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Boxing: 2000–2009 Marcela Acuña Argentina: 55 kilograms (121 lb) Super Bantamweight: 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 ...
1 Heavyweight (+175 lb/+79.4 kg or +168 lb/+76.2 kg) ... Below is a list of current female world boxing champions recognised by the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring.
As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system.The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked ...
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.
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.
The following is a list of IBF female world champions certificated by the International Boxing Federation (IBF). Stand: January 11, 2024. r – Champion relinquished title. s – Champion stripped of title.
On February 20, 2004, Jones relinquished his heavyweight title to resume boxing as a light heavyweight, at which point Ruiz was elevated to full championship recognition. On April 30, 2005, Ruiz was defeated by James Toney in a championship defense, but post-fight drug testing determined Toney had taken Nandrolone , an anabolic steroid .
Women's boxing was legalized in Queensland in 2000. [56] In 2002, Desi Kontos of South Australia became the first Australian woman to represent the country at the boxing world championships. [57] Naomi Fischer-Rasmussen was the first female boxer to represent Australia at the Olympics when she competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [58] [59]