OLIVIA BOA

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OLIVIA BOA – professional boxer, a fashion designer and an art painter. Also, Olivia is a mum of 4. She started her boxing career 21 years ago when she was 19 years old. She made Swiss and France and European championship and also world boxing championship. Her last fight was in Sweden on November 27th, 2021 for the world championship

How did you understand that you want to enter this type of sport and connect it with your life?

When I was 9 years old, I told my mum that I want to practice boxing. She answered to me a definite ‘NO’, she was sure that boxing is not for girl. I was actually a shy girl and I wanted to feel myself stronger and confident. That is actually a reason why I chose boxing.

How can boxing change life?

If you decided to start practicing boxing in a really serious way, it can definitely your life forever. You can learn enormously on yourself. How you manage your fear, your courage, your experience and your reactions. You will learn deeply and trustily on yourself.

What was the first thing you learn about boxing?

The main and first thing was respect. This is actually the first thing that boxing gives to learn to everybody. You need to respect your opponent. To come inside a ring and fight you make sacrifice, you respect your opponent during victory but also defeat.

You said: ‘Boxing is not only a sport; this is an art and a philosophy.’ Can you explain and talk more about it?

Boxing teach a lot on yourself; you need to know your limits and to exceed them, this is the philosophy. And for the art, for me boxing it’s like dancing, you need to observe your opponent, to react first, to move, to dance like Mohamed Ali! Mohamed Ali danced inside the ring; this is really an art!

You launched your sportswear brand “B boxer by Boa” in 2021. Is it difficult to create something new during Covid-19?

Yes, it was a huge challenge. Because there are no more fashion weeks, no more show to present my new collection all events are closed. But I love challenge! And with social media I have found another way to show my brand.

Can you tell us about the main idea of your brand?

My main idea is to wear a philosophy not only a sweatshirt or a track suit. I keep the French language to keep the French touch to my clothing.

What advice can you give to people who want to start a boxing career?

Boxing need to be a passion, inside your blood. If you are able to scarify your time, your diet, your energy for boxing, let’s go! You will save 10 years of therapy for sure.

What are your plans for next 5 years?

Actually, with Covid is special, I prefer to see my future step by step in the present moment. I can tell you that my goal for 2022 is to spray my B Boxer’s collection and my art. I do also “Boxing Painting Street Art” mean I do artworks with gloves and painting. The result is awesome and makes incredible paintings for interior designer. I had some order from USA and Beijin. So, I still boxing in another way.