💥🥊There are 8.2 Billion people in the world but there's only one Chloe Hunt - This is my Story.🥊💥

Hi welcome back to my blog!

I'm not really sure where to start with this one but here goes..

So much has happened over the last few months, from work trips to training, car issues and everything inbetween but here we are!

I wanted to write about something i've been working on the last month or so and thought what a better way than to share it with you all!

As lots of you know I love to share a story so I guess this blog explains why I have had a break from social media and writing.

I haven't ever shared my complete story and I think to really move on with life you have to accept the past and move on from it. I was unsure weather to write this blog but I want people to read my story and see that although I get a lot of messages saying I post such positive things and I look so happy and that I'm an 'inspiration', sometimes there are dark moments in life and that's ok, without them we have nothing to fight for!

I don't see myself as an inspiration but I hope that anyone going through a dark time or can relate to any part of my story sees that you're not alone and with hard work, the world truly is your oyster! I haven't been handed anything in my life, I've worked hard for everything I have had, have now and yet to have! I am truly grateful for everyone in my life and look forward to seeing what my next chapter in this life has to offer!

I want to start from the beginning so those who don't know me so well get a bit of background about my life and what has lead me to where I am today.

I would start this story from the year 2000 but up until 2010 my life was pretty normal - My Mum, Dad, Me and my sister Samantha until my younger sister Kiera came along in 2006.

My childhood up until 2010 was pretty normal, my dad was a long distance lorry driver so would stay away Mon - Fri and my mum would do school run and look after us during the week.

In 2010 my parents decided that things weren't working out and divorced. I was 10 and to be honest I never really understood it, just that my dad wasn't  going to be around as much. I didn't take this very well at all because I have always been closer to my dad. My Mum went on to meet someone new, I hated this because no one would ever be my dad and no one would ever replace my dad! I took this extremely badly and there was a lot of neglect and abuse that went on in the 2 years after but I am not going to go into that. I started to emotionally eat, obviously at the time I didn't realise that's what I was doing but by 2012 I was around a size 20 at the age of 12.

In 2012 me and my sisters moved in with my dad and he gave up work to become a single parent, I will be forever grateful for this as we would have ended up being split up in care.

I was always so close to my dad so moving with him made my life a lot easier and I was a lot happier.

The school I was at decided to enroll me on a livewell suffolk course which involved going to the Bury St Edmunds fire station once a week and we would spend 1 week learning how to do fire fighting (it was mainly for the fitness) and then the next week we would weigh in and get nutritional advice. I loved going to this and made a lot of friends there and learnt a lot about nutrition which I still use today!

I had my dad's support from day 1 and that really helped me to stay motivated and I ended up losing 2 stone while on the program.

You can read the newspaper article about it here - https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21641917.campaign-launched-get-primary-school-children-active/

During my time doing the course I met David Starie.

David Starie is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2003. He challenged twice for world championships; the WBO super middleweight title in 2000 and the unified WBA and IBF super middleweight titles in 2003. At the time he was working as a fire fighter at Bury St Edmunds and he got chatting to me and my dad.

I said I wanted to do something different and tone up after losing weight. He suggested boxing. At first I wanted to laugh, I didn't think I would even bother going but I remembered when me and my older sister were about 6 dad took us to kickboxing for a month or so. (I cried because I wasn't as good as the black belts and refused to go back) 🤣

One evening me and dad drove to our local village hall but kickboxing wasn't on. The club had moved but we thought it was closed completely so I said to dad let's go to boxing and give it a go.  Little did I know that boxing would then become my entire life.

It was 14th December 2014 when I first set foot in Eastgate ABC.

It was a Sunday. Everyone was running around and doing shaddow boxing. (I knew I would hate that from day 1 - Embarrasing!)

The coach there took me on the pads after showing me the basics and I really enjoyed it, he asked if I was going to fight and I just said Yes!

(In reality I had absoluely no idea what I had just agreed to but we just rolled with it - No pun intended lol)

I started going once a week and then that turned into 2, then 3 then you get the idea I was there everyday pretty much! I was the first girl to box for Eastgate since 2002 but I didn't care.

I could punch a boy in the face just the same as a girl and I think the hard sparring I had with some of the lads contributed to me being as strong as I am today!

As time went on I improved so much because I just dedicated my whole my life to boxing, I lived and breathed it as some would say.

In 2016 I was put into the junior national development championships, I got a straight final. I think by this point I knew it wouldnt be able to work my way to the final as there was no girls around my weight really.

The girl I boxed in the national final had done white collar and had a 3 or 4 fights in England Boxing, I had 2! I never doubted my ability, if she beat me then she had worked so fuckin hard I would shake her hand and walk away knowing she was a better fighter.

I worked SO hard for that title, I trained every single day. I ran, I ran with parachutes, I sprinted, I done 15 rounds of padwork, I had the hardest sparring. I worked so hard.

I even sacrificed eating my birthday cake!

The whole time I trained my dad was by my side. He would sit in the gym in all weathers. (it was an old scout hut with no heating, it was actually colder in there than it was outside!)

He would push me to my limits, he would come sparring and support me.

In May 2016, My 2 coaches, myself and dad travelled to Grantham for the national final. I only had 3 people with me and 2 were in my corner!

Not having people there to support me didn't really bother me at all, if anything it made winnning that little bit sweeter.

The bout was brilliant, I gave her a standing 8 in the first 30 seconds with my favourite shot - Left hook to the body. I won on a unanimous points decision and become Eastgate ABC's first ever national champion.

The funny thing about this and I still say this today, I don't see the national title as the biggest achievement - I find the fact that I never gave up, even though I was the only girl at the club for 2 years. I kept going when I doubted myself and I wasn't just Eastgate's first national champion - I was a girl! Later another boxer went on to be Eastgate's first Male national champion.

Read the newspaper article here! - https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmunds/sport/piece-of-history-for-eastgate-boxing-club-as-hunt-clinches-national-title-1-7661527/

After winning the national title I started to think what was next. I had just finished at college and wanted to go to uni to study social work but also wanted to keep going with the boxing.

A few things happened and due to a falling out I decided it was time to leave Eastgate and go to another club to progress my boxing further.

I moved club in 2017 and trained at the new club for a year or so. I had a fight lined up but unfortunately it fell through as the opponant could not travel from scotland due to severe weather.

I carried on training but unfortunately, duirng sparring I was knocked out and had a small bleed on the brain which pretty much stopped me boxing in a heartbeat.

To those who know sport or athletes and how hard they train will know exactly how this effected me.

I had to have around a year to recover, it wasn't so bad to start with but training 6 days a week to nothing hit me harder than anyone I've ever faced in the ring.

From 2018-2019 I tried to do things to stay relatively fit but I fell into depression. I started back training at the end of 2019 but that then ended again due to covid which impacted my mental health massively too. I was in a rather toxic relationship and job at that time too, I didn't really see a way out so i fell further and further into a hole and just wanted to die to be completely honest, without boxing and training I was nothing. I had nothing really to live for.

From 2020-2022 I was in a really bad place mentally but managed to get the courage to start making small changes. In 2022 I decided enough was enough and left my toxic job. My relationship had broken down and ended in 2021 so that was no longer an issue.

I decided I wanted to try and train again but at this point I had gained the weight I had previously lost and more!

I was at the biggest I had ever been and the most unhappy but a lot had changed and I was starting to feel as if there were things to live for.

I worked most of the time in a supported living house working 15 hour days. My sister had a lot of battles with mental health, I supported my father during this time and it was one of the hardest times of our lives as a family. When we moved with my dad in 2012 I took on the role of being a mum really so when people say I'm mature and have a lot of wisdom for my age I guess that's where it comes from!

I started learning to drive in 2017 but didn't stick at it, I suppose life got in the way. I did struggle a lot with anxiety and I couldn't get through the test, I took 2 tests between 2017 and 2023 when I eventually passed!

I set my mind to passing so I decided in 2023 I would do it, I passed and then started going back to Eastgate to train. I wanted to box again but there was no girls my experience anymore. They were either 10 times national champions or just starting out, I will face anyone but I don't really want to take on a 10x national champion when I'm just starting back up again.

In April 2023 we got Marley. He was a 12 week old labradoodle (technically he is but looks 99% a red fox lab😅) He had a lot of life! He saved me in many ways and I spent a lot of my time while he was a pup training him and doing things with him so boxing training sort of took a back step.

I started boxing training again properly around November 2023, going up the gym a couple of nights a week. I was working in a supermarket and felt very stationary, like my life wasn't progressing. I left my supermarket job and had a new job to start in the new year.

I started the job and it was a nightmare, I was miss sold an office job and ended up being a carer doing long days again, I lasted 11 days and I had to quit. I couldn't take it.

I was driving home after my 2nd day at this job and hit horrendous floods, writing off my car to water damage. I was so gutted as I'd got a loan out to pay for it so I had to use the insurance pay out for another car. The company wasn't supportive at all and told me if I didn't have a car by the end of the week I didn't have a job! That was my final straw.

I saw a job come up for a travel sales administrator in a local company and I went for it, although the description said 'experienced' I gave it a shot and I got the job! I had worked previously for 3 years in a high street travel agent so I suppose in a way I was experienced.

I started in January 2024 and I loved it so much. The main roles included organising and booking day trips, school residential trips and private hire of coaches. l went on a fam trip in Feb to Ypres, Belgium and done a 4 day battlefield tour. I was made head of social media and currently run the work facebook page and hope to be promoted to marketing in the future. I've been able to go to lots of west end shows and different trips. I am so grateful for the trips I've been able to go on! I've made blogs about a few of the trips I've been on, check them out on my website!

I decided in May 2024 that I was going to do my coaching qualification as there's not a massive amount of women coaches out there, I struggled with my anxiety but I managed to make it through and pass! After everything I'd been through this was a huge achievement for me.

I wondered what's next? I want to always progress and have something to work on or learn. It's just the way I am! I decided to sign up to a level 2 nvq in counselling and learn kickboxing, that should definitely keep my mind busy for a while!

I want to eventually fight in kickboxing and I'm training 5 days a week currently, I love it so much. I've only been going a month or so but my flexibility is slowly coming. (It's difficult to adapt to when you've been told to plant your feet on the floor for 10 years😅). I find if you can't be uncomfortable being a beginner then you'll never succeed. You don't eat the fruit on the same day that you plant the seed!

I am also learning the splits and this is helping my kicks get really high! I'm so excited to see what the future holds in kickboxing, I really see myself excelling!

I was diagnosed with PCOS and diabetes and I have been fighting those chronic illnesses for around 3 years now. I have actually reversed my diabetes through weight loss and my PCOS symptoms are a lot better thankfully. (There are blogs on my page about these)

Obviously lots of my friends and family know parts of my story but no body knows the full story. That's life you know, you don't know what people are going through or been through and seeing the news recently about Liam Payne really got me. Social media isn't real, people on Facebook and Instagram cry themselves to sleep at night like I have many times.

People ask me why...

• I'm so strong

• I train so hard

• Going out every weekend and drinking isn't my thing

• I act so much older for my age

• I always have to be doing something or learning something new

To answer these questions I guess you just need to read my story, and that's the thing. We are all shaped from the life we have experienced. My story isn't over, my god it isn't even beginning there's so many more things I want to do and achieve, including having twins one day! (Don't ask I've just always wanted twins; I guess it's so they always have a sparring partner 😉). I guess my past has taught me and shaped me into the person I am today and wow is she one strong fucker!

I always say it'll take a lot to knock me down, as you can see from my story I've been knocked down more times than a domino's set but the difference is, I ALWAYS get back up.

I hope you've enjoyed reading my story and realise there always is light at the end of the tunnel, I promise x

Chloe x