The mother of a three-year-old "miracle" daughter girl is exchanging the playground for the boxing ring.

Jasmine Tobias has never stepped into the squared circle before - but now the 29-year-old is training for a fight that she hopes will raise money for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Nicu) at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH).

Staff there cared for her daughter Isla for five months in 2020 after she was born 16 weeks premature.

The baby weighed one pound and four ounces and doctors gave her only a 10pc chance of survival ahead of surgery for a gut and bowel perforation.

North Norfolk News: Isla Tobias weighed one pound and three and a half ounces when she was born in September 2020. Isla Tobias weighed one pound and three and a half ounces when she was born in September 2020. (Image: Supplied)

Three years later, though, Isla is "a cheeky, funny, loving, happy little girl", attending a nursery in Sprowston, while her mother practices her footwork, jabs and uppercuts at Tower Gym in Norwich.

The fight will take place at Epic Studios in Norwich on April 13.

North Norfolk News: Troy, Isla and Jasmine Tobias - the Coltishall family is hoping to raise money for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Nicu) at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.Troy, Isla and Jasmine Tobias - the Coltishall family is hoping to raise money for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Nicu) at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. (Image: Supplied)

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Previously, Ms Tobias' husband, Troy, has taken part in white-collar boxing events there, with donations going to the Nicu. 

The couple, who live on the old RAF base in Coltishall, have already raised more than £4,000 for the unit.

Ms Tobias said: "When Troy was fighting I would joke and say I would do it too. I only ever meant it as a joke."

But when Mr Tobias took part in his third fight in November last year, a couple of his friends decided to sign up.

Ms Tobias said she would sign up too, thinking she didn't really mean it.

North Norfolk News: Isla Tobias, from Coltishall, was given only a 10pc chance of survival when she was born in September 2020.Isla Tobias, from Coltishall, was given only a 10pc chance of survival when she was born in September 2020. (Image: Supplied)

"But it kept sticking with me and never went away," she said.

"A week later, I said to Troy I'm going to sign up. Something was telling me I needed to do it.

"This time it will be my time to shine," Ms Tobias said.

She has been enjoying the training and said she is "determined" to go through with the fight. 

A fundraising page on Just Giving has so far raised £240 out of a target of £1,000.