'Hijabi Boxer' on what it's like to be an athlete during Ramadan

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A Muslim boxer has spoken about what it’s like to fast as an athlete during the holy month of Ramadan.

Safiyyah Syeed, known as the 'Hijabi Boxer', is one of the 1.8 billion Muslims across the world observing the holy month of Ramadan whilst carrying on with their day-to-day tasks.

Unlike most people fasting, her days involve intense training to keep herself in tip-top condition as an athlete. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar which Muslims observe by having no food or water from sunrise to sunset.

An important month for Muslims, the annual event is meant to help people focus on prayer, purification and charitable acts bringing them closer to