 On 7 November 2015, she was due to contest the World Kickboxing Association (WKA) title against Josefine Lindgren Knutsson of Sweden in Hackney, London, however, after Begum suffered from a virus the fight was postponed until February 2016 and rescheduled for 23 April against Susanna Salmijärvi which she contested and won.Begum trains under Bill Judd, and fights out of the KO Gym in Bethnal Green, London.She trains six times a week for two hours each day, and during the build-up to a fight she trains twice a day.