Video: Paterson Boxer Aims For Gold Medal At World Championships

PATERSON, N.J.– Shadasia Green of Paterson boxed to work on her footwork for basketball.

Daily Voice spoke with Team USA boxer Shadasia Green, who wants to leave the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships with a gold medal

Photo Credit: Anthony Locicero

Anthony Locicero

04/20/2016 5:30 a.m.

She starred for Paterson Eastside before making her way to Division I Old Dominion University.

But there was always a place in her heart for boxing.

Next month, Green, 26, heads to Astana, Kazakhstan, where she'll compete in the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in the 178-plus pound weight class.

"Winning is my main focus. My biggest goal right now is becoming No. 1 in the world," she told Daily Voice from inside Wall Athletics in Oakland. "I won't come home short of my goal. I will have the gold medal," she said. "I will be No. 1 in the world, mark my words."

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