Shanghai Fight Night is back! The havoc begins December 5 at Pudong Shangri-La with six bouts of amateur fighters and two matchups of professionals. We had a special opportunity to get the boxers out of the ring to answer a few questions. Here's what the first pair of fighters had to say...
Esme "South Side" Harvey
Job: Regional Manager at The Education Network
Nationality: British
Age: 26
Weight (kg): 62kg
Height (cm): 174cm
Favorite quote: "If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you."
Motivation for boxing: There are no excuses in boxing. You either give all you have or someone else is going to throw it back at you.
If you could fight anyone, dead or alive, who would it be? I am not so sure about fighting someone but if I could be trained by anyone for a fight it would be Manny Pacquiao and his trainer as his skill as a southpaw fighter and footwork is incredible!
Favorite boxer: I have many favorite boxers for different reasons, however Muhammad Ali has to be my all-time favorite. Not only for his skill in the ring but for his achievements outside.
Favorite boxing clip:
Hilary "The Showstopper" Fan
Job: Account Manager at Empress Group
Nationality: Chinese
Age: 21
Weight (kg): 62kg
Height (cm): 178cm
Favorite quote: "To thine own self be true." - Hamlet, Shakespeare
Motivation for boxing: Challenging myself to a new sport.
If you could fight anyone, dead or alive, who would it be? Twiggy [the English model and sixties icon], 'cuz she's skinny so I'd have a good chance of winning. She's the one that brought the skinny craze into the modeling industry – I was a model before and what lots of my friends go through to keep up with that standard makes me angry, haha, so I'd throw her in the ring and rearrange her pretty little face.
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