"No Regrets," : Spanish Boxer-Politician Fighting Gender Violence

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Miriam Gutierrez "La Reina" (The Queen), 36, gets dressed after training at her boxing gym in Madrid, Spain, March 26, 2019. Picture taken March 26, 2019. Miriam Gutierrez boxes with a mouthguard engraved with the words #genderviolence. Beaten up by her partner when she was pregnant with her first child, the young Spaniard has since used boxing, and now politics, to champion women's rights. REUTERS/Susana Vera

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Miriam Gutierrez "La Reina" (The Queen), 36, trains at her boxing gym in Madrid, Spain, March 26, 2019. Picture taken March 26, 2019. And she's had quite a year. Gutierrez, who has earned herself the nickname "The Queen" at her gym, became European lightweight boxing champion in March and was elected as a city councillor in a Madrid suburb in May. REUTERS/Susana Vera

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Miriam Gutierrez "La Reina" (The Queen), 36, reacts with pain in her shoulder during a physical therapy session in Paracuellos del Jarama, outside Madrid, Spain, March 27, 2019. Picture taken March 27, 2019. Now, she is aiming for a world championship title while further spreading the word for women's rights - all that in a country where the issue of gender violence has become very politicised, and divisive. REUTERS/Susana Vera

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Miriam Gutierrez "La Reina" (The Queen), 36, punches Bianka Nagy in the face during a boxing match in Barcelona, Spain, April 14, 2019. Picture taken April 14, 2019. "My dream could not be destroyed by anything," Gutierrez said in an interview at her boxing club, as warm and smiling out of the ring as she is focused in it. REUTERS/Susana Vera

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Miriam Gutierrez "La Reina" (The Queen), 36, fights Samantha Smith for the lightweight European Championship in Torrelodones, outside Madrid, Spain, March 23, 2019. Picture taken March 23, 2019. The young mother of two recalled how when she was only 21, and eight months pregnant, her partner at the time beat her so severely that she gave birth prematurely - and covered in bruises. "He hit me in the face in such a way that he broke several bones in my face and I fell to the ground. What I worried about first of all was whether my daughter still had a heartbeat", Gutierrez said. REUTERS/Susana Vera

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Miriam Gutierrez "La Reina" (The Queen), 36, celebrates her victory over Samantha Smith (not pictured) for the lightweight European Championship in Torrelodones, outside Madrid, Spain, March 23, 2019. Picture taken March 23, 2019. The child is now a teenager and doing well, and has a younger brother, both of whom support their mother in her boxing career. REUTERS/Susana Vera

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