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Nicola Virginia Adams OBE (born 26 October 1982) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2017 to 2019. She retired with an undefeated record and held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) female flyweight title in 2019.
Dallas Adams: 1947–1991 English Actor G [47] John Bodkin Adams: 1899–1983 Northern Irish Doctor, suspected serial killer G [48] Maude Adams: 1872–1953 American Actor L [49] Nicola Adams: b. 1982 English Boxer B [50] Richard Adams: 1947–2012 Filipino-American Activist G [51] Sam Adams: b. 1963 American
Nicola Adams from Great Britain won the gold medal — the first Olympic gold ever awarded in women's boxing. Adams beat China 's Ren Cancan by 16 points to seven in the final. Competition format
In 2001, Nicola Adams became the first woman boxer ever to represent England, which she did in a fight against an Irish boxer. [131] In 2007 she became the first English female boxer to win a medal in a major boxing tournament, taking silver in the European Championships. [132]
Nicola Adams [13] 5–0–1 Flyweight WBO: 2019 1 Retired due to medical concerns. Laila Ali: 24–0–0 Super middleweight IBA, WIBF 2002–2004 4 (IBA), 2 (WIBF) Inaugural IBA women's super middleweight title. WIBA: 2002–2007 5 WBC: 2006–2007 2 Inaugural WBC women's super middleweight title. Light heavyweight WIBF 2004 0 Natascha Ragosina ...
In the 2020 series, Jones was paired with the retired professional and Olympic champion boxer Nicola Adams, the first same-sex couple to compete in the UK competition's format. Between August 2013 and August 2019 she was married to Neil Jones , a dancer and fellow cast member of Strictly Come Dancing .
On 2 September 2020, it was announced that Olympic boxer Nicola Adams would be part of the first same-sex partnership. [22] On 3 September 2020, Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing was confirmed to be participating in the series after having to withdraw from the seventeenth series due to a foot injury. [23]
A lawsuit brought by Nicola Adams’ mother over her Prime Video documentary “Lioness: The Nicola Adams Story” has been tossed out of court after the judge found it had “no real prospect ...