Former double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones will make her boxing debut in March.
The 31-year-old will take on United States celebrity Egypt Criss in Derby on Saturday, 7 March on the undercard of a bout between middleweights Ty Mitchell and Gabe Rosado.
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Welsh fighter Jones will be in the boxing ring for the first time exactly 12 months since announcing her change of sports.
She became a star of the 2012 London Olympics by winning gold at the age of 19 and went on to defend her title four years later in Rio de Janeiro.
Jones attempted in vain to retain her title at the Tokyo Games and made an early exit in Paris in 2024.
Criss, 27, is the daughter of hip hop stars, Anthony ‘Treach’ Criss from Naughty by Nature and Sandra ‘Pepa’ Denton from Salt-N-Pepa.
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