Sports promoters in a Peruvian city honoured Mother's Day - by inviting mums to slip on boxing gloves and head protectors and get into the ring.

Ten women took a day off from farm work to spar in three-round bouts while clad in polleras, the colorful, embroidered skirts typical of the Andean region.

In front of 200 spectators, some were knocked down by powerful blows, but quickly got back to their feet in the makeshift ring in Huancayo.

Promoters said the success of Peruvian boxer Kina Malpartida, the current world super flyweight champion, had inspired women in Junin state to take up the sport.

Makes a change from garage flowers I suppose...

It'll make a change from knitting...

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