{"id":9664,"date":"2026-03-04T07:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=9664"},"modified":"2026-03-04T07:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:36:52","slug":"misfits-boxing-jade-jones-humbling-journey-from-taekwondo-pinnacle-to-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=9664","title":{"rendered":"Misfits boxing: Jade Jones’ ‘humbling’ journey from taekwondo pinnacle to boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"


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From the pre-fight weigh-in to the ring-walk, Jones is fully prepared for a number of firsts in Derby.<\/p>\n

“It feels even more crazy, the fact I’m going to get in a boxing ring, doing the walk-on that everyone talks about, no head guard, a full on fight, it is crazy, but I am crazy and I absolutely love it,” she said.<\/p>\n

“The ring-walk, the lights, the ring, even things like getting your hands wrapped, I’m really trying to embrace everything and try to enjoy it.<\/p>\n

“Life’s about making memories and new experiences. Not many can say that they’ve done that walk. I’m really proud of myself for committing to the challenge.”<\/p>\n

Nicknamed ‘The Headhunter’ during her glittering taekwondo career due to her ability to kick opponents in the head, Jones is no stranger to being ruthless in combat.<\/p>\n

But even an athlete as fierce as Jones accepts she may need to improve her game face when it comes to her upcoming face-off with Criss.<\/p>\n

“I’ve had a little practice with the guys in here and I just always end up bursting out laughing,” she said of learning to square up to an opponent during the pre-fight build-up.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully I can be a more serious on the night and a bit more scary.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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From the pre-fight weigh-in to the ring-walk, Jones is fully prepared for a number of firsts in Derby. “It feels even more crazy, the fact I’m going to get in a boxing ring, doing the walk-on that everyone talks about, no head guard, a full on fight, it is crazy, but I am crazy and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boxing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}