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Boxer battles poverty, misogyny to become Vietnam's first world champion / 32932QD
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From her youth spent scraping a living on the streets, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi battled poverty and sexist prejudice to become Vietnam's first boxing world champion.
The 25-year-old scored an enormous upset over defending champion Etsuko Tada of Japan in October to claim the World Boxing Organisation mini-flyweight belt.
It was a remarkable triumph for an athlete who rose from humble beginnings in a conservative society where women's participation in sport -- especially combat events -- is often sneered at. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES