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In 1996, the year which many consider the beginning of the "golden era" of women's boxing, Riley made her comeback to boxing. On June 16, she beat Del Pettis in Long Beach . Riley suffered her first career loss on May 17, 1997, against Theresa Arnold , due to a cut sustained over her left eye in the sixth round.
Stephanie "Golden Girl" Jaramillo is a native of the South Valley located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She became attracted to boxing from seeing a Mike Tyson fight at her grandparents’ house. In her adolescence Jaramillo sparred neighborhood kids, but her father would not allow her to train at boxing until he had seen a female boxing bout on ...
On 9 August 2024, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defeated Yang Liu of China in the final to win an Olympic gold medal. [37] [38] Khelif therefore became Algeria's first female gold medalist in boxing, as well as the country's first boxer of any gender to win a medal since Mohamed Allalou in 2000 [39] and the first to win a gold medal since Hocine Soltani in 1996.
Boxing: 2005– Taoriba Biniati Kiribati: 57 kilograms (126 lb) Lightweight: Boxing: 2014– Arlene Blencowe Australia: 66 kilograms (146 lb) Featherweight: Boxing: 2012– Yesica Bopp Argentina: Light flyweight: Boxing: 2008– Lovlina Borgohain India: Welterweight: Boxing: Cecilia Brækhus Norway: 64 kilograms (141 lb) Welterweight: Boxing ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. For men's edition, see List of current world boxing champions.
Melinda "La Maravilla" Cooper (born 6 March 1985) is an American former professional boxer who held the WIBA and IBA flyweight titles and challenged for the IBF super-bantamweight championship during her 12-year career. She is a member of the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame.
Marian "Lady Tyger" Trimiar (born August 15, 1953) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1976 and 1985. Considered a pioneer in women's boxing, she became one of the first women to be granted a professional boxing license from the New York State Athletic Commission.
On October 6, 2012, at the Finish Line Sports Grill in Pomona, California, West won the vacant International Female Boxers Association World super-bantamweight title with a unanimous decision success over Christina Ruiz. [4] [5] West retired from professional boxing in 2017 and was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in ...