Wivine Tshidibi, the only woman referee in the men’s boxing professional championships in Democratic Republic of Congo, poses in Kinshasa. AFP PHOTO
Wivine Tshidibi, the only woman referee in the men’s boxing professional championships in Democratic Republic of Congo, poses in Kinshasa. AFP PHOTO

KINSHASA: The first and only woman referee of professional boxing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Wivine Tshidibi says she battled her way to renown in a man’s world thanks to a “fit of jealousy”.

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