Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 1979, Boxer ghọrọ nwanyị Britain mbụ gbara ọsọ mita 800 n'okpuru nkeji abụọ, jiri oge 1:59.05 na Turin. Ọ ka bụ otu n'ime naanị ụmụ nwanyị Britain atọ, yana Kirsty Wade na Hannah England, iji mebie nkeji abụọ maka mita 800 na nkeji itoolu maka mita 3000. O nwetara asambodo BSc na Physical Education na Sport Science na PGCE na PE & Biology na Mahadum Loughborough n'etiti 1979 na 1983. N'oge a, ọ gbara asọmpi mbụ ya n'egwuregwu Olympic na Moscow 1980, na-eru ọkara nke ikpeazụ nke 800 m. N'afọ 1982, o ritere ihe nrite ọla edo n'asọmpi 1500 m ụmụnwaanyị n'egwuregwu Commonwealth
na Brisbane.