She’s a knock-out

WITHOUT doubt, the best boxer on the recent David Haye v Tony Bellew fight programme was a woman — five- time former amateur world champion, the Pride of Ireland, Katie Taylor. Katie beat Italian Monica Gentili, who sustained many powerful hooks that were delivered with real skill by Katie.

Having been involved with boxing myself since I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I admired the talented Katie. This was only her third professional bout. The lady is well-schooled in self-defence — she punches with not only sporting grace but power.

I once ran a health and fitness club on Tenerife and was aware that some male bodybuilders training in the gym used to secretly inject themselves with the female hormone oestrogen to improve their durability to train on the weights for a longer period and achieve bigger muscles. The drawback was it could result in some men developing breasts.

Watching Katie rocking Monica’s head back reminded me why women are the more durable sex, and why I was glad to be born a male and never had to bear a child.

Monica Gentili personified durability at its fighting best, but I wonder: could the female hormone be unavoidably dangerous?

KEN MILLER, Allestree, Derbys.