Jade Jones is swapping taekwondo for boxing

Jade Jones, Olympic taekwondo champion, switches to boxing
Two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones of Great Britain is switching sports to boxing. "Some days I wake up and think, am I absolutely crazy? Do you know what I mean?" Jones, 31, said in a BBC Breakfast segment that aired Friday.
Olympian Jade Jones on why she is swapping Taekwondo for professional boxing
Jade Jones is targeting a professional boxing debut fight in September after setting herself a “crazy” challenge to switch from Taekwondo.
Double Olympic champion Jade Jones retires from taekwondo to take up boxing
Double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones has announced her retirement from the sport in order to embark on a new career as a professional boxer. Jones, 31, who won gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016, will be trained by former British and Commonwealth champion Stephen Smith in Liverpool.
Two-time Olympic champion Jade Jones swaps taekwondo for boxing with Liverpool trainer
Jade Jones has announced her retirement from taekwondo, as the double Olympic champion gets ready to start the next chapter in her life as a professional boxer.
Jade Jones retires as double Olympic taekwondo champion to start new boxing career
Jade Jones has announced her retirement from taekwondo, as the double Olympic champion gets ready to start the next chapter in her life as a professional boxer.
Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones launches boxing career
She was 19 when she won Britain's first Olympic taekwondo gold at London in 2012. She went on to successfully defend the title in Rio de Janeiro four years later. Jones couldn't a
Why Jade Jones is swapping taekwondo for boxing
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