Mini-documentary made on Carlow's Chloe Black after boxing debacle left her devastated
'Getting Behind Chloe'
A mini-documentary has been made on Carlow's Chloe Black after an obscure boxing rule left her devastated when she was not allowed to fight in the National Finals recently.
Chloe had travelled to the National Stadium in Dublin and had completed the weigh-in, only to be told right before her fight that she was disqualified because she also takes part in Muay Thai.
The 12-year-old was not allowed to box on the basis of an Irish Athletic Boxing Association rule which disallows competitors to be involved in any other individual, physical, contact sport.
Now a mini-documentary has been filmed by SUNFA Films called, "Getting Behind Chloe".
A petition to abolish the boxing rule which prevented Chloe from fighting in the Nationals has garnered over 2,600 signatures already.
Chloe said boxing had really brought out her confidence and after the events at the National Stadium, she said: "I was distraught, I started crying, I couldn't hold it in, I was so angry with the way it was dealt with.
"I could've been told Thursday and I would've been able to get over it.
"But being told a couple of minutes before the fight when I was really confident, it really broke me. I just had to get out of the stadium as quickly as possible, I could not hold it in any longer."