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A little over a year later, the UFC announced they would be expanding their weight classes for female fighters with the addition of a women's strawweight division, [11] the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller. [12]
Widely regarded as one of the greatest female mixed martial artists of all time, [12] [13] Nunes is the first and only woman to become a two-division UFC champion, and the third fighter to hold UFC titles in two weight classes simultaneously, after Conor McGregor and Daniel Cormier. She is also the only fighter in UFC history to defend two ...
This is a list of WBO world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBO is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing , and has awarded world championships in 17 different weight classes since 1989.
16 title defenses won at three different weight classes; World Boxing Federation. WBF Female World Light Welterweight Championship (One time) [117] WBF Female World Welterweight Championship (One time) [118] 2012 Female Fighter of the Year [119] 2012 Female Fight of the Year vs. Anne Sophie Mathis on June 15 [119] Women Boxing Archive Network
The fight was the first women's boxing match to headline Madison Square Garden, and was described as the 'biggest women's fight of all time' in the build up. [85] Despite being badly hurt in the fifth round, Taylor rallied to retain her titles with a split decision victory (94–96, 97–93, and 96–93). [ 86 ]
FILE - Manny Pacquiao from the Philippines wears the champion's belt after defeating Brandon Rios of the United States in their WBO international welterweight title fight Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, in ...
Championship belts are fought for at each weight class under a promotion, with only one belt awarded per class. Each belt is usually contested every time the belt holder fights, and passed to the victor of that fight (see the List of UFC champions for a chronology of UFC title belts). A belt may be vacated when a fighter leaves a promotion, or ...
In just over a decade, the sport has proliferated from its Olympic debut with only 36 fighters in three weight classe Women's boxing fights its way to parity with the men's game, just 12 years ...