Ready to rumble: Brooklyn boxer anxious for mixed martial arts debut

See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.File photo by William ThomasBrooklyn DailyShe’s not leaving boxing — she’s just getting a second job.Gerritsen Beach native Heather Hardy built a career in the ring, but now she’s ready to try her hand, and her fists, in the octagon. Hardy is set to make her mixed martial arts debut on June 24, taking on Alice Yauger at Madison Square Garden on the Bellator 180 card.It’s not a career change, she insists, simply a brand new challen