TARA J HAMER Manager & Ring Girl At T&S Promotions by Ralph Oates
abroad would certainly be something for us to look into in the near future, that would be an amazing experience. Ralph Oates Have you attended many world boxing title fights? Tara J Hamer Yes, I have. Tyson Fury Vs Dillian Whyte at Wembley on the 23rd April 2022. Tyson Fury ended it in the 6th round with an uppercut. Ralph Oates How long have you been interested in boxing?
In this month’s boxing column I interviewed Tara J Hamer who very kindly gave her time to answer various aspects on the sport. Ralph Oates In which part of Wales were you born? Tara J Hamer I was born in South Wales, Caerphilly. Ralph Oates In which capacity are you involved in boxing? Tara J Hamer I manage our ring girls at T&S Promotions alongside my work partner/manager and close friend Sophie Hoyle. Sophie and I also ring girl and hostess at various fights and boxing events across the UK. Ralph Oates How long have you been working in this capacity? Tara J Hamer We have been working in this capacity for around 6 years. Prior to working for ourselves we gained close relationships with different promoters. We started off working at much smaller events and have worked some charity events as ring girls. It is always important to help raise money for a good cause. Ralph Oates How many fights have you attended? Tara J Hamer I’m unsure exactly how many fights that I’ve attended in total over the years but there has definitely been quite a few. Many of these fights would be a night that I’m working the actual boxing event. Ralph Oates Have you had many boxing engagements abroad? Tara J Hamer We haven’t worked overseas as of yet but taking our work
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Tara J Hamer Boxing has been an interest of mine for a number of years, I just love the sport! the hard work and dedication that goes into boxing itself is admirable. Ralph Oates What drew you to the sport of boxing? Tara J Hamer I think looking back maybe watching the Rocky box set over and over. I just absolutely loved boxing, (quite possibly as well as having a soft spot for A J haha). I genuinely just enjoy the sport and love getting involved when working events. If I’m not working then I also love watching the fights on TV, I get all excited. Ralph Oates At the moment the rounds in women’s professional boxing lasts for the duration or two minutes while the men’s last three minutes. Do you feel the rounds of women’s boxing should be increased to three or stay as they are at two minutes. Tara J Hamer That is a very difficult one to answer as I’m sure there are valid reasons on both sides. If I had to say I think maybe keep things as they are for women boxing at 2 minute rounds. They say things have been scientifically tested for safety purposes. Some of the reasons being to do with a woman’s bone structure, it’s proven that 80% of women have more concussion probability than men, and that if a woman has concussion their after symptoms are much stronger. Therefore fighting another minute I feel could potentially cause more punches to the head, even a KO could happen in that extra time which could go on to cause severe concussion. Also, their menstrual cycle is said to have a big impact on women fighting due to 12 different hormones which act in the body system, creating radical changes in several areas. I can also totally understand why on the other hand people disagree and feel that it should be equal and fair in the sport, just like other sports between a male and female they are both the same. Women also train hard so they are more than capable of going all 3 minutes as they would have done this whilst they were at amateur boxing level. My choice in this matter would simply
