Jade Jones is targeting a professional boxing debut fight in September after setting herself a “crazy” challenge to switch from Taekwondo. Having competed for two decades in a sport which primarily ...

The 31-year-old, who claimed Olympic titles at London 2012 and Rio 2016, and later a world championship in 2019, will now train in Liverpool under former champion Stephen Smith. Jones stated her ...

Background Only one study reported the impact attenuation of taekwondo headgear. Although Olympic boxing has discontinued the use of head protectors, similarities in designs are suggested to provide a ...

The International Olympic Committee has questioned the veracity of claims by a former high-level boxing and taekwondo official of widespread bribery and corruption within the movement. In a series of ...

Two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones of Great Britain is switching sports to boxing. “Some days I wake up and think, am I absolutely crazy? Do you know what I mean?” Jones, 31, said in a BBC ...

Double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones has announced she is switching sports and has taken up boxing. The Team GB Olympian has said she has taken up boxing in hopes to become a world champion in ...

Background To date, only one study reported the impact attenuation of protective taekwondo headgear. Although Olympic boxing has discontinued the use of headgear, similarities in designs are thought ...

Britain’s two-time Olympic champion describes switch to sweet science as ‘crazy’ as she goes from ‘best in the world to complete novice’ Sonia Twigg primarily writes about cricket, tennis and football ...

2012 and 2016 Olympic taekwondo gold medallist Jade Jones has confirmed she is pursuing a career in professional boxing; 31-year-old says: "Boxing has always fascinated me and I'm excited to test ...