Anne Sophie Mathis (born 23 July 1977) is a French former
professional boxer
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who competed between 1995 and 2016. She held world titles in two
weight division; the
WBA female
super-lightweight
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Boxing Professional boxing
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from 2006 to 2008; the
WBC female super-lightweight title in 2008; and the
WIBF and
WIBA welterweight
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titles in 2011. She also challenged once for the
WBO
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female
light-middleweight
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Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the Intern ...
title in 2014 and the
undisputed welterweight title in 2016 against
Cecilia Brækhus
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. She is best known for her knockout win over
Holly Holm
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in 2011 and is considered one of the biggest punchers in the history of women's boxing.
Career
Beating her compatriot
Myriam Lamare on 2 December 2006 at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, she became the women's WBA super Lightweight Champion. On 29 June 2007, she successfully defended her title in a rematch against.
On 2 December 2011 she beat
Holly Holm
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by seventh-round knockout in
Albuquerque
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. However, she lost her belts in a rematch against Holm in a unanimous decision on 15 June 2012 and failed to capture the
WBA,
WBC and
WBO
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championship belts against
Cecilia Brækhus
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on 22 September 2012.
Mathis went on to win the vacant WBF Super Welterweight title against Yahaira Hernandez on 1 June 2013 by fifth round stoppage.
On 26 July 2014, she put her newly acquired WBF title on the line and attempted to gain the vacant
WBO
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Super Welterweight title against
Christina Hammer. This bout resulted in a controversial disqualification of Mathis which was later overruled to No Contest with many arguing that Mathis was robbed of a KO victory.
On 1 October 2016, Mathis challenged Cecilia Brækhus for the WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO and IBO female welterweight titles in Oslo, Norway, losing by stoppage in the second round.
Mathis was inducted into the
International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in 2021.
Professional boxing record
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References
External links
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Anne Sophie Mathis - Profileat
Women Boxing Archive Network
Biographyfrom the
International Boxing Hall of Fame
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1977 births
Living people
French women boxers
Sportspeople from Nancy, France
World light-welterweight boxing champions
Welterweight boxers
Light-middleweight boxers
European Boxing Union champions
World Boxing Association champions
World Boxing Council champions
Women's International Boxing Association champions
French female Muay Thai practitioners
French female kickboxers
Female Muay Thai practitioners
21st-century French sportswomen
20th-century French sportswomen