When she was in Class VIII, P. Anitha learnt how it feels to wear the boxing gloves. She fell for the sport hook, jab and cross. Eking out a living running a petty shop, her parents allowed her to pursue boxing on one condition: she would hang up the gloves once she completed schooling and started collegiate education. Anitha agreed to the condition back then, but did not comply with it. Today, her parents are glad she did not.
Sangeetha R. had the street fighter in her, and would get into brawls at the drop of a hat. The streets of Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar in Perumbur being tough, Sangeetha’s mother Dilli Rani feared for h
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