Michelle Sutcliffe
Michelle Sutcliffe (born 3 February 1967) is an English female boxer who competed in the Light Flyweight division. On 27 February 2000 she became the first Leeds-based boxer, professionally licensed under the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC), to become a world professional boxing champion. In 1999 she was awarded the BBC's sportswoman of the year. Michelle was the second woman to be granted a professional boxers license by the BBBofC the first woman being Jane Couch. Michelle also practised Kickboxing and the martial arts sport of Muay Thai Professional career Sutcliffe's professional boxing career began on November 2, 1996 with her first world title try, as she challenged Regina Halmich for the WIBF's world Flyweight title, despite having never previously taken part in competition on this level; she ultimately lost in a second-round technical knockout. On June 24, 1998, Sutcliffe met Para Draine in Atlantic City for her second bout, losing by technical knocko ...
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Leeds, England
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by population) in England, after London and Birmingham. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production centre, including of carbonated water where it was invented in the 1760s, and trading centre (mainly with wool) for the 17th and 18th centuries. It was a major mill town during the Industrial Revolution. It was also known for its flax industry, iron foundries, engineering and printing, as well as shopping, with several surviving Victorian era arcades, such as Kirkgate Market. City status was awarded in 1893, a populous urban centre formed in the following century which absorbed surrounding villages and overtook the nearby York population. It is locate ...
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