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Barbara Buttrick: The Mighty Atom

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How Barbara ‘The Mighty Atom’ refused to give up her boxing dream:

“It used to annoy me that the attitude was girls shouldn’t have the opportunity to become what they want,” said the 87-year-old. “It was a man’s world but that never stopped me becoming a world champion. I knew boxing is what I wanted to do, so I did it.”

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