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  • (twangy country music)

  • - [Narrator] Throughout history,

  • we've looked at men as the stars of the boxing world.

  • (rapid thumping)

  • But these days, some of the sport's most promising boxers

  • come from a special place in California,

  • and they're all teenage girls.

  • I'm Zoe Saldana from Bese,

  • and I'm teaming up with Great Big Story

  • to shine a light on American Latinx excellence

  • around the country.

  • While boxing has long been a tradition

  • in the Central Valley of California,

  • it wasn't until a few years ago

  • that girls were allowed to compete professionally.

  • But once the sport was opened up to them,

  • not only did girls start competing,

  • they started winning a lot.

  • In 2017, four girls from the Central Valley

  • finished first or second at the Junior Olympics.

  • - Once you're in that ring, it's just and your opponent.

  • That's it.

  • - I keep all my aggressiveness inside the ring.

  • I'm a beast inside the ring.

  • (grunting and indistinct yelling)

  • - [Sandra] To be the number one spot,

  • it takes a lot of hard work and dedication,

  • but it's all worth it in the end.

  • - [Narrator] The one leading the pack is Sandra Tovar,

  • who at only 17 is ranked number one in the nation

  • in her weight class.

  • She started boxing when she was only 8 years old

  • with her father, who remains her coach to this day.

  • - I train six days a week, three trainings a day.

  • (energetic funk music)

  • I wake up in the morning, and I go to school.

  • I do my homework on the way to boxing,

  • and I do it on the way back home.

  • My biggest goal right now is to make it to Olympics

  • and get a gold medal.

  • For me to make that goal possible,

  • every single tournament that is coming up,

  • I have to win it and gather up all my points

  • for my weight class

  • and just keep pushing hard.

  • - Keep that jab pumping.

  • Relax.

  • I've been coaching since 1992,

  • and I've trained a lot of champions

  • and Sandra stands out.

  • I remember when the sport of boxing was just boys,

  • but I believe this new generation of girls

  • is gonna change it.

  • - [Narrator] Competing professionally is expensive,

  • and it's become a major obstacle

  • for many boxers in the Central Valley.

  • But thanks to the community banding together

  • to raise funds to send these girls

  • to compete at the national level,

  • the Central Valley has contributed

  • to the changing face of boxing.

  • - I believe it's because of the way they're raised.

  • They don't have much,

  • and they're willing to do whatever it takes to move up.

  • It makes them hungrier.

  • Makes them stronger-willed

  • to reach what they wanna get out of life.

  • Don't worry about those posts.

  • They don't mean nothing.

  • I want you to really hurt her.

  • - I feel like the spots are open tremendously right now

  • in the sport of female boxing,

  • and I feel like it's gonna end up getting equal

  • to men's boxing.

  • (tranquil music)

(twangy country music)

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改變拳擊運動面貌的少女們。 (The Teenage Women Changing the Face of Boxing)

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    許大善 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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