How Singaporean pro boxer uses skills from the ring to dominate life’s other fights
Efasha Kamarudin credits boxing for helping her build self-confidence, tackle body-size hang-ups and bounce back from new motherhood blues
Efasha Kamarudin is not easily pushed around. As a child, she took up karate on the advice of her parents, who wanted her to be able to defend herself if she was ever bullied or attacked.
Today, the 34-year-old professional boxer from Singapore feels at home in the boxing ring. She is a tough competitor – staying composed under pressure, standing her ground and sticking to her game plan when things get scrappy.
She worked hard to get to this point.
In 2016, Kamarudin, whose fight name is “The Face”, became the first Singaporean woman to win an international boxing gold medal. It was at the Hong Kong City Cup, an annual boxing competition hosted by the Hong Kong Boxing Association, now known as The Boxing Association of Hong Kong, China.
In mid-2025, she was ranked 15th in the world by the World Boxing Council in the super flyweight division, whose competitors weigh 51kg (112.4lb) to 52.2kg.