| A TYNESIDE doctor is trading the stethoscope for a pugil stick as she takes up her role as a star on television show Gladiators as Amazon. |
| And there are other changes: no more assaulting tires with bayonets, but more time spent on rifle marksmanship and fighting with padded pugil sticks. |
| Women will have to grapple with men in training with such implements as pugil sticks. |
| Her presenting is OK, although she has the kind of face you want to pummel with a pugil stick. |
| It also included a block of instruction on flak vests, helmets, and pugil sticks. |
| Before the finish 'gladiators' armed with pugil sticks tried to sweep the feet of exhausted competitors. |
