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Graciela Casillas (born 1957) is an American former boxer and kickboxer who competed in the bantamweight division. After training in several traditional martial arts, Casillas began competing as a kickboxer in 1976, and in 1979 she became the first fighter to hold world titles in both boxing and kickboxing by taking the World Women's Boxing Association's and the World Kickboxing Association's ...
Kathy Long (born April 21, 1964) is an American kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and actress. [1] [2] She has held various kickboxing championships, including two KICK World Kickboxing titles and the WKA and ISKA world titles.
Misaki Morita (Japanese: 森田 実沙樹, Morita Misaki, born February 2, 1996), more popularly known by her ring name MISAKI, is a Japanese kickboxer.She is the current Shootboxing Women's Atomweight (-46 kg) champion.
Girls who grow up realizing they need to know how to fight don’t necessarily become boxers. But Flint, Mich., native Claressa Shields, for whom pugilism was a passion, entered the ring early: As ...
In the 1970s women in the United States took up kickboxing as they were prevented from taking part in women's boxing. [8] In the UK kickboxing has a growing following according to the WMC. [9] In May 2016 the kickboxing organisation Glory announced the creation of a women's division built around Tiffany van Soest. [10]
Fredia "The Cheetah" Gibbs (born July 8, 1963), is an American former professional martial artist, kickboxer, and boxer who competed from 1975 to 2005. [1] During her kickboxing career, she held ISKA, WKA, and WKF World Titles.
It was a good year for the women and just six months later, Marshall met Claressa Shields at the O2 in front of nearly 20,000 fans. On a glorious night on the Greenwich Peninsula, there were 11 ...
Ydamelys Moreno, right, watches as fellow female boxers train in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Cuban officials announced on Monday that women boxers would be able to compete for the first ...