VIDEO: Female fighter, 14, makes history at Wakefield boxing club
Since its formation nearly 70 years ago, White Rose has never had a female fighter within its competitive ranks but Maya Robertson, 14, has rewritten the club’s history books by not only taking to the ring but also chalking-up a landmark victory.
Maya attended almost every training session, five times a week, for several months before competing in her first ever bout against Manchester’s Ellie Robertson last October.
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Hide AdA defeat on points failed to dampen Maya’s ambition and in February, she was back in the ring to fight Neve Dilks-Taylor, from Doncaster, in a show at Kellingley.
The Outwood Grange Academy student produced a terrific performance, forcing her opponent into standing counts in the second and third rounds to claim victory - the first ever recorded by a female White Rose boxer.
White Rose coach John Hall said: “Training-wise she is second to none and technically she is not behind anybody.
“She’s very polite and quiet. She’s all the things you wouldn’t expect a boxer to be and dedicated; she puts most of the boys to shame.”
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Hide AdAfter her victory, Maya said: “I was really happy. I am still excited now.”
She added: “[Becoming a professional boxer] would be really good but at the minute I am just going to get a few more fights.”