Time to punch out? British boxing heroine Nicola Adams remains coy on Olympic future
Nicola Adams says she will take time out to decide her next move after she became the first British boxer in 92 years to retain an Olympic title on Saturday.
Nicola Adams says she will take time out to decide her next move after she became the first British boxer in 92 years to retain an Olympic title on Saturday.
Adams punched her way into the history books in 2012 when she became the first woman boxer to win Olympic gold and in the process also became a British media darling and the face of the London Games.
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I’m going to take some time out for now, I’m going to go on holiday, relax a little bit and decide what I’m going to do when I come back
She ripped up the history books again in Rio in retaining her flyweight title with ease – the only British boxer to previously clinch back-to-back Olympic titles was Harry Mallin, who managed that in middleweight, in 1920 and 1924.
Adams, who celebrated wildly and wiped away tears on the podium, rarely looked in any trouble in her unanimous points victory over Sarah Ourahmoune to send the Frenchwoman into retirement.
Adams is already a hugely popular household name back in Britain because of her engaging personality and seemingly habitual smile, and will face pressure to again defend her title in Tokyo in four years’ time, when she will be 37.
But there will also be promoters willing to stump up the cash for her to turn professional.
