 | This article needs to be updated.(July 2021) |
This is a list of notable female boxers . For a list of notable male boxers, see List of male boxers.
| This article needs to be updated.(July 2021) |
This is a list of notable female boxers . For a list of notable male boxers, see List of male boxers.
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantelle Cameron |  UK | Light welterweight | Boxing | |||||
| Bonnie Canino |  USA | Boxing | ||||||
| Yvonne Caples | USA | Light Flyweight | Boxing | |||||
| Nurcan Çarkçı |  Turkey | Light Middleweight | Boxing | |||||
| Graciela Casillas | USA | Bantamweight | Boxing | |||||
| Jackie Chavez | USA | Super Bantamweight | Boxing | |||||
| Choi Hyunmi |  South Korea | Super Featherweight | Boxing | |||||
| Mavzuna Chorieva |  Tajikistan | Lightweight | Boxing | |||||
| Anita Christensen |  Denmark | Boxing | ||||||
| Jaime Clampitt |  Canada | 135 | Lightweight | Boxing | ||||
| Pat Coombs | UK | Boxing | ||||||
| Jane Couch | UK | Welterweight | Boxing | |||||
| Teuta Cuni |  Sweden | Boxing | ||||||
| Juli Crockett | USA | Boxing | retired | |||||
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathy Davis | USA | Welterweight | Boxing | |||||
| Melissa Del Valle |  Puerto Rico | Light Welterweight | Boxing | |||||
| Patricia Demick | USA  Chile | Boxing | ||||||
| Andrea DeShong | USA | Boxing | ||||||
| Laishram Sarita Devi |  India | Lightweight | Boxing | |||||
| Hessie Donahue | USA | Boxing | ||||||
| Carolina Duer |  ARG | Bantamweight and Super Flyweight | Boxing | WBO world champion | ||||
| Para Draine | USA | Super bantamweight | Boxing | |||||
| Diana Dutra | Canada | Welterweight | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ijeoma Egbunine |  Nigeria | Light Heavyweight | Boxing | TSE club | ||||
| Khadija El-Mardi |  Morocco | Middleweight | Boxing | |||||
| Jill Emery | USA | Boxing | ||||||
| Hasibe Erkoç | Turkey | Flyweight | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erica Farias | Argentina | Super Lightweight | Boxing | |||||
| Siona Fernandes |  New Zealand | Boxing | ||||||
| Melissa Fiorentino | USA | Super Featherweight | Boxing | |||||
| Hannah Fox | USA | Boxing | ||||||
| Jackie Frazier-Lyde | USA | Super Middleweight | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanna Gabriel |  Costa Rica | Boxing | ||||||
| Jeannine Garside | Canada | Super Bantamweight | Boxing | |||||
| Dawn George | USA | Middleweight | Boxing | |||||
| Isra Girgrah | USA | Boxing | ||||||
| Deirdre Gogarty |  Ireland | Boxing | ||||||
| Kavita Goyat | India | Boxing | ||||||
| Delia Gonzalez | USA | Flyweight | Boxing | |||||
| Alesia Graf |  Belarus | Bantamweight | Boxing | |||||
| Gina Guidi | USA | Boxing | ||||||
| Yenebier Guillen |  DOM | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivana Habazin |  Croatia | Welterweight | Boxing | 2010 - present | ||||
| Chevelle Hallback | USA | Welterweight | Boxing | |||||
| Regina Halmich |  Germany | Flyweight | Boxing | |||||
| Tonya Harding | USA | Boxing | ||||||
| Heather Hardy | USA | Boxing | ||||||
| Melissa Hernandez | Puerto Rico | Boxing | ||||||
| Holly Holm | USA | 135 | Bantamweight | Boxing | 2001–present | |||
| Kim Hye-Song |  North Korea | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Jaramillo | USA | Welterweight | Boxing | |||||
| Natasha Jonas | UK | Lightweight | Boxing | |||||
| Mariana Juárez |  MEX | Bantamweight | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sümeyra Kaya | Turkey | Flyweight | Boxing | |||||
| Noriko Kariya | Canada | Boxing | ||||||
| Mary Kom | India | Flyweight | Boxing | |||||
| Kavita Chahal | India | Heavyweight | Boxing | |||||
| Phyllis Kugler | USA | Featherweight | Boxing | 1956–1959 |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daisy Lang |  Bulgaria | Bantamweight | Boxing | |||||
| Belinda Laracuente | Puerto Rico | Boxing | ||||||
| Pamela London |  Guyana | Boxing | ||||||
| Olivia Luczak |  Poland Germany | Boxing | ||||||
| Gentiane Lupi | New Zealand | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karlha Magliocco |  Venezuela | Boxing | ||||||
| Valerie Mahfood | USA | Super Middleweight | Boxing | |||||
| Érica Matos |  Brazil | Boxing | ||||||
| Suzanne Riccio-Major | USA | Boxing | ||||||
| Kina Malpartida |  Perù | Super Featherweight | Boxing | |||||
| Savannah Marshall | UK | Super Featherweight | Boxing | |||||
| Christy Martin | USA | Light Middleweight | Boxing | |||||
| Mischa Merz |  Australia | Boxing | ||||||
| Pearl Morake |  Botswana | Middleweight | Boxing | |||||
| Terri Moss | USA | Strawweight | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jujeath Nagaowa |  PHI | Boxing | ||||||
| Emily Nakalema |  Uganda | Welterweight | Boxing | |||||
| Eva Naranjo |  Spain | Bantamweight | Boxing | 2015 - 2019 | ||||
| Jackie Nava | Mexico | Super Featherweight | Boxing | |||||
| Alanna Nihell |  Northern Ireland | Lightweight | Boxing | |||||
| Mónica Núñez | DOM | Super Middleweight | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daisy Ocasio | Puerto Rico | Boxing | ||||||
| Alejandra Oliveras | Argentina | Super Lightweight Featherweight | Boxing | |||||
| Eileen Olszewski | USA | Flyweight | Boxing | |||||
| Shannon O'Connell | Australia | Boxing | ||||||
| Christine Ongare |  Kenya | Flyweight | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johanna Pena-Alvarez | DOM | Boxing | ||||||
| Delfine Persoon |  Belgium | Lightweight | Boxing | |||||
| Stoyka Petrova | Bulgaria | Boxing | ||||||
| Diana Prazak | Australia | Super Featherweight | Boxing | |||||
| Lauren Parker | UK | Flyweight | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Rankin |  Scotland | Light middleweight | Boxing | |||||
| Natascha Ragosina |  Russia | Super Middleweight | Boxing | |||||
| Emiko Raika |  Japan | Featherweight | Boxing | |||||
| Jessica Rakoczy | Canada | Boxing | ||||||
| Ria Ramnarine |  Trinidad | Boxing | ||||||
| Friba Razayee |  Afghanistan | Boxing | ||||||
| Elena Reid | USA | Boxing | ||||||
| Lucia Rijker |  NED | Boxing | ||||||
| Bridgett Riley | USA | Boxing | ||||||
| Kara Ro | CAN | Boxing | ||||||
| Leatitia Robinson | USA | Middleweight | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoko Takahasi | Japan | Boxing | ||||||
| Tomomi Takano | Japan | Bantamweight | Boxing | |||||
| Gülsüm Tatar | Turkey | Light Welterweight | Boxing | |||||
| Katie Taylor | Ireland | Lightweight | Boxing | |||||
| Ana Maria Torres | Mexico | Super Flyweight | Boxing | |||||
| Yvonne Trevino | USA | Flyweight | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasemin Ustalar | Turkey | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada Vélez | Puerto Rico | Bantamweight | Boxing | |||||
| Elena Vystropova |  Azerbaijan | Middleweight | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eva Wahlström |  Finland | Boxing | ||||||
| Frida Wallberg | Sweden | Boxing | ||||||
| Ann Wolfe | USA | Light Heavyweight | Boxing | |||||
| Kaliesha West | USA | Super Bantamweight | Boxing | |||||
| Dora and Cora Webber | USA | Boxing | ||||||
| Vonda Ward | USA | Heavyweight | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | 'Weight (lb)67 | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selma Yağcı | Turkey | Cruiserweight | Boxing | |||||
| Duda Yankovich | Brazil | Boxing | ||||||
| Şemsi Yaralı | Turkey | Heavyweight | Boxing |
| Name | Nationality | Trainer | Weight (lb) | Division | Style | Team | Years active | Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaia Zaganas | Turkey | Boxing | ||||||
| Tatyana Zrazhevskaya | Russia | Bantamweight and Super bantamweight | Boxing | 2016–present |
Boxing is a combat sport and a martial art in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.
Although women have participated in boxing for almost as long as the sport has existed, female fights have been effectively outlawed for most of boxing's history until recently, with athletic commissioners refusing to sanction or issue licenses to women boxers, and most nations officially banning the sport. Reports of women entering the ring go back to the 18th century.
The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization. It is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO).
Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling.
Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, "light heavyweight" and "cruiserweight" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom.
The European Boxing Union (EBU), formerly known as the International Boxing Union (IBU), is a pan-European governing body that sanctions championship bouts in professional boxing. The EBU governs the most-prestigious continental title in Europe, the EBU European Championship, in addition to their EBU EU Championship for competitors from within the European Union and the EBU EE Championship for those outside the European Union. It is a federation affiliated with the World Boxing Council (WBC).
The Women's International Boxing Association (WIBA) is a sanctioning body for women's professional boxing came into existence in July 2000, and quickly grew into a major force in the sport.
Light middleweight, also known as junior middleweight or super welterweight, is a weight class in combat sports.
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