IDENTICAL twins Toni and Jamie Gregory will step into the ring for the first time at a charity boxing match – just 15 weeks after one of them gave birth.
The sisters, who both live in Clifton, have never boxed before, but signed up to raise money in memory of their grandmother Rita Turner.
Full-time mum Toni gave birth to daughter Storm just nine weeks ago, but is using the challenge as an incentive to lose her baby weight.
The pair, both 26, will receive eight weeks of training, three nights a week, at Beeston Boxing Club before the big event on November 2.
Toni, of Gardendale Avenue, said: "Even though I've never done any boxing before, I knew it would be a good challenge, although I'm sure I will be very scared when it comes to the actual night.
"I was fine with the training until we started sparring, which made me a bit more nervous! The closest I've ever come to boxing is going to Boxercise classes, so this is obviously very different."
The sisters will fight three, two-minute rounds during the event, which will be held at the Village Hotel in Chilwell.
They don't know yet who they will be fighting – but it probably won't be each other.
Jamie, of Sunninghill Drive, a customer services advisor, said: "We both said we thought it would be good to fight each other, but we tried sparring each other the other day and we kept making the same moves and just blocking each other – it was as if we knew what the other was going to do.
"It might also get a bit confusing for people watching as we're identical."
The pair are hoping to raise as much money as possible for Cancer Research UK, after their 74-year-old grandmother Rita, of Chealfield Close, Clifton, died in 2010 following a battle with bowel cancer.
Toni said: "It's obviously a cause that's very close to both our hearts. I'd like to think she (Rita) would be very proud of us – she always thought we were a bit crazy!"
To donate, visit www.justgiving.com/Toni-Gregory2 or www.justgiving.com/jamie-gregory2.
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