Shelley Watts Explained

Shelley Watts
Fullname:	Shelley Marie Watts
Birth Place:	Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Height:	164 cm
Weight:	60 kg lightweight division
Weight Class:	Lightweight
Show-Medals:	yes

Shelley Marie Watts (born 10 August 1987) is an Australian amateur boxer.^[1] Watts competed in the women's lightweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won the gold medal.^[2] She was also a competitor in the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.

Watts qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, on 31 March 2016 by making the final of the 2016 Asian and Oceanian Olympic qualifying event, only to be eliminated in her first fight by Italian teenager Irma Testa.

Watts is now a lawyer. She began her law degree three years before starting boxing.^[3]

Personal life

Watts is a supporter of the Australian football team South Sydney Rabbitohs.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shelley Watts . Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games . 10 August 2014.
2. News: Commonwealth Games: Shelley Watts Australia's first women's boxing champion . The Sydney Morning Herald . 2 August 2014.
3. Web site: Fighting for your fairy tale: How law student Shelley Watts won Commonwealth Gold . collaw.edu.au . 27 September 2017 . 7 February 2022.
4. Web site: PREMIUM: Maguire on Shelley Watts . 12 August 2016.
5. Web site: Shelley Watts | AUS Team | Rio 2016 . rio2016.olympics.com.au . 2 February 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170203080745/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/shelley-watts . 3 February 2017.
6. Web site: Shelley Watts is fighting for her fairytale . canberratimes.com.au . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816023938/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/interactive/2016/olympics/shelley-watts . 16 August 2016.