ONE fight in the ring, another outside it. Hannah Rankin is equally committed to both. On a personal front, the Luss super-welterweight will make history this evening when she becomes the first female to top the bill at Glasgow’s Hydro Arena when she defends her IBO and WBA belts against the Mexican, Alejandra Ayala.
It is Rankin’s first fight on home soil for two years and, should she defeat the experienced Ayala, it will mark another major milestone in the 31 year-old’s boxing journey, with talk of an all-British unification bout with WBO champion Natasha Jonas to follow later in the year.
