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Diana Prazak
Diana Prazak (born 20 July 1979) is an Australian professional boxer who held the WBC female super-featherweight title from 2013 to 2014. She is the first Australian boxer to have been ranked as the best active boxer, pound-for-pound, by BoxRec. Amateur career At the age of 27, Prazak joined a local boxing gym to lose weight. She took her first amateur fight at 64 kg after six months of training. As an amateur fighter Prazak had six fights and won them all via stoppage. The last such fight was for a national title, making her the Australian Amateur Light Welterweight Champion. This was her last amateur fight before turning professional. Professional career Prazak made her professional boxing debut on 13 March 2010 in Moonee Valley, Victoria, Australia. She was defeated via unanimous decision after six rounds with fellow Australian Sarah Howett. In 2013, she fought against Super Featherweight Champion Frida Wallberg, who was defeated by her in Sweden with a knock out in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super-featherweight
Super featherweight, also known as junior lightweight, is a weight division in professional boxing, contested between and . The super featherweight division was established by the New York Walker Law in 1920, although first founded by the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) in 1930. The first English champion was "Battling Kid" Nelson in 1914 who lost his title to Benny Berger in 1915. Artie O’Leary also won this title in 1917. This weight class appeared into two distinct historical periods, from 1921 to 1933 and 1960 to the present. Some of the notable fighters to hold championship titles at this weight include Brian Mitchell , Arturo Gatti, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Flash Elorde, Alexis Argüello, Azumah Nelson, Julio César Chávez, Diego Corrales, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Érik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Acelino Freitas, Juan Manuel Márquez, Oscar De La Hoya, Rocky Lockridge, and Manny Pacquiao. The first World Boxing Association (previously known as the National Boxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of WBA Female World Champions
The following is a list of WBA female world champions certificated by the World Boxing Association (WBA). Stand: March 31, 2020. r – Champion relinquished title. s – Champion stripped of title. During the 2009 WBA convention in Colombia, Susi Kentikian was named the first ever WBA female Super Champion. It was announced that this belt would be called "Susi Kentikian belt" for all other future Super Champions. Light minimumweight Minimumweight Light flyweight Flyweight Super flyweight Bantamweight Super bantamweight Featherweight Super featherweight Lightweight Super lightweight Welterweight Super welterweight Middleweight Super middleweight Light heavyweight See also * List of current female world boxing champions * List of female undisputed world boxing champions * List of WBC female world champions * List of IBF female world champions * List of WBO female world champions * List of WIBO world champions The following is a list of IBO female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Hobsons Bay
The City of Hobsons Bay is a local government area in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the south-western suburbs between 6 and 20 km from the Melbourne city centre. It was founded on 22 June 1994 during the amalgamation of local councils by the state government from the City of Williamstown and the City of Altona, as well as the suburb of South Kingsville from the City of Footscray. It took its name from Hobsons Bay, named after Captain William Hobson. The city has an area of 64 square kilometres, and in June 2018 had a population of 96,470. Council The current councillors, in order of election at the 2020 election, are: Education Libraries The library, run by the council has five branches: Altona, Altona Meadows, Altona North, Newport and Williamstown. Reflecting the multiculturalism of the community, the library service has a large amount of material in eight different languages. The Environment Resource Centre is located in Altona library and prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Garbatt
Lindsay Garbatt (born ) is a Canadian female boxer and mixed martial artist. She competes professionally since 2008 and is the current women's International Boxing Association champion and mixed martial artist. Boxing record , - , style="text-align:center;" colspan="8", 8 Wins ( 3 knockouts, 7 decisions), 7 Losses (0 decisions, 0 retirement), 2 Draws , - !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Result !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Record !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Opponent !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Type !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Rd, Time !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Date !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Location !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Notes , - , Loss , 8–7–2 , Chun Yan Xu , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staten Island, New York
Staten Island ( ) is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located in the city's southwest portion, the borough is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull and from the rest of New York by New York Bay. With a population of 495,747 in the 2020 United States Census, 2020 Census, Staten Island is the least populated borough but the third largest in land area at . A home to the Lenape indigenous people, the island was settled by Dutch colonists in the 17th century. It was one of the 12 original counties of New York state. Staten Island was City of Greater New York, consolidated with New York City in 1898. It was formally known as the Borough of Richmond until 1975, when its name was changed to Borough of Staten Island. Staten Island has sometimes been called "the forgotten borough" by inhabitants who feel neglected by the Government of New York City, city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatuma Zarika
Zarika Njeri Kanghete (born 13 March 1985), commonly known as Fatuma Zarika, is a Kenyan professional boxer. She held the WBC female super-bantamweight Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to . There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or ... title from 2016 to 2019, becoming the first Kenyan to win a WBC title. Professional boxing record References External links * Living people 1985 births Kenyan women boxers Sportspeople from Nairobi World Boxing Council champions Bantamweight boxers Super-bantamweight boxers Featherweight boxers Super-featherweight boxers World super-bantamweight boxing champions 21st-century Kenyan women 21st-century Kenyan people {{Kenya-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in 1706 as ''La Villa de Alburquerque'' by Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés''.'' Named in honor of the Viceroy of New Spain, the Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque, 10th Duke of Alburquerque, the city was Old Town Albuquerque, an outpost on Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, El Camino Real linking Mexico City to the northernmost territories of New Spain. Located in the Albuquerque Basin, the city is flanked by the Sandia Mountains to the east and the West Mesa to the west, with the Rio Grande and bosque flowing from north-to-south. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Albuquerque had 564,559 residents, making it the List of United States cities by population, 32nd-most populous city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly Holm
Holly Rene Holm (born October 17, 1981) is an American mixed martial artist, who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She is the former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion, and a former professional boxer. She was a multiple-time world champion in boxing, defending her titles 18 times in three weight classes, and a two-time ''Ring'' magazine fighter of the year (2005, 2006). She is ranked by BoxRec as the best female professional boxer of all time. She is the only fighter to have won a boxing world title and a UFC title. Holm's most notable win in mixed martial arts (MMA) occurred at UFC 193 on November 15, 2015, in Melbourne, when she captured the bantamweight title and gave Ronda Rousey her first loss in the sport. According to ESPN, this fight is generally considered to be one of the biggest upsets in combat-sports history. As of May 23, 2022, she is ranked #3 in the UFC women's bantamweight rankings, and as of November 21, 2022, she is #10 in the UFC women's poun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of WBC Female World Champions
The following is a list of WBC female world champions certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). Stand: June 3, 2020. r – Champion relinquished title. s – Champion stripped of title. On July 30, 2011, Ana María Torres won the first female Diamond Belt by defeating Jackie Nava at Bantamweight. On October 13, 2012, Ava Knight won the Diamond Belt at Flyweight, decisioning Mariana Juárez. On May 11, 2013, she defended this title against Linda Soto from Mexico by unanimous decision. On January 14, 2017, Amanda Serrano beat Yazmín Rivas to become the Diamond Champion at Super bantamweight. On September 30, 2017, Jessica Chávez beat Esmeralda Moreno to win the vacant WBC female Diamond flyweight title. On September 14, 2018, German Raja Amasheh won the vacant WBC Diamond super flyweight title against Peruvian Linda Laura Lecca. On April 13, 2019, Claressa Shields won the vacant Diamond middleweight title via UD against Christina Hammer. On October 30, 2021, Jackie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon O'Connell
Shannon O'Connell (born 20 January 1983), nicknamed Shotgun Shannon is an Australian professional boxer who held the WBF female featherweight world title in 2013 and was known as The Queen of Australian Boxing before suffering a crushing TKO loss by Ebanie Bridges. As of September, 2022 she is the mandatory challenger for the IBF bantamweight world championship, number 1 ranked contender for the WBA and IBO bantamweight world championships, and is currently the number 3 ranked women's bantamweight in the world by Boxrec. She is managed by Glen Jennings ( Tim Tszyu, Nikita Tszyu, Kostya Tszyu) and No Limit Boxing. Early life O'Connell was born on 20 January, 1983 in Adelaide, South Australia. At the age of 2 her father Kevin O'Connell passed away in a speedway accident. As a result of the loss of her father, her mother Lynda became deeply troubled and much of Shannon's early life was marred by abuse and drug-use. She took up boxing at the age of 20 to rehabilitate a back in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBC Female Lightweight Title
The following is a list of WBC female world champions certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). Stand: June 3, 2020. r – Champion relinquished title. s – Champion stripped of title. On July 30, 2011, Ana María Torres won the first female Diamond Belt by defeating Jackie Nava at Bantamweight. On October 13, 2012, Ava Knight won the Diamond Belt at Flyweight, decisioning Mariana Juárez. On May 11, 2013, she defended this title against Linda Soto from Mexico by unanimous decision. On January 14, 2017, Amanda Serrano beat Yazmín Rivas to become the Diamond Champion at Super bantamweight. On September 30, 2017, Jessica Chávez beat Esmeralda Moreno to win the vacant WBC female Diamond flyweight title. On September 14, 2018, German Raja Amasheh won the vacant WBC Diamond super flyweight title against Peruvian Linda Laura Lecca. On April 13, 2019, Claressa Shields won the vacant Diamond middleweight title via UD against Christina Hammer. On October 30, 2021, Jackie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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