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85 Years Old and Going Strong at the Boxing Gym (w/Video)

cbsnews.com — When you're 85 and riddled with arthritis, just moving the coffee pot from here to there can be an exhausting experience. "I'm going to have to sit down for a minute," said 85-year-old Thelma Tavares.

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  • inactive, on 07/23/2008, -0/+9Man the title is misleading, I thought it was gonna be a boxing version of that Japanese master grandma training those Italian soldiers.
  • mikerad86, on 07/22/2008, -0/+6I think I could take her one on one...
  • Thurloat, on 07/23/2008, -0/+4link to japanese master grandma?
  • erad222, on 07/23/2008, -2/+4Tyson vs. Tavares! Live this Sunday, only on pay-per-view!
  • inactive, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2http://digg.com/people/Italian_Soldiers_Floored_By ...
  • WiretapStudios, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2It's go time. Mandelbaum, Mandelbaum!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcFSOnumgZA
  • bijna, on 07/23/2008, -1/+3This summer, Thelma Tavares is.... COCKPUNCHER!
  • bioviral, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Watch your ears
  • Huangism, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1i knock her with a flick of a finger.

    terrible article it matches the video almsot word for word, very creative
  • inactive, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Literally.
  • boester, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1so why are they keeping the pen pal tradition?
  • thatfunman, on 07/23/2008, -1/+2This you state, but would you feel good after knocking out an 85 year old woman? Hehehe.
  • mnemy, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1She offered sound advice to the kids. Good thing she only teaches the kids, I'd hate to see her in my opponent's corner ;)
  • screwtheman, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Buried for lame Exxon Mobil ad and not using "Boxing Granny" in the title.
  • jinsundo, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1She's tough!
  • WiretapStudios, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1a woman! playing sports! now i've seen everything!
  • rob2oo4, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1"You guys shut up and work on the bag!"

    very encouraging words....classic video
  • jjhuddle, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1I'd hit it.
  • cawpin, on 07/23/2008, -2/+2Yes, because it's always more amazing when it's a woman. Grow up.
  • NRay7882, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1They should have played L.L. Cool J.
  • mikerad86, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1Well, I'm not talking about boxing...
  • BradOFarrell, on 07/23/2008, -0/+0It... You could've just as easily implied that the title, as is, is ageism. Women are biologically different from men. And a woman boxer is culturally more rare. I am more impressed by it being an 85 year old woman than I was by it being an 85 year old man. If we're going to list the things that makes it improbably (her age) why exclude the gender, which is also an unlikely factor?
  • inactive, on 07/23/2008, -1/+0Well, she's not exactly a boxer.
  • sbassoli, on 07/23/2008, -1/+0She will stomp on your childrens' genitals, just so you can feel the pain she feels every day.
  • BradOFarrell, on 07/23/2008, -2/+0The title should probably include the fact that she's an 85 year old WOMAN. Or description. That's more impressive.
  • inactive, on 07/23/2008, -5/+1More videos

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=GYT_0b_XN7A

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