In a new documentary, trailblazer pugilist Bianca Elmir encourages women to 'take the road less travelled'. Credit:Meredith O'Shea

Boxer Bianca Elmir recently turned professional but she’s hardly getting around in a limo and eating truffles.

‘‘Australia isn’t a boxing nation, so you’re really pushing shit up hill,’’ says the diminutive but outspoken 36-year-old, about being one of about 10 pro female boxers in this country.

She says she earns ‘‘pocket money’’, with maybe some tracksuits donated if she’s lucky.

‘‘There are women in the world who’ve made quite a lot of money being professional boxers, but mostly in Europe,’’ says Elmir, who is training for a national featherweight title fight (she's won two national amateur flyweight titles) in Canberra next month.