Posted on 04/17/2019 11:51:19 AM PDT by Cronos
The photograph shows a young woman with a graceful body and well-toned muscles standing next to a referee, crying. A little earlier, her opponent had taken her hand and raised it above them both. But now it was the referee’s turn to declare her the official winner of the fight, which took place on Sunday, April 14 in western France — and she was unable to hold back her emotions, her face lined with tears.
This is Sadaf Khadem, born in 1995, and she is the first Iranian woman ever to take part in an official boxing match.
The first sport she decided to pursue professionally was basketball, but she was told, at a weight of 107kg, that she was too heavy. At the suggestion of her coaches, she changed sports in order to lose weight. She chose boxing which, in those days, was an illegal and underground sport for women in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“I felt lighter by the week,” she said. “It was as though my body had been set free. And when I got in shape, I did not return to basketball. I felt that I could not let go of boxing.”
It was difficult though. “Everybody was trying to discourage me,” she said. “Even boxing managers told me that this was not my sport and I would not get anywhere as a boxer. But I stood by it and fought.”
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What no head scarf! Off with her head:-)
Transexual dude looks like to me
What a breakthrough! Now he can oppress himself!
No. That’s a chick.
.... Well ..... Sadaf Khadem better enjoy her glory now because she will soon have to fight the Transgender heshe boxers that will be a bit more brutal in the ring than the naturally born females she is used to.
The Leftist surrender monkeys welcome her.....
Anyone see her with matches around Notre Dame?
She looks a whole lot more female than “ANNE”.
May be a wide jaw, but no Adam’s apple popping out. It is a female.
There’s no crying in Boxing!
Fabulous girl doesn’t want to go back to Islamistan, and who can blame her!
Back home, they’re gathering stones . . .
Sadaf Khadem: Iranian female boxer halts return over arrest fears
An Iranian who became the first woman from her country to contest an official boxing match says she has cancelled her return home from France after hearing a warrant had been issued for her arrest.
May she stay safe.
Common women never compare to the porn queens you obviously drool over........
Good for her. From where she comes from...she is a complete radical and risks her life to box. Brave woman.
A 237lb chick!
Wait until she gets her nose broken 4-5 times, a few teeth knocked-out; she won’t like that picture.
Way too many 5 GUYS BURGERS!
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