British boxer Denise Castle fights in Bangkok on Thursday with two goals in mind — one, to win a belt; and two, to prove age is no barrier to doing so.
Castle, from Bournemouth in southern England, is now 51 years old and has conducted the entirety of her western boxing career away from home, as she has been repeatedly denied a licence by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC).
She claims this is age discrimination, with her applications being knocked back at the ages of 41, 44 and 50, despite several other countries being prepared to licence her and the WBC four…
