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women, in three two-minute rounds
during the boxing event at the
House of Blues.
O'Brien was required to set up a
donation page and raise $7,500. But
she decided to take it a step further.
O'Brien swung big and made her
donation goal $25,000. Every penny
that's donated will go to Dana-
Farber.
Not only is she fighting for
Josie's legacy, she said she is fighting
to turn all the pain from the past
year into something positive. With
four months of training completed,
O'Brien said the hours-long training
sessions, five times a week, have
become therapeutic.
If she didn't have a 15-monthold
baby and a husband waiting for
her at home, she would be in the
gym training seven days a week, she
said.
"Anytime I'm having a hard time,
I think of her and everything she
went through," O'Brien said. "I'm so
glad to be raising this money in her
honor."
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