Jade Jones bid an emotional farewell to taekwondo, a sport that was her whole life. She is pursuing a boxing career less than a year after losing in the first round at the 2024 Olympics. ' She added: 'The way the Olympics went...
' Jones, 32, won Olympic gold at the 2012 Olympics in London and again in Rio de Janeiro four years later, and won Team GB's first Olympic gold medal in taekwondo aged 19 in 2012. Jones takes on Egypt Criss in her maiden boxing bout in Derby on 7 March. Egypt Criss is the daughter of hip-hop stars Anthony 'Treach' Criss from Naughty by Nature and Sandra 'Pepa' Denton from Salt-N-Pepa.
Jade Jones labelled the crossover from taekwondo to boxing as 'crazy'. She has trained for little more than a year in boxing. Jones said: 'I think one of the hardest challenges that people don't realise is going from being at the top of one sport and going to the complete bottom of another sport.
' Jones is training under the guidance of former professional boxer Stephen 'Swifty' Smith at Liverpool's iconic 4 Corners Gym. ' Jones previously stated she aims to become a two-sport world champion.