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A night of women’s boxing tarnished the sport with a chillingly mis-matched final bout says contestants.

Dwarfed by her towering opponent, Sue O’Hare attempts to fend off a steady stream of heavy punches – but within a round she was sent crashing to the canvas.

Sue, 36, from Kings Norton, ended up in hospital after suffering concussion and whiplash after the charity bout.

The physical mismatch climaxed a “Pink Collar” all-women boxing event at The Cadbury Club in Birmingham’s Bournville.

It has been criticised by contestants and the female fighters have demanded answers after criticising the match-ups on the night.

Three of the night’s six contests ended in stoppages with one woman unconscious for minutes, say eye-witnesses.

But it is the violent conclusion to Sue’s battle – and her subsequent hospitalisation – that has raised most concern. The building surveyor is 5ft 4ins tall and weighs 13st 12lbs.

Sue alleges she was told on the night of the show just who her opponent was. Named “Josie The Jawbreaker” she was around 18st and over six feet tall.

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In photographs given to the Sunday Mercury the physical differences seem vast.

The company behind the night, Pink Collar Boxing, have stressed they have run 500 events without a hitch.

But they admit they will carefully look into claims of mismatching at the Birmingham event.

“I should’ve walked away,” said Sue. “But on the day you feel so pressured, I didn’t want to let people down.”

She had sold 14 adult tickets, each costing £25, and two £12.50 children’s tickets. But the bout left Sue’s mother in tears.

The fighter’s allegations about the treatment she received on the evening, organised to raise funds for the Macmillan cancer charity, are concerning.

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Sue claims she only found out who her opponent was on the night and that her contest was over four rounds, not three.

She also says she was unaware the match was for a championship belt, and was to be fought WITHOUT headguards.

Sue alleges she was only allowed to wear one after she threatened to pull out of the fight.

And she is adamant that no post-medical was given after the harrowing KO, although medics were present and checked each fighter before contests.

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She says she was left, dazed but on her feet, as the show’s trophy presentation took place in the ring.

Sue had taken part in two white collar bouts – and lost both – before joining the Cadbury bill, organised by Derby’s Pink Collar Boxing, a company that promises women who sign up for an eight-week training course “the challenge of a lifetime”.

“I filled in a waiver form and asked for a copy of the insurance document, which I’ve yet to receive,” she said.

“I turned up, walked into the venue and saw this massive girl. I was told ‘That’s the girl you are fighting’.

“I approached the co-ordinator and asked ‘Am I fighting that girl? Are you blind? One punch from her and I could end up in a bad way’.

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“There were massive differences in weight and height. I told them they had put me in a really bad position. I didn’t want to put myself in that position.

“I was told I was looking too deeply into it. An official said ‘You’ll be fine’. It was like talking to a brick wall.

“My fight came around and my mum was saying,‘I don’t want you to fight’. I told her I couldn’t let all those people down, I felt that pressure.”

Sue says she was even more shaken to discover she was to fight for a title over four two-minute rounds – and without headguards.

“I wasn’t prepared mentally,” she said. “I have never fought without a headguard. No-one told me.

“We were arguing in the corner. I was saying my opponent didn’t need a headguard because I’d never be able to reach her head.”

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Sue was mercilessly pummelled and knocked out cold.

“I felt really bad afterwards,” she added. “I didn’t go to work. I couldn’t function, I was that dazed.”

She was sent by her doctor to Edgbaston’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital and told she had whiplash and concussion.

I’m not fighting with ‘Pink Collar’ again

Tasha Jones, who fought and won on the show, said: “Sue’s opponent was a lot bigger and don’t think she could’ve even reached her face.

“I cannot fault the eight-week training, the coaches were fantastic,” added the 20-year-old personal trainer from Tamworth.

“I want to fight again, I’m very ambitious, but I’m not going near Pink Collar.”

She has lodged an official complaint with the fight company.

Jamie-Leigh Etheridge, aged 21, was stopped by a body punch in 59 seconds on the same show.

She was equally matched, physically, with her opponent, but has criticised the matchmaking on the night.

The Erdington boxer, having her third Pink Collar bout, said: “I was winded and the medics got my brother to fetch a glass of water, but there was no post-fight examination.

"The girl Sue O’Hare was fighting was massive – you could see it from a mile off. Sue would have had to jump in the air to hit her.”

Her concerns are echoed by pub landlady Di Forster, of Derby, knocked out in three rounds of a Pink Collar match in March 2012.

The 48-year-old said: “I think it should be stopped. Following the knockout, I had no medical aftercare and I was put in with someone more than two stone heavier.”