Iranian boxer Sadaf Khadem poses before a training session in preparation to her first official boxing bout in Royan, France, April 11, 2019. Two years after a clandestine impromptu training session on the Tehran hills, Sadaf Khadem will become the first Iranian woman to contest an official boxing fight in western France on Saturday, hoping to lead the way in the Islamic Republic. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
ROYAN, France (Reuters) - Two years after a clandestine impromptu training session on the hills of Tehran, Sadaf Khadem will become the first Iranian woman to contest an official boxing fight, hoping to lead the way in the Islamic Republic.
The bout will take place in western France on Saturday after the 24-year-old met with Frenchman Mahyar Monshipour, an Iranian-born former super bantamweight world champion.
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