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Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones earns knockout win on boxing debut

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Double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones marked her boxing debut with a second round knockout victory against Egypt Criss in Derby.

After two decades in taekwondo, Jones traded sports at the start of last year saying she needed a fresh challenge and setting herself a bold target of becoming a two sport world champion.

Her maiden bout came against Criss, the daughter of hip-hop stars Anthony ‘Treach’ Criss from Naughty by Nature and Sandra ‘Pepa’ Denton from Salt-N-Pepa.

Jones, who won Olympic gold in London 2012 and Rio 2016, needed only two rounds to claim victory, with three successive left hooks flooring her opponent.

The 32-year-old from Flint has been training with former professional boxer Stephen ‘Swifty’ Smith at Liverpool’s iconic 4 Corners Gym.

Jones has also taken inspiration from former room-mate, unified world boxing champion Lauren Price, who played football for Wales in addition to being a kick boxer and taekwondo player, prior to her own switch to boxing.


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