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Former boxing world champion Heather Hardy 鈥� gives us an insight into the realities of making a living from boxing ahead of a huge night at Wembley Arena, which sees two women鈥檚 world title fights on the same bill.

Hardy believes the sport still has much to do in terms of the gender pay gap and that the time has come for women to stop thanking men for opportunities to showcase their skills. Hardy says women need to co-headline big shows and admits her own career may be over. She lost her world title in her last fight and says she鈥檒l never fight again for 鈥渁 pay check that doesn鈥檛 make sense鈥�.

However, despite her own struggles in the sport, Hardy does believe boxing is a viable career choice for young girls and women that are coming through now.

We also hear from promoter Eddie Hearn, who addresses Hardy鈥檚 concerns about pay and promotion for female fighters and the 大象传媒鈥檚 boxing correspondent, Mike Costello, gives us his views on the pay gap and looks ahead to the night's action.

Gia Peebles and Lesleigh Mausi from the Ebony Anglers join us to talk about friendship, fishing and what it鈥檚 like being part of an all-Black, all-female competitive angling team. The team was set up earlier this year and they鈥檝e already won a major tournament. Peebles and Mausi talk us through their big haul and explain how they鈥檙e hoping to inspire young girls and boys to take up the sport.

We hear how long-covid has affected former world number three tennis player Grigor Dimitrov. He鈥檚 been speaking to the 大象传媒鈥檚 Laura Scott after he contracted coronavirus back in June.

Sporting Witness charts the remarkable career of the Argentina blind football captain Silvio Velo - who's still finding the net in his late forties and is credited with raising the profile of his sport in South America.

And the 大象传媒鈥檚 golf correspondent, Iain Carter, joins us with all the latest news ahead of the third round of the The Masters at Augusta National.

(Photo: Heather Hardy celebrates after winning her featherweight bout against Paola Torres in 2018. Credit: Getty Images)

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