Cassidy Todd is the first woman from Glasgow to sign a professional boxing contract. Photo Credit: Jamie Williamson
Glasgow has reared some fearsome punchers over the years from Benny Lynch to Jim Watt and Gary Jacobs to Willie Limond, but never a female fighter. Until now.
Cassidy Todd was told, “this isn’t for girls,” when she walked through the doors of a Glaswegian gym at the age of 14, however, she was determined to learn how to box so she stayed and returned again for the next session.
“I lived in Govanhill in Glasgow, I knew there was a wee gym in the area. It was just me, myself, I knew the gym was there and I just wanted to try it.