She turned 35 in July this year. Still, despite being on the wrong side of her thirties, an age when most fighters, male or female, begin thinking about retirement, Molly “Meatball” McCann continues to aim high. She wants to become the first UFC fighter to win a boxing world championship. Tonight, as the Ben Whittaker-Benjamin Gavazi headlined Matchroom event unfolds at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre, fans will see whether McCann can turn her dreams into reality or whether it’s merely wishful thinking, as it has been for many before her.

Molly McCann tests her skills against an equally determined boxing newcomer who, like her, hopes to make a mark in the sports world. Though four years younger than McCann, Ebonie Cotton does not boast the fighting pedigree her famous rival car

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