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Jessica McCaskill went from homelessness to a successful investment banking career while moonlighting as a professional boxer. It was an extraordinary journey even before last August, when she defied the 6-1 odds against her to defeat Cecilia Brækhus for the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO welterweight titles.
Less than 30 hours after winning the fight of her life, she was back in the Body Shot Boxing Club on Chicago’s South Side on Monday morning at 6am.
McCaskill, who balances her boxing career with a full-time job as a regulatory reporting analyst for Chicago brokerage giant RJ O’Brien & Associates, has brought her work to the gym in the four months since her office shut down for the coronavirus pandemic. But working from home, as it were, has done little to compromise her productivity.
Three days a week, McCaskill starts her day at 3.30am, taking care of her two rescue pit bulls before meeting her trainees for a strength and conditioning session at a quarter to five. After heading to the gym in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood for another workout, she settles in behind her computer from 6am until 3pm. Unlike office life in the beforetimes, ducking out for a lunchtime run no longer requires a wardrobe change on either end.
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Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams has defeated Denis Douglin by a unanimous decision by scores of 79-73 (twice) and 77-75. The highly touted middleweight prospect from Houston improves to eight wins in eight pro fights. Williams landed 145 of 301 punches on the night (47%), compared to 78 of 272 for Douglin (29%). One to watch, no question.
= ✅@ammowilliams makes a giant leap forward as pro beating @DaMommasBoy in Dallas [79-73, 79-73, 77-75]#WilliamsDouglin #EstradaChocolatito2 pic.twitter.com/N1CehBygZ1
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