Amy Sara Broadhurst: I bought my first house with IBA prize money World Champion from Ireland, Amy Sarah Broadhurst (63kg) @baby_canelo is a new role model for young athletes in her country. She is only 25, and this year has earned two prestigious titles at IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul and Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Baby Canelo, as they call her, tells her story This has been the best year of my life,’ Amy starts her story. ‘It was a great achievement to win a Commonwealth gold medal, but since I was a little girl, I always dreamt of a World Championships gold medal. To finally achieve one of my dreams is an amazing feeling and something that I will keep with me forever.’ She has been boxing since she was five. All of her three brothers also boxed, and their father was their coach. ‘My dad still trains me now. He is the reason I have made the Irish team,’ she says. ‘I started off in Dealgan boxing club in my hometown. When I first joined it was run down, very small, and didn’t have any facilities for women. But as I grew older and more women started to box, faculties were added, and also the boxing gym grew bigger.’ Since 2015, she has had a Baby Canelo nickname. ‘It all started at the EUBC Youth European Boxing Championships. Since then, it has just stayed with me! But Canelo Alvarez is my favorite boxer and I admire him a lot. He is an amazing boxer,’ she said. She also follows the path of very famous Irish boxer, 5-time world champion and Olympic champion Katie Taylor. ‘Katie is a big role model for me, she has always been. Even when I was growing up, I always wanted to be like her. I was very lucky to be her sparring partner in March while she was preparing for her big fight against Amanda Serrano. I learned a lot, being in her company. She’s amazing and, in my opinion, the best female boxer to ever live,’ Amy admired. 🖇Read the full article on our official website: www.iba.sport