EVEN Hannah Rankin’s holidays have a boxing flavour to them now. The Scot sat deep inside the Hydro late on Friday night, bruised but content, having made history by retaining her IBO and WBA belts against the plucky Alejandra Ayala who swung away frenetically until she finally ran out of steam, as Rankin expected she would.
Becoming the first female to headline at Scotland’s biggest indoor venue would have become less of a proud moment in her career had she been stripped of her belts but once the fight reached the championship rounds it became clear there was only going to be one winner.
