Constance Ngubane, a 79-year-old granee boxer trains — The Week
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Boxing has been described as a tough sport but these grannies from South Africa do not budge. They have taken up boxing to stay fit and healthy; some of them as old as 75, the BBC reported recently.
Last year, their coach, Claude Maphosa said his Johannesburg-based A-Team Gym had taken in as many as 30 older women from the age of 60.
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One of them is 75-year-old Zodwa Twala. She said: “I like boxing. Whenever I train I feel younger. I don’t get pains. I feel good. I’ll never quit.”
Watch the boxing granees display their boxing skills below:
Train with boxing grannies at a gym — @airbnb Experience https://t.co/TBL77Brnmq pic.twitter.com/r4rbkPVQgi
— boxing grannies (@Theateamgp) May 20, 2018
