{"id":521825,"date":"2026-04-09T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/521825\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:32:10","slug":"impulsive-inkster-punches-above-her-weight-in-boxing-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/521825\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Impulsive\u2019 Inkster punches above her weight in boxing success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN \u201cIMPULSIVE\u201d teenager has won her first boxing bout after spontaneously signing up during freshers\u2019 week.<\/p>\n<p>Nursing student Inga Inkster defied nerves and just weeks of training to beat a fellow student from Stirling in the ring late last month.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old, who plays both women\u2019s football and hockey, said she had never considered boxing before \u2013 but now had a taste for it after her first victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was someone going around inviting people to stuff at freshers\u2019 week and they said we should give it a go,\u201d Inkster told Shetland News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were out that night and all just decided, \u2018let\u2019s do it\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inkster was part of the Shetland women\u2019s football team at the Island Games last summer, while she has represented the blues on the hockey pitch in the junior inter-county.<\/p>\n<p>She said her sporting experience had drawn her to giving boxing a go.<\/p>\n<p>Scottish Parliament election ads3 of 3<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m such an impulsive person,\u201d she laughed. \u201cI signed up to do a May half-marathon in January.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After undergoing eight weeks of intensive training, Inkster\u2019s first opponent pulled out just two days before the bout.<\/p>\n<p>Inga Inkster unleashes a right hook.<\/p>\n<p>She then went through the training a second time \u2013 while out on a nursing placement at a local hospital in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how I actually functioned with the training,\u201d Inkster admitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe training was at 8pm and I was coming off of nightshift. We did eight weeks of circuits and then sparring for the last two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was terrifying, because only one girl would show up to training. So I was having to spar with six feet tall boys when I\u2019m only five feet [tall].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re thinking, \u2018why am I doing this?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inkster\u2019s opponent had won a fight the week before their bout, which she said made her \u201ceven more nervous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"row-text sign-in-message\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/account.shetnews.co.uk\/?redirect_to=https:\/\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/2026\/04\/09\/impulsive-inkster-punches-weight-boxing\/\" title=\"Sign in\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in<\/a> to hide this message.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And the usually chatty teenager said that anxiety completely overwhelmed her before she stepped into the ring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone was saying I just went non-verbal,\u201d she laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy coaches were trying to speak to me but I was not okay, I was just silent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey told me to take a deep breath because I was shaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But when her ring walk-on song \u2013 Crazy in Love by Beyonce \u2013 started, Inkster said that \u201csomething just came over me\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone else was walking out, but I was like skipping and running out!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said that, in a video from the fight, she could see herself carrying out some of the moves she learned in training.<\/p>\n<p>However she admits that, in the all the excitement, she \u201cdid forget to shield my face\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Inga Inkster was part of the women\u2019s football team at the 2025 Island Games. Photo: Kevin Jones<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told my coaches before, \u2018if my nose bleeds don\u2019t tell me\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did bust my nose, it was so swollen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Inkster\u2019s hand was raised by the referee as the winner of the fight, she said all of the emotion came straight to the surface.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou would have thought I\u2019d won the lottery,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started to cry \u2013 I think I was just so nervous, I was just bawling my eyes out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI even did a little dance in the ring, that\u2019s so not like me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fight night also helped to raise \u00a33,000 for the Glasgow cancer charity Beatson.<\/p>\n<p>Inkster thanked her coaches and her parents, who she says \u201cobviously weren\u2019t happy when I first told them\u201d about the fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they thought, \u2018oh my God, what are you doing?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However she now has the boxing bug, adding: \u201cI think boxing might be a sport for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shetland News is asking its readers to consider paying for membership to get additional perks:<\/p>\n<p>Removal of third-party ads;<br \/>\nBookmark posts to read later;<br \/>\nExclusive curated weekly newsletter;<br \/>\nHide membership messages;<br \/>\nComments open for discussion.<\/p>\n<p>If you appreciate what we do and feel strongly about impartial local journalism, then please become a member of Shetland News by either making a single payment, or setting up a monthly, quarterly or yearly subscription.<\/p>\n<p class=\"row-text sign-in-message\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/account.shetnews.co.uk\/?redirect_to=https:\/\/www.shetnews.co.uk\/2026\/04\/09\/impulsive-inkster-punches-weight-boxing\/\" title=\"Sign in\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in<\/a> to hide this message.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/payments_horizontal_2.png\" alt=\"Payment methods accepted\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AN \u201cIMPULSIVE\u201d teenager has won her first boxing bout after spontaneously signing up during freshers\u2019 week. 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