yeah - at least a blood nose is a part of the sport.

I'm lucky I have a biggish, fairly flexible nose, with a narrow septum so when It has been broken it has been a small break.

It has changed the alignment of my nose but similar to the girls you work with it's not that noticeable.

I actually like the fact that my nose takes some punishment because I'd prefer that to a larger impact on my brain.

One ear, nose and throat specialist offered to give me a nose job if I quit boxing but I declined.

If you love boxing a small bump on your nose is a small price to pay - even for me as a girl - and I think guys can get away with a few more imperfections because the rugged sportsman look can be attractive to women.

It hurt - the only time I really truly lost my temper was when getting my nose broken in training (stupid really because I had no hope of being physically capable of killing the guy who did it otherwise it wouldn't have happened in the first place) - but for me at least it was a short lived sharp pain followed by a dull pain which was easy to bear.