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Video: The Boxing Girl

by Rishi Iyengar, Joanna Plucinska, Marion Halftermeyer

Selena Lauth started boxing when she was five. As one of only two girls who trains at the Willis Avenue Boxing Gym in the Bronx, she is used to sparring with boys her own age. And she usually wins.

Selena, 11, has already amassed several trophies and medals. But her father feels she is destined for bigger and better things, and has his sights set on the 2020 Olympics.

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