Boxing Feb 13, 2026

Amy Andrew continues extraordinary comeback - two children, no sleep and 'carnage' as she boxes on same bill as husband

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Amy Andrew continues extraordinary comeback - two children, no sleep and 'carnage' as she boxes on same bill as husband

“I get no sleep.” Two small children will do that to any parent. But factor into that as well training for a boxing match, promoting your first show and making a bit of boxing history by competing alongside your husband in the same event.

That is the task facing Amy Andrew, the unbeaten former Commonwealth featherweight champion. On Friday she will be having her second fight since the birth of her second child just six months ago.

Andrew and her husband Numan Hussain are based at their Rival Boxing gym in Kings Cross. They'll box on the same bill, promoted by Andrew, in Spain.

"No married couple has boxed on the same show before," Andrew told Your Site. "It's carnage. As politely as possible, Numan is a difficult man when he's making weight and training and I'm a difficult woman when I'm making weight and training.

"It's an amazing opportunity. We're both really trying to get to places in our career and it gives us a platform to really be able promote ourselves and get the fights we need to elevate our careers.

"So we decided to go for it and it is absolute carnage."

For Andrew herself, coming back to resume her professional boxing so soon after having her second child is remarkable.

"I was injured then I got pregnant so I was out for 20 months," she said. "After I had my daughter I was back in the gym that same week. I felt fine physically. I've just been itching to get back in the gym.

"While most people would decide that probably having two children was maybe the right time to throw in your boxing boots or whatever, I just feel I've got more to give the sport."

Andrew was a top amateur boxer and is targeting professional rematches with some of her old rivals.

"I feel like I'm nearly there to where I want to go to. There are lots of people I've beaten or had close fights with that I think would make really good fights: Raven Chapman, Skye Nicolson, Karriss Artingstall, people like that. Shannon Courtenay, I've boxed her and beat her," she said.

"I beat Raven in the ABA finals and Karriss and Skye beat me, but only just. Tysie [Gallagher] I beat her in the amateurs so that would be a good fight as well. People who are out there doing things, I'd love the opportunity to fight them because I believe I'm on that level."

But she added: "I feel like I've got more to give to the sport but the most difficult thing is the sleep.

"The aggressive sleep situation is definitely the thing that makes things tough. But equally I feel lucky to be in a position where I can do what I love and it doesn't seem to affect my boxing."

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