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Nicola Adams OBE lit up the Manchester Arena on her highly anticipated pro debut, as she proved to be levels above Virginia Noemi Carcamo, winning every round live on BT Sport. Adams, who won gold at both the London and Rio Olympic Games as well as world and commonwealth gold amongst many others, was correctly judged the 40-36 victor by referee Steve Gray.
Nicola Adams insists her desire to continue making women’s boxing history will not stop until her name is shining down from the giant billboards above the Las Vegas Strip. The double Olympic champion begins another bright new era for the sport in Manchester on Saturday night when she makes her professional debut against Argentina’s Virginia Carcamo.
Nicola Adams believes working alongside some of the world's best will stand her in good stead when she makes her professional debut in Manchester on Saturday. The 34-year-old has been training in the same San Francisco gym as the likes of pound-for-pound star Andre Ward and Amir Khan ahead of her clash with Argentina's Virginia Carcamo.
In my opinion, based on my multiple decades in the game, fans at the Manchester Arena on April 8 – along with viewers on BoxNation and BT Sport – are about to witness in action one of the finest arrays of young talent ever assembled on a single card for many years. I am not just spouting the idle, ill-informed hype that British boxing fans must be becoming weary of hearing by now. This bill is a genuine blockbuster and I will be mightily surprised if a good number of the fights don’t catch fire and turn into ring classics.
Women’s boxing icon Nicola Adams OBE will make her highly anticipated professional debut against Argentina’s Virginia Noemi Carcamo at the Manchester Arena next Saturday, live on BT Sport and BoxNation. During what can be considered one of the most successful ever amateur careers for any female or male boxer, Adams secured a clean sweep of amateur titles winning every available accolade.
Nicola Adams Video Interview - Olympic double medal winner Nicola Adams is hoping to emulate UFC sensation Ronda Rousey by putting women’s boxing firmly on the map. The Leeds flyweight, who makes her professional debut on April 8th on a stacked card at the Manchester Arena, is looking to follow in the footsteps of Rousey who helped popularise women’s fighting in the UFC and became a huge crossover star as a result.
Olympic double medal winner Nicola Adams is hoping to emulate UFC sensation Ronda Rousey by putting women’s boxing firmly on the map. The Leeds flyweight, who makes her professional debut on April 8th on a stacked card at the Manchester Arena, is looking to follow in the footsteps of Rousey who helped popularise women’s fighting in the UFC and became a huge crossover star as a result.
Nicola Adams insists she wants “to take professional boxing to the next level” and follow the routes of former amateur stand-outs Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux. The two-time Olympic champion has begun preparations for her professional debut, which is scheduled to take place at the Manchester Arena on April 8. Adams has been put through her paces by American trainer Virgil Hunter in San Francisco ahead of the bout.
As many fight fans I no doubt will recall, I have in the past not been a huge advocate of women’s boxing or displayed any great enthusiasm for promoting the female game. I am not going to be a hypocrite or attempt to rewrite history, but my thought process at the time mostly revolved around the fact that there wasn’t any great depth or quality in the women’s ranks.
At a London press conference today, Hall of Fame Promoter Frank Warren and his new broadcast partner BT Sport announced initial details of the first four events to be broadcast on both BT Sport and BoxNation. Taking place at London’s iconic BT Towe