GIRLS as young as seven are stepping into the ring for public kick-boxing stoushes, the Gold Coast Bulletin reports.
Jasmine Parr, 8, survived her first bout on the Gold Coast last night, but isn't so sure she wants to do it again any time soon.
"Maybe when I'm 10," she said afterwards, her $100 prize money in her hand.
It was a fight surrounded by controversy, but as Jasmine, the pint-sized daughter of kick-boxing champion John Wayne Parr, prepared for her first fight there was nothing but support.
As she waited to be called Jasmine couldn't wipe the smile off her face, but admitted she had been scared of her opponent, seven-year-old Georgina 'Punchout' Barton from Brisbane.
''She [Georgina] looked really scary in her photo, but when I met her in real life she was really nice,'' she said.
Training every day except Sunday, Jasmine is clearly a lot stronger than your average kid and said she wasn't worried about the fight.
''I'm not scared of getting hurt, because I get hurt a lot,'' she said.
Heading out into the ring to cheers and claps from the audience Jasmine was all smiles, but her confidence didn't last long with the tears starting to flow a few minutes into the first round.
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