Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/03/09
By: Chung Yu-Chen
Taipei, March 9 (CNA) Twenty-one-year-old Taiwanese female boxer Chen Nien-chin (陳念琴) was
Image taken from Chen Nien-chin’s Facebook page
recently ranked number one by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) in the welterweight category (69 kg), with a score of 1357.5 points.
A member of the indigenous Amis tribe, the Hualien-born athlete has been hailed by local media as the “Ami bellona” and “boxing queen.”
She excelled throughout 2018, winning the gold medal at the Ulaanbaatar Box Cup, World University Boxing Championship, and the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships.
Chen said she took part in many women’s boxing competitions with her coach last year.
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