An uppercrust uppercut! Lady Lola boxes clever
She's long been considered a knock-out with the grace and good looks that have been key to her modelling career.
Now Scottish aristocrat Lady Lola Bute is blowing people away with her right jab after taking up boxing.
Lady Lola Crichton-Stuart – to use her full title – posted a video on social media showing her sparring with boxing trainer Nat Roberson (corr).
And it was keen she wasn’t holding back as she threw a volley of punches in the ring during the short clip.
Lady Lola’s athletic endeavours see her following in the footsteps of her late father Johnny Dumfries the 7th Marquess of Bute who took part in a boxing match in 2004.
The ex-Formula One ace - better known as the racing driver Johnny Dumfries - won Le Mans and partnered racing legend Ayrton Senna.
Dumfries, who died in 2021, had never fought competitively before the exhibition fight two decades ago but had spoken of his interest in the sport.
Prior to the match at south London gym The Ring, he had said: ‘Although this is my first proper fight, boxing has always been a sport I’ve been interested in.
Lola putting on the style as a model
Lola landing punches as she spars with trainer Nat Roberson
‘When I was still racing, I used to go to a gym in Fulham and train and I have also done a bit of kickboxing.’
Johnny fought against former amateur title-holder James Facey, who was 19 years younger than him, in a bout to celebrate the opening of the gym, which was owned by the aristocrat’s friend Mark Burford.
In the end, the Marquess went three rounds of three minutes against Facey.
Speaking afterwards, Dumfries had said: ‘It was a great experience to fight against somebody with such skill.’
A photo taken in the aftermath of the fight showed the Marquess holding Lola, who was just four years old at the time.
Dumfries became British Formula 3 champ in 1984 and in 1988 won the Le Mans 24-hour race with Jaguar.
He inherited the palatial Mount Stuart stately home on the Isle of Bute in 1993.
The mansion made headlines in May when Lady Lola held a decadent pre-birthday bash there.
Among the guests then were actress Sienna Miller, Princess Olympia of Greece and make-up mogul Charlotte Tilbury.
