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Naoko Kumagai (born 8 August 1971) is a Japanese female kickboxer and 3-time World Champion in three different weight classes. [1] She also had two amateur boxing matches with Russian Elena Karpachova, and one pro boxing match. [2] Kumagai is known for her knockout punch and high KO percentage.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 February 2025. For men's edition, see List of current world boxing champions.
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.
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.
On March 29, 2024, she became the undisputed female minimumweight champion of the world. She previously held the WBC Silver female light flyweight title from 2018 until 2021, and the WBA female interim flyweight title from 2019 to 2020. She has the fastest knockout in female boxing at five seconds of the first round.
Hannah Lee Fox (born September 29, 1969), better known as Hannah Fox is a former female boxer. She is from Las Vegas, Nevada. Her nickname is "The Vegas", which made her name sound like "Hannah The Vegas Fox" when introduced to fans before a fight. She was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in 2022. [1]
Ferea made her debut at BKFC 3: The Takeover on October 20, 2018 against Jennifer Tate and won by technical knockout in the first round. [13] On April 6, 2019, Ferea faced Britain Hart at BKFC 5: Lobov vs. Knight and won the Police Gazette Women's Featherweight American Championship by technical knockout as a result of a doctor stoppage. [14]
The mainstream competitive sport of women's boxing has tried to avoid association with foxy boxing [3] but the successful female boxer Mia St. John emphasised her sexuality by appearing on the cover of Playboy magazine. [4] It was a popular entertainment used in the Philippines for military men in the 1980s and 1990s.