Female boxer toughest fight: Navigating U.S.-Mexico border

*What a cool story. Perseverance on several levels. She’s working to find olympic qualifying tournaments in Mexico, and says that if the Olympics don’t work out, she’ll turn pro. VL

By Jorge Melchor, Fox News Latino

Leslie Hernandez’s dream came true when Mexico asked her to box for her native country in the 2016 Olympics. The only problem was that she had been living in the U.S. illegally since she was a child and she couldn’t go back to Mexico without risking a dangerous and illegal crossing to return to her family north of the border.

With several people lobbying on her behalf, Hernandez finally obtained a visa from the U.S. to go back and practice with her teammates.

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