Shelley Marie Watts (born 10 August 1987) is an Australian

amateur boxer Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three ...

. Watts competed in the women's lightweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won the gold medal. 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.

Personal life

Watts is a supporter of the Australian football team

South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league club based in Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are one of nine existing tea ...

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* * * * * * 1987 births Living people Australian women boxers Lightweight boxers Olympic boxers for Australia Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games People from the Mid North Coast Sportswomen from New South Wales {{Australia-boxing-bio-stub