Combat sports is all Reid, 26, has ever known. She started kickboxing aged five with her dad as her coach.

“Unfortunately kickboxing is not an Olympic sport and I transitioned into boxing at 14,” she says.

“I had my first boxing bout at the European championships when I got a gold, as a junior.”

But Reid’s Olympic dreams appeared to shatter when she was diagnosed with a generative disc disease aged 18.

“I was advised to never box again and that I could end up in a wheelchair,” she explains.

Reid says working a nine-to-five job handing out mortgage advice “wasn’t for me”.

But after helping her dad with coaching in the gym, she noticed her back was no longer in pain and was given the all clear to return to boxing.

“The six-year break did me good,” she says. “My body rested, I recovered and I got stronger. After a year, I qualified for the Olympics.”