The chances of Paige VanZant emerging from her bare-knuckle boxing debut unscathed are slim to none. Regardless of the result of her first fight tonight against Britain Hart, the nature of the sport means the bout will leave its mark.
But for a woman who carries more mental scars than most, a few cuts and bruises will barely raise an eyebrow. Growing up in Oregan, VanZant excelled in dance from an early age, trying out ballet, dance and hip-hop.
But her life was changed forever when, aged just 14, she was gang-raped by a group of boys who had plied her with alcohol at a party. "They move me around...
they change my position," VanZant wrote in her autobiography . "I fail each time I try to resist, my limbs like wet cement on my body, my
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