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Junior welterweight Myriam Lamare was born on January 1, 1975 at Saint-Denis (Seine Saint Denis) in France.  She began her boxing career at age 18.  She lives in Marseille where she trains at Challenge Boxing club under Louis Lavaly and works as a sports instructor for the city.

Always an athlete, Myriam Lamare discovered boxing when "one day, a teacher of American boxing suggested that I come to try out in his club: fifteen days later, I was on my new course."

In savate, she won the French championship in 1999 and 2001, was European champion in 1998 and 2000, and the world champion in 1999, compiling a 19-1 record. 

As an amateur boxer she was French champion in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003 and also  won several European and world championships. 

On May 7, 2000 in the 63.5-kg (139-lb) final of the Feenix Box Cup international tournament in Turku, Finland, Myriam defeated Canada's Tanya Robertson by a 17-10 score to win her first international title.

On April 14, 2001 at the inaugural European Women's Championship in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France, she defeated Nikoletta Gavka of Greece to become the first European 63.5-kg women's amateur champion.

In October 2001, she returned to the Feenix Box Cup competition in Turku, Finland, again competing in the 63.5-kg division. On October 5 she defeated  Frida Wallberg of Gøteborg, Sweden by a 10-5 score. On October 6 she won by a first-round stoppage (RSC-1) over Yasemin Ustalar of Turkey, and on October 7 she edged Terhi Lukka of Finland by 15-14 to win the final.

In November 2001 she competed in the 63.5-kg division at the Inaugural AIBA World Amateur Championships held at the Scranton High School in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. On November 29, Myriam stopped Nataly Ostromouv of Israel by RSC-1 in her quarterfinal bout. On November 30, she defeated Donna Mancuso of Canada by 19-12 in the semifinal. In the final on December 2, Frida Wallberg of Sweden avenged her loss to Myriam at the Feenix Box Cup by a 12-10 score to take the gold medal.

Myriam returned to the AIBA World Women's Championships in October 21-27, 2002,  this time in Antalya, Turkey.  She defeated Yasemin Ustalar of Turkey and Ida Gasanova of the Ukraine to take the 63.5-kg gold medal. 

In May 2003 at the European Championships in Pecs, Hungary, Myriam defeated Anastasiya Savinova of the Ukraine by RSC-1 on May 15 and won the final over Maria Karlova of Russia by a 16-4 score on May 16.

On July 4, 2003 at Futuroscope in Poitiers, France, she won by a first round stoppage over Virginia Chaillou of France, in her final amateur bout. This brought her total amateur record to 48 wins and just 3 losses.

Myriam made her pro debut on October 10, 2003 in Marseille, France. Myriam weighed in at 139 lbs and won a first-round TKO over then #15 ranked junior welterweight Katalin Csehi (141 lbs) of Békéscsaba, Hungary, who fell to 4-2 (0 KO).

On November 14, 2003 in Levallois, France, Myriam (141 lbs) TKO'd Laura Stefanescu (140 lbs) of Romania in the first round. 

On December 16, 2003 at Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan in Levallois, France, Myriam (138¾ lbs), then ranked #20 at junior welterweight by my computer rankings, won a six-round decision over then #16 ranked lightweight Elena Tverdokhleb (136 lbs) of Kiev, Ukraine, who slipped to 3-3-0 (2 KO).

On March 20, 2004 at Palais des Sports, Lyon, France, Myriam (137¼ lbs) won a six-round unanimous decision over then #26 ranked junior welterweight Borislava Goranova (136¾ lbs) of Sofia, Bulgaria, who fell to 2-8-0 (0 KO).

On April 29, 2004 in Levallois-Perret, France Myriam (139 lbs) won a six-round decision over Larisa Berezenko (141½ lbs) of the Ukraine. 

On May 28, 2004 at Zenith d'Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand, France, Myriam (139 lbs) TKO'd pro debut fighter Monica Herzilla (140 lbs) in the first round of a scheduled eight rounder.

On July 10, 2004 at La Palestre in Le Cannet, Myriam (136¾ lbs) won an eight-round decision in a rematch with Elena Tverdokhleb (132¼ lbs) of Kiev, Ukraine. The fight was  full of action and fiercely contested. “I’m pleased because it’s the first time I’ve gone eight rounds and I’m not tired,” commented Lamare. “I think I boxed better this time than the last time I fought the Russian (sic), but I could do with a bit more power.” Tverdokhleb fell to 4-4 (3 KO's) with the repeat loss to Lamare.

On November 8, 2004 at the Sports Arena in Paris, France, Myriam (139¼ lbs) won a 10-round unanimous (100-90,100-90,100-90) shutout decision over Eliza Olson (140 lbs) of Redwood City, California for the inaugural WBA Junior Welterweight title. Olson fell to  8-4-2 (2 KO's),

On April 29, 2005 at the Palais des Sports in Marseille,  Myriam (139 lbs) defended her WBA Junior Welterweight title  by defeating Elena Tverdokhleb (136¾ lbs) of the Ukraine when the referee stopped the unequal contest at 1:06 in the tenth round. Lamare was never in any trouble in this fight and dominated from beginning to end. Tverdokhleb, who ended the fight with her left eye completely closed, fell to 4-6-0 (3 KO) with her third loss to Lamare, and the first within the distance.

On July 9, 2005 at Le Cannet, France Myriam (139¾ lbs) retained her WBA Junior Welterweight title with a third-round TKO of 19-year-old Iva Weston (140¼ lbs) of Trinidad.

On December 5, 2005 at the Palais Omnisport in Bercy, Paris, France, Myriam TKO'd Jane Couch of Fleetwood, U.K. with seven seconds left in the third round for the vacant WIBF Junior Welterweight and the WBA Junior Welterweight title. Couch fell to 26-8-0 (8 KOs).

On March 18, 2006 at Palais des Sport Marcel Cerdan in Levallois-Perret, France, Myriam (139¾ lbs) retained the WBA Junior Welterweight title with a ten-round unanimous (99-92,97-94,99-91) decision over Florida-based Puerto Rican  Belinda Laracuente (134½ lbs). This was a good, high energy fight throughout with TV commentators saying that Laracuente was easily the best opponent Lamare had faced. Lamare said she enjoyed the fight as every round was different and hoped they'd give Laracuente a rematch. There was some booing as the lop-sided scores were announced; the TV commentary agreed that Lamare had won but only by two or three rounds, not by the wider margin on two scorecards.

On July 14, 2006 at Le Cannet, France, Myriam (139¾ lbs) won a convincing (98:93,97-93,97-93) ten-round unanimous decision over Belinda Laracuente (135¾ lbs) in a rematch of their March bout. According to WBAN's correspondent, "Despite another stylish display and hampered by an injury to her right hand, Belinda Laracuente failed for the second time to do any real mischief last night to the WBA super lightweight champion".  Laracuente's record fell to 22-14-3 (9 KOs) while Lamare remained unbeaten as a pro boxer at 14-0-0 (7 KOs).

On December 2, 2006 at the Palais Omnisport in Bercy, Paris, France, Anne-Sophie Mathis of Dombasle, France TKO'd Myriam Lamare in the seventh round to win the WBA and WIBF Junior Welterweight titles.

On June 29, 2007 at Palais des Sports in Marseille, Bouches du Rhone, France, 5,500 fans saw Anne-Sophie Mathis  (139½ lbs) of Dombasle win a ten-round majority (98-93,98-92,95-95) decision over Lamare (140 lbs) in a rematch for the WBA Junior Welterweight title. The much shorter Lamare pressed the action early and scored well with jabs on the way in and with damaging hooks once inside. However, by the fourth round Lamare began to tire from what appeared to be an effort to knock Mathis ut early, and Mathis then began to take control of the bout with clinical precision. Lamare began to back out of punishing exchanges, but the hard-hitting Mathis was able to walk her down and dominate the action with her power and size advantage. Mathis improved to 16-1 (14 KO's). 

On December 8, 2007 at La Palestre in Le Cannet, France, Myriam Lamare TKO'd Daniela David of Romania in the fourth round. 
David fell to 4-13-0 (1 KO's).

On May 3, 2008 at the Palais des Sports in Marseille, France, Myriam Lamare TKO'd Angel McKenzie of London, U.K. in the sixth round of a scheduled six-rounder. McKenzie fell to 2-8 (0 KO's) with the loss.

On June 27, 2008 at the Palais des Sports in Toulon, France
Myriam Lamare won by a third-round retirement over Angel McKenzie of London, UK. The fight had been scheduled for six rounds. McKenzie fell to 2-9 (0 KO's) while Lamare improved to
17-2-0 (10 KO's).

On January 23, 2009 at the Isleta Casino and Resort near Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, Holly Holm (145½ lbs) of Albuquerque won a closely-contested 10-round unanimous decision over Myriam (144½ lbs) for the WIBA Welterweight world championship.  Holm improved her record to 23-1-3 (6 KO's) with the win. 


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Myriam Lamare vs. Anne Marie Saccurato
Lamare Wins the WBAN belt
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On October 9, 2009 at Salle Vallier in Marseille, France, Myriam Lamare won an exciting ten-round unanimous (99-92,99-90,100-89)
decision over Ann-Marie Saccurato of New York, USA for the WBF Junior Welterweight title and the history-first in France, WBAN Junior Welterweight title. WBAN wa
s told the fight had the fans out of the seats cheering. (Note that thee judges came from Luxembourg, Connecticut and France and the referee was from Germany).  Lamare improved her record to 18-3-0 (10 KO's) while Saccurato slipped to 14-4-2 (6 KO's).

On November 6, 2010 at the Complexe sportif du Val de l'Arc in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, Myriam Lamare TKO'd Italian-born Lucia Morelli, who fights out of Offenburg, Germany at 0:57 in the sixth round of a scheduled ten-rounder. Lamare had dominated this defense of her WBF Junior Welterweight title but Morelli was still on her feet.  Morelli, who fell to 15-2-0 (7 KO's), protested fiercely against the referee's stoppage, but she had been on the receiving end of a series of heavy punches. 

On September 9, 2011 at Stade de l’Est in Saint-Denis on the French island of Réunion, Myriam won a ten-round unanimous (98-92,100-90,100-91) decision over Lely Luz Florez of Monteria, Colombia defending the WBF Junior Welterweight title.  Lamare improved to 20-3 (11 KO's) while Florez fell to 17-6 (7 KO's).

On November 5, 2011 at the Palais des Sports in Toulon, France, Myriam Lamare (140 lbs) won a 10-round unanimous (99-91,98-92,96-94) decision over Chevelle Hallback (139 lbs) of Florida, USA for the vacant IBF Junior Welterweight titlle. The judges' scoring appeared to be somewhat generous towards Lamare, who moved round the ring well and boxed effectively while Hallback was the aggressor for most of the later rounds.  Hallback started cautiously behind her jab but later went to the body to try to slow Lamare down then  tried to loop punches past Lamare's quick defense.  Neither was ever in trouble for long although Hallback occasionally caught the straighter-punching Lamare with powerful flurries. The well-fought and entertaining fight between two of the world's most experienced female pro boxers was televised on EU Eurosport.  Lamare improved her record to 20-3-0 (10 KO's) while Hallback fell to 28-8-2 (11 KO's).

On October 20, 2012 at Salle Schmitt in Sedan, Ardennes, France, Myriam Lamare won an eight-round decision over Floarea Lihet of Bucharest, Romania, who fell to 10-12-4 (3 KO's)

On November 20 2013 at Halle Monconseil in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France, Myriam Lamare (145 lbs) won an eight-round decision in a non title fight with Loli Munoz (136¼ lbs) of Barcelona, Spain, who fell to 12-13-3 (7 KO's) with the loss.

On February 1, 2014 at Arena Nord in Frederikshavn, Denmark, Cecilia Braekhus (145 lbs) of Bergen, Norway won a clear ten-round unanimous (100-89,100-90,100-89) decision over Myriam Lamare (143 lbs) defending the WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles. The normally aggressive Lamare appeared reluctant to close with Braekhus and more intent on staying away from her combinations, and spent much of the matchup on defense. Braekhus was rarely in any trouble during the match as she coasted to a 24-0-0 (7 KO's) record while Lamare dropped to 22-4 (10 KO's).

In 2018, Myriam Lamare was inducted into the Women's Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF), among seven other inductees.  Sue TL Fox Announced her induction in February of 2018. 

Myriam has described the difficulties that female boxing faces in France:  "The problem is that our sport brings little money back to the organizers, who are not interested in female boxing. It also does not match the ethics of sponsors, and television does not want to launch out. In fact, it is hard for people to imagine two girls taking blows. It is a question of culture specific to France, but one can't allow oneself to have a judgment on something which one does not know.  The French Boxing Federation did everything so that our sport evolved and moved forward in the best possible way in a very short time. For example, it  organized the first European championships in history. It also set up a whole series of training programs. Unfortunately, there are not many female boxers at a good level, we are in a building phase."

Asked about the pressures she feels as a boxer, Myriam says "I do not feel the pressure. I feel an emotional wave at the time of the weigh-in, and then in the cloakrooms, where I return two hours before the coming fight. But I have noticed that, a long time before, my body prepares itself at the limit, there are extraordinary things which take place organically so that I will be in phase with the fight. I think there is an unconscious process which enables me to be in full possession of myself on the D-day. My body does not undergo pressure, since it prepares, and then, one can relax!  Louis and I like to prepare with music. That relaxes me, and also enables me to put aside this 'wild' side which comes out from me as soon as I leave the cloakroom!"

"On the other hand", she adds, "when I am on way towards the boxing ring, when I  hear the announcer and the cries of the public, I have goose bumps, a shiver of pleasure!  I am then in a tunnel, and nothing around me matters. I feel that I am ready for combat, and my spirit is projected up there towards the boxing ring. I adore that moment."

"For me, boxing is much easier to live than everyday life ... when you are a bread-winner, you have responsibilities towards others, and life is not made of gifts ... it is not easy. In the ring, your destiny is your own, and you are the Master."

Myriam has said that she intends to retire from competition by 2010, and she already has such projects in mind as opening a restaurant, world travel and having children. But for now, she says that she intends to become one of the best female boxers in the world and to keep her title as long as possible.

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