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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.
THERE are few acts braver than a boxer willingly stepping into the ring knowing the physical ordeal that lies ahead. Even that pales into insignificance, however, compared to the bottle needed for a teenage girl to wander alone into a gym in Glasgow and insist she wants to fight with the boys. Cassidy Todd has not only done that but survived and thrived. The 22-year-old has now made history by becoming the first woman to sign with the renowned St Andrew’s Sporting Club, making her also the first Glaswegian female professional boxer. Turning pro marks the midpoint of a career that began with her “getting a doing” from battle-hardened men during sparring sessions and that will, all being well, eventually lead to her becoming a world champion Todd’s is a heart-warming story of persistence and courage. Her step-dad is Craig Docherty, the former Commonwealth champion, but when she turned up unannounced at the door of Kelvin ABC gym in Govanhill as a 16-year-old there wa