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To be on team gb, so close to going to the olympic qualifiers. i was that weight when i was probably about 12, so trying to keep that weight to the age of 21 was so unhealthy. you re not drinking water, you re dehydrating yourself, you re not eating, you re basically, like, starving yourself to try and get to a weight. i felt drained, walking to the scales, like, the weigh in, i struggled to even walk up the stairs, that s just the way it was. i wanted to go to the olympics so i was willing to do anything. and in the end, theyjust sort of said, look, ebonie, it s obvious you re killing yourself to make this weight. you rejust going to do yourself damage. so i got took off team gb, which it felt like my whole world had ended because that was my dream since a kid. ....
She just sees me as her lovely granddaughter. she probably preferred it if i didn t box because she probably finds it horrible, the thought of me getting punched. 0h, bless your heart. there you go. you are a good girl to me. hi, eb! you alright, mate? alright? alright, jill? hello, mum. with boxing, it s a lonely sport. you re on your own, but you sort of, like, forget you actually, you need your family around you. hello, dad. alright, mum? how s training going? yeah, alright. i think everyone s got something in them, what they re good at. but, you know, 95% of people never find that. i got this out of the storage today scrapbook. ..and with ebonie, it was boxing. how old was you there when you won the europeans? 15. ....
Seconds out, sixth and final round final session, - ebonie jones in with the more experienced vaida masiokaite, 11 years older. i this performance from - ebonie jones, who announces herself on the - professional scene, and the family and friends are all there for her. - eb, she came - in with the old hat, the western hat, matt wantedl a performance and he got one, well done ebonie. oh, ebonie jones, oh ebonie jones. this bout goes - the distance and it goes to our referee, i scoring the bout 59 ? 55, declaring the - winner ebonie jones! it s the best buzz, when your hand gets raised and you ve won the fight there s no feeling in the world like it all the hard blood, sweat, and tears, all the hard training ....
I ve never wanted something to be over so fast in all my life. ijust want it to be fast forwarded - to her being ? like her hand being put up in the air and all- that and just done. and now set to make her way into the arena, ebonie jones. go on, ebonie! go on, girl! she s talented, she s got an eye catching style as she enjoys her first ring walk avec the cowboy hat in a prime tv slot, some entrance. ....
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