Jessica Cashman is a fighter in every sense of the word.
She has taught herself how to fight her entire life and now is passing on those valuable lessons as she told Local Ipswich News on her return from the U19 National Championships in Perth.
Jessica was Queensland coach for the representative youth boxing squad for the third time, and is celebrating a very successful campaign in the ring this year.
The championship is the pathway for the Youth World Championships in the US later this year
“We absolutely nailed it we came away with 28 gold medals across the junior and youth categories,” she said.
“We were awarded the best junior team, best youth team, and for athletes we had best junior male and best junior female and best youth female.”
With boxing a pursuit that she never saw herself getting into, Jessica has come a long way to now be a mentor and leader in the ring to the next generation.
After putting a troubled marriage behind her, Jessica poured her energy into competing in the boxing ring.
“When I started boxing, I was never going to fight,” she said.
“I worked and trained so hard that after my first time fighting, I loved it.”
The Ipswich local’s career netted three amateur state titles and a national Golden Gloves title before turning professional in 2020.
Away from the ring, she sees her role as a mum to her sons Israel and Caesar as the most rewarding thing she has done, and also the most humbling.
“I just want to show them that if you set your mind to something and really want it, that if you work hard, you will always get there.”
She now has her own gym, Ipswich City Boxing Club, educating the next generation that there is always a brighter future ahead.
“I have to show them no matter who you are or where you come from, you can smash goals and dreams.”
