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Trailblazing Olympic refugee boxer Cindy Ngamba set for a pro debut on all-female fight card

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Olympic refugee boxer Cindy Ngamba set for a pro debut on all-female fight card in London .

She's facing veteran Kirstie Bavington in a super welterweight bout in London as part of the fight card.

At the Paris Games , she became the first athlete competing as a refugee to earn a medal.

She picked up boxing at age 15 and it became an escape from the stress of worrying about her residency status.