{"id":27503,"date":"2018-03-13T15:21:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T15:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=27503"},"modified":"2018-03-13T15:21:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T15:21:41","slug":"cardiff-amateur-boxers-compete-front-300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/13\/cardiff-amateur-boxers-compete-front-300\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff amateur boxers compete in front of crowd of 300"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BOXERS from across the city competed in front of more than 300 people at the Cardiff University Students&#8217; Union.<br \/>\nAnd the university\u2019s Amateur Boxing Club enjoyed success at the event called All or Nothing.<br \/>\n\u201cI am extremely proud of the skill, courage and determination each boxer showed on the night,\u201d said coach Jimmi Sandham, 26, from Roath.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s great to see the club grow and we welcome everyone to join and learn the art of boxing with us.<br \/>\n\u201cCardiff University boxing shows are always some of the best I\u2019ve ever been to, the crowd is always electric and I can\u2019t wait for our next one.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27518\" style=\"width: 641px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-27518\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/29177007_2022175961397141_3419958612422819840_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/29177007_2022175961397141_3419958612422819840_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/29177007_2022175961397141_3419958612422819840_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/29177007_2022175961397141_3419958612422819840_n-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/29177007_2022175961397141_3419958612422819840_n-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/29177007_2022175961397141_3419958612422819840_n-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/29177007_2022175961397141_3419958612422819840_n-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-27518\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/29177007_2022175961397141_3419958612422819840_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/29177007_2022175961397141_3419958612422819840_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/29177007_2022175961397141_3419958612422819840_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/29177007_2022175961397141_3419958612422819840_n-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/29177007_2022175961397141_3419958612422819840_n-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/29177007_2022175961397141_3419958612422819840_n-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/29177007_2022175961397141_3419958612422819840_n-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/noscript> Bronagh Donaghy vs Zoe Hefford<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nBronagh Donaghy, 22, from Cathays competed at the Park Place event and despite losing, she hopes to compete again.<br \/>\n\u201cThe experience was very valuable, despite the fact that I lost. Seeing your family and friends cheering you on makes it all worth while.<br \/>\n\u201cBoxing is an amazing sport for women to get involved. Despite the brutal nature of the sport, there is a massive chance for females.<br \/>\n\u201cAll the skills and qualities boxing has taught me will be taken onto my next challenge.\u201d<br \/>\nBronagh is hoping she can inspire more female boxers to take part at future events.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019d love to see more girls involved in the boxing club. The club have made me feel so welcome and I have received a lot of support as a female boxer.<br \/>\n\u201cIt would be nice to increase the female boxing population and also help with sparring.\u201d<br \/>\nDaniel Walsh, 19, studies at Cardiff Metropolitan University and was victorious in his light welterweight bout.<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cSince joining the boxing club I\u2019ve been looking forward to the home show for a long time.<br \/>\n\u201cI felt I picked the right shots and my corner men gave me the right advice by using angles and throwing more combinations.<br \/>\n\u201cI landed good shots and these were cheered by family and friends.<br \/>\nI want to wish everyone well done that competed because it takes a lot of bottle to get in the ring and a big thank you to everyone who supported us.\u201d<br \/>\nAlex Mackay, 26, of Welfield Place, Roath, also boxed at light heavyweight level and won against an experienced opponent.<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cIt was a tough fight and I had to push hard in the last round to get the decision.<br \/>\n\u201cCardiff University\u2019s boxing club is great with some fantastic coaches. They work hard and a lot of effort goes into organising and delivering training sessions.<br \/>\n\u201cI look forward to seeing the clubs future success.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOXERS from across the city competed in front of more than 300 people at the Cardiff University Students&#8217; Union. And the university\u2019s Amateur Boxing Club enjoyed success at the event called All or Nothing. \u201cI am extremely proud of the skill, courage and determination each boxer showed on the night,\u201d said coach Jimmi Sandham, 26, from Roath. \u201cIt\u2019s great to see the club grow and we welcome everyone to join and learn the art of boxing with us. \u201cCardiff University [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":27516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5271,1595,265,2389],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-27503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-abc","tag-boxing","tag-cardiff-university","tag-students-union"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff amateur boxers compete in front of crowd of 300 - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/13\/cardiff-amateur-boxers-compete-front-300\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff amateur boxers compete in front of crowd of 300 - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BOXERS from across the city competed in front of more than 300 people at the Cardiff University Students&#8217; Union. 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