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‘She can’t do it’: How a Pakistani teenage boxer fought her biggest battle before the first punch

  • Aliya Soomro, 19, knocked out Thailand’s Suthida Ganyanooch in a boxing contest in Bangkok on May 3
  • The eldest daughter of a laborer, Soomro says people often told her parents not to let her pursue boxing
By NAIMAT KHAN ·

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