by Kemong Mopedi | Sep 1, 2025 | Cover Star
Indigo Haddington’s journey with fitness began in a small boxing gym, at the age of 13. This, she says, became an antidote to the anxiety and depression that clouded her teens. “I was the girl who didn’t fit into school sports and was looking for a place to belong....
by Women's Health | Jun 2, 2025 | Workouts
With martial-arts-style manoeuvres, full body HIIT boxing workouts are much more than self-defence – they’re proven calorie killers that burn an average of 500 of those buggers an hour. They also target and tone your arms, shoulders, abs, thighs and butt for a...
by Michelle October | Jun 21, 2023 | Profile
It all started with a movie. Million Dollar Baby, to be exact. It was the main character, Maggie Fitzgerald, who inspired Simangele ‘Smash’ Hadebe to try her hand at boxing. “The main character in that movie is so persistent,” reflects 29-year-old...
by Michelle October | Dec 15, 2022 | Profile
“There’s something that’s quite interesting when you get hit in the face,” says Jessica Mouneimne. “My husband, who’s my coach, says this all the time: ‘Once you get punched in the face, you know, this is for me or it’s not for me.’” We can assume...
by Michelle October | Mar 30, 2022 | Fitness
We’ve seen many a Rocky montage: the boxer, down on his luck, needs a win in the upcoming fight. Cue inspirational music and skipping sequences, early morning runs, sweat pelting on the floor. We get it: training to get fit in the ring is hard work. But so is actual...
