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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.
Below is a list of current female world boxing champions recognised by the WBA, WBC, IBF, ... (7 KO) November 2, 2024 [40] Gabriela Fundora 15–0–0–1 (7 KO)
Choi Hyun-mi (Korean: 최현미; born November 7, 1990) is a South Korean female professional boxer.She is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBA female super-featherweight title from 2013 to 2023 and previously the WBA female featherweight title from 2008 to 2013.
In 2017, fighting on the Shawn Porter vs. Andre Berto undercard, Serrano dominated Dahiana Santana en route to an eighth-round KO victory to win the vacant WBO bantamweight belt, which made her the first female fighter in boxing history to win world titles in five weight divisions. [23]
Valentina Anatolyevna Shevchenko [b] (born March 7, 1988) is a Kyrgyz professional mixed martial artist, former Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer.She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is a two-time and current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion and both the first Kyrgyz and Peruvian fighter to win a UFC championship.
Total fights: 16: Wins: 9: Wins by KO: 2: ... She is a two-time European female welterweight champion and fought in the first-ever professional women's British title ...
The average pay for women at the time was $15,000, compared to men's $38,000 per fight, which led to a lot of women being frustrated with their pay. Paige VanZant who is an MMA fighter spoke out about wage inequality in 2019 and said she wanted more money to "keep bleeding and sacrificing for this sport". [ 56 ]
In 2017, fighting on the Shawn Porter vs. Andre Berto undercard, Puerto Rican boxer Amanda Serrano dominated Dahiana Santana en route to an eighth-round KO victory to win the vacant World Boxing Organization bantamweight belt, which made her the first female boxer to win world titles in five weight divisions. [108] [109]