Jade Jones is targeting a professional boxing debut fight in September after setting herself a “crazy” challenge to switch from Taekwondo. Having competed for two decades in a sport which primarily ...

The 31-year-old Welsh fighter will take on United States celebrity Egypt Criss in Derby on Saturday, 7 March.

Background Only one study reported the impact attenuation of taekwondo headgear. Although Olympic boxing has discontinued the use of head protectors, similarities in designs are suggested to provide a ...

The 31-year-old, who claimed Olympic titles at London 2012 and Rio 2016, and later a world championship in 2019, will now train in Liverpool under former champion Stephen Smith. Jones stated her ...

Two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones of Great Britain is switching sports to boxing. “Some days I wake up and think, am I absolutely crazy? Do you know what I mean?” Jones, 31, said in a BBC ...

Double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones has announced she is switching sports and has taken up boxing. The Team GB Olympian has said she has taken up boxing in hopes to become a world champion in ...

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Background To date, only one study reported the impact attenuation of protective taekwondo headgear. Although Olympic boxing has discontinued the use of headgear, similarities in designs are thought ...

LONDON — Jade Jones, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in taekwondo, is launching a career in boxing. Jones took gold for Britain in 2012 and 2016 and competed in four Games, most recently in Paris ...

Double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones has quit the sport to pursue a career as a professional boxer. The 31-year-old has made the shock decision following her first-round defeat at Paris 2024, ...

Britain’s two-time Olympic champion describes switch to sweet science as ‘crazy’ as she goes from ‘best in the world to complete novice’ Sonia Twigg primarily writes about cricket, tennis and football ...