© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing
I’m not a fan of the TV show "Big Brother", but I do like to watch the launch night to see what sort of a ‘mottley crew’ are going in. So imagine my shock last night when I saw female boxer Angel 'The Artist' McKenzie going into the famous house!
I was ringside when Russian-born McKenzie fought Sara Davies at Derby in November on a Clifton Mitchell Promotion. Davies won the fight - while McKenzie provided the entertainment, dancing her way in to the ring and singing loudly to ‘I Kissed a Girl‘, doing her best to whip up the crowds.
Then, after fighting finished, she took the mike to address the crowd, thanking them for attending and mumbling that 'life’s too short' and 'boxing is the best thing'.
Last night - instead of a ring-walk - it was the walk in to the Big Brother House and boy did it seem a long walk! Wearing a black top hat, jacket and trousers, McKenzie made the most of her entrance past awaiting photographers.
She posed - a bit too much - and the crowd began to boo loudly util she was inside the ‘house’.
Once inside, she chatted to other ’non-housemates’ and will - over the coming days - ‘fight’ for her chance along with the other 15 contestants to become a fully fledged ’house-mate'.
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