is so

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close to Rio. She has to keep it going. She is boxing well. She is

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keeping it tight. Working behind that straight left hand, straight

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right. She is boxing well. She has to keep it going here, so close.

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Less than a minute and a half away from the Olympic Games. That is what

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it is all about. Most certainly is. Li has already qualified, China one

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of two nations who have sent three boxers through in every weight

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class. Morocco have done so as well. Li, she's come here after World

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Championship hardware to add to her burgeoning medal collection.

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Savannah Marshall knows that it is Rio or bust and that is why she is

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so keen to get her hand raised in this particular quarterfinal because

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the final four in the middleweight tournament will go through to the

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Olympic Games this summer. She is trying to spoil Savannah here, Li.

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She is holding on, getting in close. Marshall working well with that jab

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and that one-two. She knows she's got to keep working, got to keep

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working on the inside. Working well at range, but carry on the attacks

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on the inside and she is doing it. I think she's outworking Li in this

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round. Both boxers will be feeling the pace but it is an immense prize

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that awaits the victor. That is why they are continuing to compete with

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everything they have. Right hand was blocked effectively by Marshall. At

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the conclusion of that round, Savannah Marshall raises her arms

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immediately as she returns to her blue corner. Let's get the official

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announcement to see who is through to the final four. Rio 2016 in the

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case of Savannah Marshall Savannah Marshall. You always get nervous

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when the results take this long to come through. You can see... The

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winner by a unanimous decision, in the blue corner, it is Savannah

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Marshall. A unanimous points decision winner. She has got herself

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a World Championship bronze at least, but the biggest prize of all

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is an appearance at a second successive Olympic Games. I'm so

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happy. I got beat in the first qualifier and I went and done it in

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this one. I'm all over at the moment. My emotions are all over. It

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hasn't sunk in. Were you beginning to wonder? Yes, I was thinking, oh

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what is the point? What is the point? But now it's all paid off.

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This is the first time in a good year that I have been injury-free

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and I have medaled at a major. After four years of hard work, Savannah

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Marshall 's success means she will have the chance to avenge that

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London Olympic heartbreak. Before that, there is a World Championship

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semifinal to face. Two rounds completed. There are two

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rounds to go. Savannah Marshall trailing by two points, 20-18

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across-the-board. Fontijn is picking off the advancing

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Marshall. She doesn't want to let this become psychological. She wants

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to keep her hands up on the way out. Fontijn's movement proving effective

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on the back foot, taking the long route around the boxing ring. She's

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got her there, she needs to work. That is where she needs to work. You

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are right. On the inside. Just a little bit more. Sometimes she plods

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forward and she is a bit predictable so she needs the odd feint to show

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her opponent something different. She is still taking the contest to

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Fontijn. She's got to try and block a couple of shots going forward. The

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second half of this round now. That was parried by Marshall and she

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lands with a big right cross. Look at the good footwork from Fontijn as

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she pirouettes back to the middle. A little bit of clinching perhaps

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for the first time in the contest now. It's being fought at quite a

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clip for two big middleweight boxers. Fontijn trying a shot

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underneath. Savannah Marshall remaining on the front foot and

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poking out that left jab. Can you get the range with a

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backhand, missing with the jab and the backhand. Exactly what I want, I

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need you to be busy. Drag it in. Fairly happy with the last round.

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Interesting to see how the judges see it. Going forward, nice shot

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from Marshall. Still needs to block the odd shot coming back. She

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probably has two improve the accuracy. The quality is not quite

:30:26.:30:30.

there from Savannah. Let's look at the schools. Lee was quite pleased

:30:31.:30:40.

with our brand. Trailing by one point from that observer, and three

:30:41.:30:45.

points from the other judges. As we go into the third and final round.

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The number two ranked boxer in the world, Fontijn in a commanding

:30:53.:31:00.

position. Leading by three points. Savannah Marshall has been

:31:01.:31:03.

committed, taking it to her opponent. The greatest success has

:31:04.:31:12.

been coming from the flashing blue fists of Fontijn. Marshall has had

:31:13.:31:18.

success of her own. Fontijn will know she has been in the contest.

:31:19.:31:22.

Can Marshall do something Jim Matic to overturn the deficit she is

:31:23.:31:28.

facing in this third and final round, as she attempts to get to her

:31:29.:31:32.

second World Championship final. She has been a touch unlucky with the

:31:33.:31:37.

scoring, to be quite honest. Some of these rounds have been quite close.

:31:38.:31:43.

Sadly not rewarding her with that from foot pressure. Getting caught

:31:44.:31:49.

occasionally coming in. I have seen a lot of judges that preferred that

:31:50.:31:54.

from foot boxing, rewarding her for that, but not tonight. Lee Pullin

:31:55.:32:02.

giving instructions from the corner. Both boxers booking their place in

:32:03.:32:12.

Rio here, after being eliminated from the European Championship in

:32:13.:32:15.

the qualifying round. They faced a fair amount of pressure here.

:32:16.:32:19.

Savannah Marshall contesting her second Olympic games, Fontijn there

:32:20.:32:23.

for the first time. Looks as if she will improve on her bronze medal she

:32:24.:32:29.

picked up two years ago. Good right hand from Marshall. The boxers

:32:30.:32:36.

exchanging jerks. The insurance she has built up from two judges made

:32:37.:32:42.

this fourth and final round a very difficult task indeed. The sixth

:32:43.:32:50.

time these two boxers have shared a ring. One would think the advantage

:32:51.:32:59.

will continue to be in Fontijn's favour. She makes it through to her

:33:00.:33:10.

first World Championship final. Savannah Marshall coming away with a

:33:11.:33:14.

World Championship bronze to add to the one she won four years ago. Very

:33:15.:33:20.

frustrating, she is a world-class fighter. Happy I'm losing to the

:33:21.:33:26.

best. Happy I am qualified. I have eight weeks. I will get there in the

:33:27.:33:34.

end. What has the week done for your confidence, self-esteem and belief?

:33:35.:33:38.

This time last week, I was thinking, what will I do if I do not qualify?

:33:39.:33:43.

I might have to get a new job. Now I know I do not. Clarissa Shields

:33:44.:33:49.

eventually taking the world middleweight title. Since winning

:33:50.:33:57.

gold in London, Nicola Adams' life has changed radically. Nicola Adams

:33:58.:34:02.

has just made history, brilliantly boxing her way to the first-ever

:34:03.:34:09.

women's Olympic boxing title. That was an amazing year. I went with the

:34:10.:34:17.

build-up, all the people, how excited everybody was about the

:34:18.:34:21.

Olympics. How excited I was to be a part of it. I remember thinking,

:34:22.:34:27.

this is a dream come true. The knockdown surprised me the most. I

:34:28.:34:33.

was in shock myself. I heard the crowd, going back to the final, I

:34:34.:34:39.

needed to focus. Didn't she boxed brilliantly from the opening bell to

:34:40.:34:44.

the last. I was like, I did it, I'm Olympic champion. The most amazing

:34:45.:34:50.

feeling of my life was up I really miss my dogs, when I'm away. My mum

:34:51.:34:57.

sends me videos. Dexter. Easy Doberman. -- he is. Pretty safe.

:34:58.:35:07.

This is my medal from the European Championships. It was the qualifiers

:35:08.:35:17.

for the Rio Olympics. Really happy about this one, the key to me going

:35:18.:35:24.

to Rio. Does not end there for me. I want to go to the World

:35:25.:35:28.

Championships in a few weeks, and win another gold medal. I have a lot

:35:29.:35:34.

of hard training to do. We have a camp next week. To days my rest day.

:35:35.:35:41.

Chill out on the sofa, with the dog. Watching some Game Of Thrones. Going

:35:42.:35:51.

into these qualifiers, I felt like a more rounded athlete. I know but the

:35:52.:35:55.

pressure is like. I know exactly how I will feel getting into the ring,

:35:56.:36:00.

getting to fight for my place in Rio. Is there more pressure on you?

:36:01.:36:08.

I actually thrive under pressure. It makes me perform better than I would

:36:09.:36:13.

normally. Normally I am, yes, OK, I will go and win this. But I really

:36:14.:36:19.

have two windows. More on the line, what makes me perform that little

:36:20.:36:26.

bit extra. The same thing at the worlds, I really want the gold

:36:27.:36:29.

medal. Never had one at the World Championships. I have a Europeans,

:36:30.:36:35.

the Olympics, Commonwealth, the only one I am missing. I always wanted to

:36:36.:36:41.

do the second Olympics. I wanted to do the Commonwealth Games, the first

:36:42.:36:46.

time we had women's boxing, I wanted that bit of history. Then on to Rio.

:36:47.:36:54.

No double Olympic champion in boxing, male or female. I wanted the

:36:55.:37:00.

extremes to be. Calm down. He has only moved. He has started up again.

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With Olympic: vacation already secured. Nicola's sole focus for the

:37:09.:37:13.

World Championship, is claiming the last title to elude her. After

:37:14.:37:18.

battling through a tricky quarterfinal, Nicola finds herself

:37:19.:37:22.

one step away from the gold-medal bout. Into the second round of this

:37:23.:37:29.

51 kilograms flyweight semifinal. The boxer wearing red, in the south

:37:30.:37:38.

-- southpaw stance coming out quickly. She is the tournament

:37:39.:37:46.

number eight seed, second encounter between these two boxers. They met a

:37:47.:37:52.

couple of years ago, Nicola Adams coming out on top stop how

:37:53.:37:57.

significant will that result the? Her opponent 26 years of age. One of

:37:58.:38:04.

a four strong Kazakhstan boxing team. Nice jab. This contest,

:38:05.:38:14.

suiting the length, starting to wait, bringing her opponent into the

:38:15.:38:23.

shop, getting the timing right. A southpaw can be easier to hit. Nicky

:38:24.:38:43.

is a seasoned professional. She knows how to handle herself. She can

:38:44.:38:50.

switch itself, like she has done there. The pace is seizing Nicola

:38:51.:39:03.

Adams. Shekerbekova's feet are too slow. Allowing Adams to use the jab,

:39:04.:39:09.

the straight right hand. Doing well at this stage. In the Olympic Ric

:39:10.:39:16.

classes, 51 kilograms one of the weights contested in Rio. By making

:39:17.:39:23.

it through to the bronze medal bout, insuring the passage of all of the

:39:24.:39:31.

semifinalists, to Rio 2016. Now they are boxing for the best possible

:39:32.:39:34.

World Championship medal. Let's listen to Dave. Do not step in.

:39:35.:39:43.

Saying do not step in. Once to bring the opponent onto the shot. If she

:39:44.:39:49.

steps in, and a full short, Shekerbekova coming back with her

:39:50.:39:56.

own counters. Nicola Adams taking both of the opening rounds. All

:39:57.:40:02.

three of the observing judges putting her in a strong position

:40:03.:40:05.

going into the second half of the contest

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There. Nicola Adams a three-time World Championship silver medallist.

:40:11.:40:21.

Looking to book a place into another World Championship final, looking to

:40:22.:40:27.

contest the gold. Ending up in the southpaw stance momentarily. Looking

:40:28.:40:33.

comfortable, but taking a swift left-hand from Shekerbekova. Two

:40:34.:40:38.

rounds down, getting desperate. One can expect an increase in tempo and

:40:39.:40:45.

workrate from the boxer in the bread. She has deceivingly long

:40:46.:40:54.

arms. She does not need to step in, get involved. She can just work off

:40:55.:41:00.

the jab, she is getting involved in silly shots. Another left-hand from

:41:01.:41:07.

Shekerbekova. She is a toughie, Nicola. She will stand and trade,

:41:08.:41:13.

does not mind taking a shot. She is tough? If you want... If you cannot

:41:14.:41:22.

beat her boxing, and you want to trade, she would trade with you.

:41:23.:41:33.

The 2010 Asian champion, Shekerbekova. Gold medal 54

:41:34.:41:41.

kilograms. She was a gold medallist flyweight as well. Second appearance

:41:42.:41:48.

at a World Championship. Adams continuing to work behind that long

:41:49.:41:54.

left-hand. When she utilises that shot, Shekerbekova becomes a

:41:55.:42:00.

peripheral figure in the contest. Great movement from Nicola, in and

:42:01.:42:03.

out with the feet, scoring well with the jab. Good boxing skills and

:42:04.:42:10.

variation with the footwork. Shekerbekova had her moments during

:42:11.:42:14.

the course of the third round. Couple of periods of success with

:42:15.:42:23.

eye-catching left-hands. You have to keep your shape. You cannot just

:42:24.:42:30.

jump in. Two minutes now, sharp, everything sharp. Good work from

:42:31.:42:36.

Nicola Adams in this round, her feet were good, in and out. Dave Alloway

:42:37.:42:42.

wants to cut out the mistakes. He knows she's home and dry, just needs

:42:43.:42:48.

to keep the boxing going. There it is, third round completed. All three

:42:49.:42:55.

of them scoring the same way. Fourth and final round. Shekerbekova, the

:42:56.:43:00.

tournament number eight seed coming out quickly, she is trailing, having

:43:01.:43:06.

conceded all three of the completed rounds to Nicola Adams, the

:43:07.:43:09.

tournament number five seed. Ranked sixth in the world. Tamsin is the

:43:10.:43:14.

reigning Olympic and European, Commonwealth champion. All

:43:15.:43:21.

multisport events. Nicola Adams embracing stage of the multisport

:43:22.:43:25.

competitions. How she would dearly love to secure her first World

:43:26.:43:31.

Championship gold medal. One foot in the final already. As Dave Alloway

:43:32.:43:36.

pointed out, in calm fashion. Scoring with a beautiful right hand,

:43:37.:43:41.

before turning the tables on Shekerbekova. All she has to produce

:43:42.:43:46.

is two minutes of mistake free boxing, and she is through to

:43:47.:43:50.

another World Championship final. Shekerbekova does not want to come

:43:51.:43:55.

in while, that will suit Nicky down to the ground, just popping her

:43:56.:44:00.

rough with singles and doubles. She is far too experienced, for someone

:44:01.:44:09.

to walk in straight. Not too long ago Kazakhstan were over his

:44:10.:44:15.

sparring with us, she sparred with Nicola. Psychologically going into

:44:16.:44:19.

the contest, Nicola was very confident. She has a victory over

:44:20.:44:24.

her as well, and the recent sparring sessions. That is good work by Rob

:44:25.:44:33.

McCracken, inviting someone like as Xstrata and over. -- like Kazakhstan

:44:34.:44:47.

favour. Kazakhstan had qualified three out of three for gold-medal

:44:48.:44:51.

bout stop one suspects they are going to suffer their first loss ear

:44:52.:44:57.

contesting the bronze medal bouts. Nicola Adams has not put a foot

:44:58.:45:00.

wrong during the course of this bout. A second contest against

:45:01.:45:06.

Shekerbekova. Nicola Adams owning a repeat victory. Let's get the

:45:07.:45:07.

official announcement. Nicola Adams is through to her

:45:08.:45:20.

fourth World Championship gold-medal bout. I knew I was going to be up

:45:21.:45:26.

against it. I had to give it everything I had. I took care of it.

:45:27.:45:30.

It is business in there. That is my office. I have come to get that gold

:45:31.:45:34.

medal. Hopefully, I can get it tomorrow. This means everything to

:45:35.:45:39.

me. If I can complete the set... I don't think happy expresses how

:45:40.:45:44.

happy I will be. It is finals day in Astana. All eyes on Nicola. Time to

:45:45.:45:48.

shine for Britain's "golden girl". The opening bell sounds in this

:45:49.:46:16.

World Championship gold medal bout in the Women's Fly (51kg).

:46:17.:46:22.

She is looking for her first World Championship gold medal having come

:46:23.:46:28.

away with three silver medals in the past. Her opponent competing in her

:46:29.:46:33.

fourth World Championships here, this her best ever result.

:46:34.:46:38.

Surpassing the quarterfinals that she made back in 2010 and that is

:46:39.:46:45.

Peamwilai Laopeam of Thailand. It is important that she establishes that

:46:46.:46:48.

jab. We have said it many times about Nicola. Once she gets into a

:46:49.:46:53.

rhythm behind that shot, she sets up that back hand. She led with a right

:46:54.:46:57.

hand and fell short and got caught with the long left hook from her

:46:58.:47:01.

opponent. It is time to get behind that jab, establish a lead and then

:47:02.:47:06.

everything will come from behind that punch. She wants to get the

:47:07.:47:11.

first round out of the way and then move into the second round. It is

:47:12.:47:17.

quite tight at the minute. They are both throwing shots, blocking, both

:47:18.:47:24.

guards are good at the minute. Fifth bout of the tournament for both of

:47:25.:47:28.

these boxers and Nicola Adams has faced a whole variety of styles and

:47:29.:47:32.

athletes of differing stature as well. Her quarterfinal win was

:47:33.:47:39.

incredibly close fought over the talented 20-year-old from Chinese

:47:40.:47:43.

Taipei. She was considerably taller than Nicola Adams. The youngster

:47:44.:47:46.

acquitted herself very well indeed but Adams found a way to solve the

:47:47.:47:52.

puzzle but it was a close contest. More comfortable victory yesterday

:47:53.:47:57.

over the tournament number eight seed from Kazakhstan. Both boxers

:47:58.:48:05.

looking to establish their rhythm and range during this opening round.

:48:06.:48:10.

As you would expect, it's a cagey start to this bout for World

:48:11.:48:17.

Championship gold in the flyweight division. What we need to be doing

:48:18.:48:24.

is goes twice, so be sensible when you are moving away. You are not

:48:25.:48:29.

getting hit, which is good. And sharp counters when she does come to

:48:30.:48:33.

you. So we need that pressure on the front foot. Good advice from Dave

:48:34.:48:37.

there. He is quite pleased with what she is doing. She is working behind

:48:38.:48:42.

her jab. He is talking about the good foot adjustments but she's got

:48:43.:48:46.

good movement with the feet, she can move in-and-out, and she is very

:48:47.:48:53.

skilful doing that. Her movement is part of her strongest asset. Two of

:48:54.:49:01.

the judges have given it to Nicky. The scorecard a fair reflection of

:49:02.:49:04.

what was a cautious opening round. Nicola Adams starting the round on

:49:05.:49:08.

the front foot trying to establish that left jab. Judges A and B

:49:09.:49:11.

scoring the opening round for Nicola Adams. That is a good one-two

:49:12.:49:15.

combination. Back comes Laopeam with a right hand of her own. A good

:49:16.:49:19.

start from Nicola Adams in this round. She is on that front foot

:49:20.:49:26.

now. She moves in with the jab and she adjusts her feet so she comes

:49:27.:49:29.

back on the outside. She is always thinking about safety. See how she

:49:30.:49:35.

adjusted then to avoid the counters? She is clever. That is her strength

:49:36.:49:40.

- in-and-out movement. When Laopeam moves away, she moves away with her

:49:41.:49:45.

hands quite low, so I would go and go again. I think what Dave was

:49:46.:49:50.

trying to say, come a bit out of range so she can't get you but then

:49:51.:49:56.

go back in. Go back at her, yeah. Lots of feinting and the referee

:49:57.:50:00.

reminding the two boxers to engage but they are thinking and trying to

:50:01.:50:04.

fashion opens. That is a cracking right hand straight down the pipe

:50:05.:50:07.

from Adams driving Laopeam backwards. She gets herself from

:50:08.:50:15.

punching range. Good left hand to the body from Adams, who is

:50:16.:50:20.

beginning to demonstrate her variety now. This is a good portion of the

:50:21.:50:27.

round for Nicola Adams. Laopeam is struggling a bit with the movement

:50:28.:50:32.

of Adams. She is working well. That straight right hand, that one-two is

:50:33.:50:38.

a strong point for her. It is. She is trying to keep Nicky at the end

:50:39.:50:41.

of her jab, trying to get some distance. If Nicky can go and go

:50:42.:50:45.

again, she will catch her every time. She's experienced some

:50:46.:50:51.

uncomfortable moments during this round, Laopeam. There is another

:50:52.:50:54.

right hand once again. That has been a particularly profitable punch for

:50:55.:50:57.

Nicola Adams during the course of that second round. The first round,

:50:58.:51:03.

Judges A and B scoring for Adams. Judge C scoring for Laopeam. It

:51:04.:51:07.

seemed to be a far more dominant round for the reigning Olympic

:51:08.:51:12.

Champion in that second round. I thought this was a dominant round

:51:13.:51:16.

for Adams. She worked very well indeed. She stepped on it. Some good

:51:17.:51:20.

one-twos, look at this for a one-two. That is a super combination

:51:21.:51:33.

there. Well... That is a bit surprising. The scorecard in the

:51:34.:51:37.

second identical to the scorecards in the first, which is a surprise.

:51:38.:51:47.

Seconds out... Round 3. We are into the second half of this Women's Fly

:51:48.:51:54.

(51kg) in Astana. Good right hand over the top from Laopeam. Nicola

:51:55.:51:58.

Adams enjoyed what appeared to be from our commentary position a

:51:59.:52:02.

pretty dominant round, that right hand that she threw there was a

:52:03.:52:06.

particularly effective shot, she caught Laopeam with it repeatedly

:52:07.:52:11.

and, again, the spearing left hand in evidence from Nicola Adams.

:52:12.:52:16.

Judges A and B favoured the work of Adams, Judge C has favoured the

:52:17.:52:20.

boxing produced by Laopeam in both of the opening two rounds. It is

:52:21.:52:23.

important that she gets a bit closer, she doesn't want to be

:52:24.:52:27.

jumping in too much and starting the attack from too far away. She has to

:52:28.:52:30.

move in with that front foot, measure the distance with the jab

:52:31.:52:33.

and bring the right hand through. It is important that she doesn't do

:52:34.:52:39.

that from too far away because the odd occasion she may fall short.

:52:40.:52:45.

Great Britain sent five boxers to this World Championships. Nicola

:52:46.:52:48.

Adams had already qualified by winning the gold medal at the

:52:49.:52:53.

European qualification event in Samsun earlier this year. A good

:52:54.:52:57.

left-right combination from Laopeam. Perhaps the best combination of the

:52:58.:53:02.

fight for her. Nicola Adams, being the competitor that she is, will

:53:03.:53:08.

know that she will have to do something equally eye-catching to

:53:09.:53:12.

resonate in the minds of the judges. Laopeam now stamping that front foot

:53:13.:53:17.

and feinting. Trying to fashion an opening for herself. We talked

:53:18.:53:22.

before about when it is close, about them one or two things that are

:53:23.:53:29.

eye-catching so the judges see, so Nicky needs to do something in these

:53:30.:53:36.

last couple of seconds, like that. Right-hand lead wasn't too far away.

:53:37.:53:40.

The closing seconds of this second round. Just a bit of confusion

:53:41.:53:47.

between the boxers and the referee there. Another competitive round of

:53:48.:53:51.

boxing. Loads of time. Nice. Good. That's

:53:52.:54:02.

it. You have two more minutes. Don't leave anything in the tank, alright?

:54:03.:54:06.

Nice and sharp, put your front foot where it needs to be. Saying to get

:54:07.:54:11.

that front foot... She has to get a bit closer. This was a closer round.

:54:12.:54:15.

Laopeam had some success in this round. Whether she did enough to win

:54:16.:54:19.

it, I'm not so sure. She probably did on the one judge. The one judge

:54:20.:54:26.

seems to be favouring her. Again, Judge C is favouring everything that

:54:27.:54:30.

the Thai boxer is doing. She likes her style.

:54:31.:54:36.

The final round... We move into the fourth and final round and Great

:54:37.:54:43.

Britain's Nicola Adams in search of her first World Championship gold

:54:44.:54:46.

medal is leading this contest for Judges A and B by three points.

:54:47.:54:50.

Judges A and B have given Adams every round. She eats a big right

:54:51.:54:54.

hand from Laopeam. Judge C has favoured the work of the boxer in

:54:55.:55:01.

blue. So very much a question, or at least we deduce from those

:55:02.:55:06.

scorecards, that Judge C prefers the work of Laopeam, Judges A and B

:55:07.:55:11.

preferring the boxing of Adams. So potentially now less than a minute

:55:12.:55:16.

and a half between Nicola Adams and her first World Championship gold.

:55:17.:55:21.

Laopeam is sitting back and she is waiting for Adams to come into try

:55:22.:55:24.

and land that right hand. Nicky has to double up that jab. That is what

:55:25.:55:28.

she has to do, double up the jab and then throw the right hand, maybe

:55:29.:55:31.

double the attack up and keep the attack going. A single attack, she

:55:32.:55:34.

might get caught with the right hand.

:55:35.:55:42.

Nicky needs to keep that lead hand up a little bit. She keeps on

:55:43.:55:47.

getting caught over the top when she is bringing the jab back slow, or

:55:48.:55:56.

bringing it down low. Both boxers really thinking about their attacks.

:55:57.:56:00.

Trying to trigger something off which they can counter. Inside the

:56:01.:56:04.

final 30 seconds, though. Remember, a good lead right hand from Adams

:56:05.:56:10.

once again. Laopeam tried the same shot but it was a bit long. The

:56:11.:56:17.

closing stages now. Nicola Adams has one hand on the gold medal, given

:56:18.:56:21.

the status of this contest coming into the fourth and final round. And

:56:22.:56:25.

the feinting and the studying continues. Good left jab from

:56:26.:56:29.

Laopeam, the ten-second clapper has sounded. Adams on to the front foot

:56:30.:56:36.

once more. Good exchange of shots between the boxers and as the

:56:37.:56:40.

closing bell sounds, Laopeam raises her arms immediately. I suspect that

:56:41.:56:44.

is in more hope rather than expectation. Nicola Adams was

:56:45.:56:49.

leading this contest by three points for Judges A and B coming into the

:56:50.:56:53.

fourth and final round. Let's get the official announcement. The

:56:54.:57:04.

winner, the new World Champion of 2016, is the red corner, Nicola

:57:05.:57:05.

Adams! ? She's done it! She completes her

:57:06.:57:16.

gold medal collection from major tournaments by claiming her first

:57:17.:57:19.

World Championship gold. She has done so by split decision after

:57:20.:57:25.

another brilliant boxing display over Thailand's Peamwilai Laopeam.

:57:26.:57:28.

She comes away with World Championship silver. Nicola Adams is

:57:29.:57:33.

absolutely ecstatic. The reigning Olympic Champion, the reigning

:57:34.:57:37.

European Games Champion, the reigning Commonwealth Champion, she

:57:38.:57:42.

can call herself a World Champion. I can't believe it. I have finally

:57:43.:57:46.

done it. After three silver medals, I have finally got that gold. What

:57:47.:57:50.

better year to do it, the year of the Games. I have cemented my place

:57:51.:57:53.

in history as well. Quite a touch-and-go fight. She is a good

:57:54.:57:58.

opponent. She deserved to be in the finals. I gave a little bit more. I

:57:59.:58:04.

wanted it that much more. Two out of three down, I need that last one

:58:05.:58:13.

now. The champ is here. Drive, determination, dedication - a

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relentless will to win and a commitment to do whatever it takes

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to make that happen. These are the things that mark out champions,

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history makers. Coming back from the depths of injury and despair, to

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take on the world again. Inspirational. Putting it all on the

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line, even though the price of failure will be devastating. For

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Nicola and Savannah their journeys will take them to Rio this summer

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where the greatest prize in sport awaits.

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