Laura Saperstein, Sportsmen and Women have always been held as positive role models for young people, Amir Khan being an obvious recent example. At the moment there is a government intiative to get girls involved in sport. Do you think that a female boxer would be a good role model for young people and if so what could they do to get more girls involved in boxing?
Asked by tobie75 on Nov 17 2007 3:25:22 PM and supported by 27 members
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Yes definitely. As I understand it statistically girls aren’t taking up sport and it’s big problem.
I would love to be involved in initiatives such as the one that Kelly Holmes is running for girls. I was at a conference run by the women’s sport and fitness foundation that the Prime Minister opened recently about the obesity crisis which is a massive problem and will cause a huge strain on the NHS. Not only among girls but we’ve got an ageing population as well. We need to get all women doing enough physical activity. And it’s really important that it’s enjoyable. Sport should have a social aspect too and be something you want to do not have to do. I used to teach a lot of girls only classes and my coach runs a school from my gym which is a government enterprise. I don’t know if more girls are taking up boxing than other sports but I know the sport is growing and I fully intend in my professional career to help girls getting involved in the sport and to promote boxing for women in general.