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Pages in category "Lists of female world boxing champions" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
List of Commonwealth Boxing Council female champions is a table showing the Commonwealth female champions certificated by the Commonwealth Boxing Council (CBC). CBC is also affiliated with the WBC. v — Champion vacated title. r — Champion retired title. s — Champion stripped of title. (n) — where 'n' is the number of occasions the title ...
World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA); re-named as the WBA in 1962; World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963; International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983; World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988; International Boxing Organization (IBO), founded in 1992
Boxing magazine The Ring has awarded world championships in men's professional boxing within each weight class from its foundation in 1922 until the 1990s, and again since 2001. In 2019 they began awarding world championships to women, however, the publication did not begin producing monthly female divisional rankings until August 2020.
Bennett sisters boxing, c.1910–1915 Louise Adler, female lightweight world boxing champion of the 1920s, training for her title defense. One of the earliest mentions of women's boxing is in the travelogue of a German man who visited London in 1710. While taking in a men's boxing match, he met a woman in the audience who claimed to have ...
Boxing: 1997– Nicola Adams England: 51 kilograms (112 lb) Flyweight: Boxing: 1995–2019 Retired. Meltem Akar Turkey: 48 kilograms (106 lb) Super bantamweight: Boxing: 2006– Lena Åkesson Sweden: 59 kilograms (130 lb) Lightweight: Boxing: 1997–1999 Derya Aktop Turkey: 46 kilograms (101 lb) Light Flyweight: Boxing: c. 2002– Patricia ...
In June 1722, Wilkinson challenged Hannah Hyfield of Newgate Market [8] [9] to what may have been one of the earliest advertised female prizefights in London. [10] Her challenge in a London newspaper declared ”I, Elizabeth Wilkinson, of Clerkenwell, having had some words with Hannah Hyfield and requiring Satisfaction, do invite her to meet me on the Stage, and Box with me for three guineas ...
Below is a list of current female world boxing champions recognised by the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring. [1] [2] [3] [4]