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From sleeping in a church to the top of the boxing world - with the help of a milk carton
Jessica McCaskill: from homelessness to investment banking, willing a Katie Taylor fight into existence, and becoming a living legend in her own right. Gavan Casey By Gavan Casey Thursday 1 Jul 2021, 7:45 AM 2 hours ago 9,754 Views 1 Comment Undisputed welterweight champion Jessica McCaskill (L) and her trainer-manager Rick Ramos (R). Source: Ed Mulholland, Matchroom Boxing
ONE DAY LATE last August, Jessica McCaskill received a package in the post. At the time, she was expecting the delivery of four world-title belts, all of which she had won from the previously undefeated Cecilia Braekhus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a few days beforehand.
April Hunter talks Bellew link-up, Marshall sparring, McCaskill
Hunter features for fourth time as a professional on Ritson-Ponce bill on Saturday
April Hunter alongside manager and former world champion, Tony Bellew Photo Credit: Instagram @aprilhunterboxing
In just 12 fights, Jessica McCaskill holds all four major belts at Welterweight and April Hunter is looking to follow suit in the coming years.
Hunter (3-0) is in a unique position as the first female professional boxer to hail from Newcastle and appears to have everything at her disposal to achieve those ambitions, ahead of her fourth professional outing on the undercard of Lewis Ritson’s IBF final eliminator with Jeremias Nicolas Ponce from the Eagles Community Arena on Saturday.