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From Grays in Essex, she began boxercise classes at the age of 25 but had no intention of stepping into the ring competitively.

Hughes, from Grays in Essex, began boxercise classes at the age of 25.

In her early teens Ali was bullied at school for being overweight, so went to the local gym and tried a boxercise class, but did not tell her family as she thought they would disapprove of the sport for a Muslim girl.

With chemotherapy behind him, Wood said he’s “in fine fettle” and has been keeping to a daily regimen of tai chi, yoga and “a little Boxercise.”

It’s essentially Guitar Hero meets boxercise: you jab, hook and uppercut glowing orbs and duck or dodge barriers, all of which fly at you in sync with a soundtrack ranging from rock, pop and dance to drum’n’bass.