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Érica Farías
Érica Anabella Farías (born 13 July 1984), known as "La Pantera", is an Argentine professional boxer. She is a two-weight world champion, having held the World Boxing Council, WBC female lightweight title from 2011 to 2014 and the WBC female super lightweight title from 2014 to 2018. She also challenged once for the Undisputed championship (boxing), undisputed welterweight championship in 2017. As an amateur, she won a silver medal at the 2006 Women's World Boxing Championship, 2006 World Championships. Amateur career Farias made her competitive debut as an amateur on 10 December 2005, against Carolina Lopez. She won a gold medal at the 2006 Pan American Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and silver at the 2006 World Women's Boxing Championship, 2006 World Championships in New Delhi, India, losing to Katie Taylor of Ireland in the final, both in the lightweight division. Professional career Farias made her professional debut on 25 July 2009, at Estadio F.A.B. in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightweight
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing (sport), rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight boxers include Henry Armstrong, Ken Buchanan, Tony Canzoneri, Pedro Carrasco, Joel Casamayor, Al Davis (boxer), Al "Bummy" Davis, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Joe Gans, Artur Grigorian, Benny Leonard, Ray Mancini, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan Manuel Márquez, Sugar Shane Mosley, Miguel Ángel González (boxer), Miguel Ángel González, Carlos Ortiz (boxer), Carlos Ortiz, Katie Taylor, Edwin Valero, Len Wickwar, Pernell Whitaker, Manny Pacquiao and Ike Williams (boxer), Ike Williams. Current world champions Current world rankings =''The Ring''= As of May 14, 2025. Keys: : Current ''The Ring (magazine), The Ring'' world champion = ''BoxRec'' = As of May 19, 2025. Longest reigning world lightw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delfine Persoon
Delfine Persoon (; born 14 January 1985) is a Belgian professional boxer. She held the IBF female lightweight title in 2012 and the WBC female lightweight title from 2014 to June 2019, losing the title in a unification fight against Katie Taylor for the undisputed lightweight championship. As of September 2020, she is ranked as the world's best active female super-featherweight by BoxRec, the second best active female lightweight by ''The Ring'', and the second best active female, pound for pound, by BoxRec, fifth by ''The Ring'' and seventh by ESPN. Professional boxing career Persoon, who works as a railway policewoman, started professional boxing in 2009, switching to boxing after a career in competitive judo. In March 2011 she became EBU European Champion against Nicole Boss. She successfully defended her title in November 2011 against Myriam Dellal. In February 2012, Persoon won the WIBF world title with a technical knockout (TKO) against Lucia Morelli. In September 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikaela Mayer
Mikaela Joslin Mayer (born July 4, 1990) is an American professional boxer, who has held WBO welterweight title since September 2024. She is also a former unified female super-featherweight world champion, having held the WBO and the IBF titles simultaneously. She has also held the interim WBC female lightweight world title. As an amateur, she won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships and competed for the U.S. at the 2016 Olympics. Amateur career Mayer competed internationally as part of Team USA in the women's 60 kg category at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. She defeated Jennifer Chieng in the Round of 16 before being eliminated in the quarterfinal by Russian Anastasia Belyakova, who took a majority decision. Amateur accolades * 2016 AIBA Americas Qualifier: Gold Medalist, Lightweight 60 kg (132 lb) * 2016 Olympic Trials Champion * 2015 USA Boxing National Champion 60 kg (132 lb) * 2014 USA Boxing National Champion 60 kg (132 lb) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham is the legendary home of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and Smoking in the United Kingdom, tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. In the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census, Nottingham had a reported population of 323,632. The wider conurbation, which includes many of the city's suburbs, has a population of 768,638. It is the largest urban area in the East Midlands and the second-largest in the Midlands. Its Functional Urban Area, the largest in the East Midlands, has a population of 919,484. The population of the Nottingham/Derby metropolitan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Arena
Nottingham Arena (known for sponsorship reasons as the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham) is a multi-use indoor arena, part of the National Ice Centre in the Lace Market district of Nottingham, England. The National Ice Centre and Nottingham Arena were opened by Olympic gold medalist Jayne Torvill on 1 April 2000. The arena is the biggest live entertainment venue in the East Midlands. History Background The arena is part of the National Ice Centre which was constructed on the site of the former Nottingham Ice Stadium. The ice stadium opened in 1939 and was showing its age, so, in September 1995, plans were announced to replace the Ice Stadium. Plans for the new ice rink, supported by the British Olympic Association, were unveiled in October 1996. Construction Several buildings were demolished to make way for the new ice centre; this included an Art Deco warehouse and "The Old Cricket Players" pub, which was initially spared but closed a few years later and replaced with apartme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is an international professional boxing organization based in Panama. The WBA awards its world championship title at the professional level. Founded in the United States in 1921 by 13 state representatives as the NBA, it is the oldest major organization regulating fights. In 1962, it changed its name in recognition of boxing's growing popularity around the world and began to admit other nations as members. By 1975, a majority of its members were Latin American nations and the organization headquarters was moved to Panama City, Panama. It moved again in the 1990s to Venezuela before returning to Panama in 2007. Alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO), it was one of four major organizations which sanctions professional boxing bouts. As of August 2024, boxing website BoxRec no longer recognizes WBA world tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its southern suburbs were transferred from Derbyshire to the city council. It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire and the third largest of Northern England. The city is in the North Midlands, in the eastern foothills of the Pennines and the valleys of the River Don with its four tributaries: the Loxley, the Porter Brook, the Rivelin and the Sheaf. Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield's entire area is green space and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park and is the fifth-largest city in England. There are more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, which is estimated to contain around 4.5 million trees. Sheffield played a crucial role in the Industrial Revolution, developing many signifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield Arena
Sheffield Arena, known for sponsorship purposes as Utilita Arena Sheffield, is a multi-purpose arena located in Sheffield, England. It is situated near Meadowhall Centre, Meadowhall and lies between Sheffield city centre and Rotherham town centre. Opened in 1991, it is used for concerts and sporting events, and is also home to the Sheffield Steelers ice hockey club. Attendance for all events at the venue has totalled around 14 million since its opening. It has a maximum capacity of 13,600. History Constructed at a cost of Pound sterling, £34 million, it was opened by Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II on 30 May 1991 as Sheffield Arena. The first concert took place that evening, Paul Simon playing as part of his "Born at the Right Time" tour. The arena then took on the role of Gymnastics Hall for the 1991 Summer Universiade, 1991 World Student Games which were held in the city and which prompted the investment in, and development of, both the arena and nearby Don Valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Ryan
Sandy Ryan (born 16 September 1993) is an English professional boxer who is a former WBO female welterweight title holder. Amateur career On her senior championship debut in 2014, she won a World Championship silver medal. Representing England, Ryan won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia beating Rosie Eccles from Wales by split decision (3:2) in the welterweight final. In 2019 Ryan was selected to compete at the World Championships in Ulan-Ude, Russia, where she lost by split decision (4:1) to Christina Desmond in the round of 32. Professional career In 2021 it was confirmed that Ryan has agreed terms to turn professional with Matchroom Sport. She made her pro-debut on 31 July 2021 defeating Kirstie Bavington on points in a six-round contest held at Matchroom HQ Garden in Brentwood, England. Ryan vs Pier Houle On April 22, 2023 at Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales, Ryan defeated Marie Pier Houle by unanimous decision and earned the vacant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wintrust Arena
Wintrust Arena at McCormick Square, previously referred to as DePaul Arena or McCormick Place Events Center, is a 10,387-seat sports venue in the Near South Side, Chicago, Near South Side Community areas of Chicago, community area of Chicago that opened in 2017. It is the current home court for the DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball, men's and DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball, women's basketball teams of DePaul University and serves as an events center for McCormick Place. It also is the home of the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The arena was announced in May 2013, with construction planned to begin in 2014, and use expected to begin with the 2016–17 season. The start of construction was delayed to November 2015, with completion delayed until the 2017–18 season. Although DePaul had been seeking a new home arena—it had used Allstate Arena in suburban Rosemont, Illinois, Rosemont since 1980—it rejected a 10-year offer in November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica McCaskill
Jessica McCaskill (born September 8, 1984) is an American former professional boxer. She is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the undisputed, IBO and ''Ring'' female welterweight titles; the WBC female super-lightweight title and the WBA female super-lightweight title. She also challenged for the WBA lightweight title. Early life Native to Belleville, Illinois (part of Greater St. Louis), McCaskill and was raised by her great-aunt and her four sons. As a child her family fell on hard times and lived in the back of a local church. In 2008 McCaskill started her amateur boxing career. In 2012 McCaskill moved to Chicago and started working as an investment banker. Amateur career McCaskill started boxing in 2008, just for fitness, and had her first amateur bout in April 2009. After climbing the ranks, she won the 2010 Golden Gloves award. With a 17–1 amateur record, McCaskill won the Golden Glove Championship belts in 2014 and 2015. Professional career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Brækhus
Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus (born 28 September 1981) is a Colombian-born Norwegian professional boxer and former kickboxer. She reigned as the undisputed female welterweight boxing champion from 2014 to 2020, and is the first woman in any weight class to hold the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles simultaneously. Brækhus is also one of only 11 boxers in history, male or female, to hold all four major world titles simultaneously. She also held the IBO title from 2016 to 2020, and is currently the interim WBC super welterweight champion. In 2017, the Boxing Writers Association of America named Brækhus their inaugural Female Fighter of the Year. ''Guinness World Records'' awarded her with three recognitions in 2018: the Longest Reigning Female Boxing Champion, the Longest Reign as a Four-Belt Undisputed Boxing Champion, and the Most Bouts Undefeated by a Female World Champion Boxer. Brækhus held the WBC and WBA titles for 11 years and 154 days between 14 March 2009 and 15 Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
