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The parents who make girls as young as five kick-box; Unprotected: Boys lay into each other without headgear Fighting five-year-old: Miah Flanagan looks terrified before a bout Miah with her father Darren: He admits she often cries.

Publication: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Publication Date: 21-APR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: Beth Hale

A BLONDE girl with her hands strapped into boxing gloves sobs at theside of the ring.

In another image her twin brother takes a direct hit to the face.

Miah and Kian Flanagan are five years old. But already they are seasonedfighters, taking part in the 'sport' of Thai boxing.

The opponents - some of them barely old enough to be at school - kick and puncheach other in the boxing ring while parents watch. One father shouts: 'Come on,Princess, go forward, kick 'em, kick 'em.' And incredibly, they are notbreaking the law.

Thai boxing is one of the fastest-growing martial arts...

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