Zhang Xiyan(; April 22, 1980 in

Harbin Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ...

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

) is the most successful female Chinese amateur and professional boxer. As of July 2010, Zhang has won a gold medal at the 2002 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships in the Bantamweight (54 kg), and Zhang turned professional in 2005, and won WBA and WIBA world titles in 2006 and 2007. Zhang claimed China's first professional boxing world champion.

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