Author: Dee Williams/WBAN Photo Credit: Sue TL Fox Laila “She Bee Stingin” Ali (5’10”, 166 lbs) made her ring debut against April Fowler of Michigan City, Indiana, on October 8, 1999 at the Turning Stone Casino Convention Center on the Oneida Indian Nation in Verona, New York. Normally, a bout that pitted a novice with
Author: Dee Williams/WBAN Courtesy photo: Team Alcorn 5’7″ lightweight Jenifer “All-American” Alcorn grew up in le Grand, California and then moved to Fresno. Jenifer was well known in Fresno athletic circles before beginning her career as a boxer. She was a stand-out high school athlete and catcher of the Fresno State softball team, Despite only
Author: Sue TL Fox/WBAN Photo credit: Courtesy photo/Alcivar Patricia Alcivar aka “Patty Boom Boom”, 5’4″, was born in Elmhurst, New York on December 12, 1976 and lived in New York City all her life, until 2007 when she moved to Asheville, North Carolina. Patricia was an accomplished amateur boxer having won two consecutive NYC Golden
Author: Dee Williams 5’10” Kenyan middleweight Conjestina “Hands of Stone” Achieng was born in Umiru in the Slaya District of Kenya. Her passion for sports began at age 9 when she was a pupil at St. Jesus Primary School in Yala. “I loved ball games and also took part in short races,” she says. Conjestina took
Author: Dee Williams/WBAN Born in London, England on 17 July 17 1969, Michele Aboro lived in Peckham until she was sixteen. Her first sport was motocross, but she took up kickboxing and Muay Thai when she was nineteen. She went on to win five British titles, one European, and three world titles. She went to
Author: Dee Williams/WBAN 5’9½” super middleweight “Vicious” Veronica Simmons was born on March 30, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York. She began boxing in 1995 and has trained in New York City at Kingsway Gym and at Gleason’s. Veronica had a spectacular career as an amateur, winning every competition she entered and compiling a perfect 15-0