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5'3" junior welterweight Sharon "Wild Thing" Anyos from Australia is a boxer, kickboxer and karate competitor. Born on 13 October 1970, she began her love affair with the fight game as a "karate kid". Sharon entered her first tournament when she was six years old, and competed in non-contact karate until she was sixteen.

She entered the Australian Koshiki Full Contact Titles in 1986 and won the Australian Women's Title. In 1989 she participated in the Brogoli Championships in Hawaii, and took second place Champion of Champions, second place in Black Belt Fighting and first place in Black Belt Forms. In 1989 she took fourth place in Black Belt Fighting at the Kobota World Cup in Los Angeles.

Winning the Australian Koshiki Full Contact Karate title sparked Sharon's interest in kickboxing and Muay Thai, and in 1989 she won the WAKO Australian Kickboxing Lightweight title with wins over Nadine McDonald and Narelle Rockall. In 1991 she fought to draws with Songul Oruc and Stephanie Curtiss in WKO action, and in 1992 she again defeated Narelle Rockall in WAKO action. A loss to Stephanie Curtiss in 1993 did not deter her, and in 1995 she won an ISKA Australian title by unanimous decision over Debbie Merritt. A successful defense of this title against Merritt in 1996 was followed in 1997 by a TKO of Laura Skinner at 0:10 of the second round in a Muay Thai bout, and a unanimous decision over Holly Ferneley in a kickboxing bout.

In her pro boxing debut, Sharon (126 lb) won the ANBF Women's Junior Lightweight Title by a second-round TKO over Cathy Hawkins (126 lb) on July 4, 1998 at Carrara Basketball Stadium. This was Australia's first ever sanctioned women's boxing bout.

She then won the OBA Women's Junior Welterweight Title, defeating Holly Ferneley by unanimous decision (see the picture above, kindly provided by Brian Anyos).

February 1999 saw Sharon's diary full with contests throughout the year, but she had problems with opponents pulling out before the dates of her fights.

On September 18, 1999 at Surfers Paradise in Queensland, Australia, Sharon (at 138½ lbs) moved her pro record to 3-0 with a unanimous six-round decision over previously undefeated Wena Karaka (137 lbs) of New Zealand for the OBA Welterweight title. Sharon won every round on the judges' scorecards. Karaka fell to 2-1 with the loss.

Sharon next came down in weight to take a world title fight ...  facing England's own Jane Couch for the vacant WBF Women's Lightweight world title in London, England on 31 October, 1999.

In a prefight interview Sharon told Dee why this bout was a ten-year dream come true for her, but it was far from her dream bout once Team Anyos was at the David Lloyd Tennis Centre Club, Raynes Park in London! Sharon's trainer/father Les Anyos sent Dee a scathing report on the circumstances under which  Sharon came away on the short end of a unanimous (99-92; 98-94; 96-95) decision and her first boxing loss.  

Sharon later became the first woman to receive an award from the Australian National Boxing Federation.  At their Annual Awards Presentation Dinner in Brisbane on February 11, 2000, she got an Outstanding Achievement Award for her WBF world title fight with Jane Couch. According to Sharon's father and trainer Les Anyos. this was a "first" for a previously exclusively male event in a nation that only embraced women's boxing officially in 1998. Sharon was also named "First Lady of Australian Boxing".

She then looked to California as a place to get more fight experience and to train.

On May 6, 2000 at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California, she weighed in at 125 lbs and moved her pro boxing record to 4-1 with a convincing four-round unanimous (40-36 on all cards) decision over Cynthia Prouder (127½ lbs) of Los Angeles, whose record fell to 5-7-1. As she had done against Couch, Anyos fought a fast-paced fight, and was able to keep Prouder from setting up and going to work.

Sharon then trained at California's Coachella Valley Boxing Club with IFBA champion Sandy Yard.

On October 14, 2000 at Epicenter in Rancho Cucamonga, California, Sharon took on  JoJo Wyman of Woodland Hills, California over ten rounds for the newly created WIBA Featherweight title, this time coming away with a hard-fought unanimous (96-94) decision to take the belt.

The fight was non-stop action from round 1 through round 10 and neither fighter backed up an inch. Although a vocal Australian contingent cheered for Sharon, the crowd was largely for Wyman, a popular local boxer. 

One correspondent told me: "At the end of the fight, I thought Jo Jo had an edge, but it was so close I could not be certain. It was truly a great fight",  Another said: "This was a close one to call and many felt that Wyman deserved the decision. There were boos from the audience when the decision was announced ... but the booing was neither vociferous or nasty, more just a natural expression of disappointment over the hometown favorite losing a close one. No one I saw, either in the audience or in the ring, was outraged over the decision ... it really was a great fight and everyone recognized it." Wyman fell to 7-3 while Sharon improved her pro boxing record to 5-1.

At the Australian Boxing Awards night on February 17, 2001, Sharon received the Australian Female Fighter of the Year award, plus a historic award for pioneering women's boxing in Australia and for being the first Australian female world boxing champion.

On November 30, 2001 at Coolangatta Hotel in Queensland, Australia, Sharon (148¾ lbs) won a six-round unanimous (60-55,60-55,60-54) decision over Holly Ferneley (128 lbs), who fell to 0-4-1 as a pro boxer. Anyos was very aggressive in the early rounds and Ferneley was cut over her eye in a clash of heads. Local reports say that Ferneley said "it was fun" and Anyos that Ferneley was a good fighter but that she (Anyos) was feeling the effects of ring rust.

On December 18, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan, Japanese featherweight champion Emiko Raika of Tokyo defeated Sharon by a hard-fought ten-round split (98-97,98-99,99-98) decision for the WIBA Featherweight title. Anyos controlled the early going but appeared to run out of gas in the later rounds, By the end of the fight, Raika was badly battered around her left eye but she took the title belt and advanced her own record to 5-1-0 (2 KO).

In a rematch on November 30, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan, Emiko Raika succesfully defended the WIBA Featherweight title with a ten-round majority decision over Sharon. Raika improved her record to 9-1-1 (4 KO).

On October 1, 2004 at Southport Sharks in Southport, Queensland, Australia, Sharon (125 lbs) won a ten-round unanimous (99-91,100-90,100-90) decision over Linda Tenberg (5'6", 126 lbs) of Austin, Texas for the vacant WBF Women's Featherweight Title.   Anyos came out aggressively and traded with Tenberg against the ropes but Tenberg initially fought back well at close range.  Anyos kept up the pressure in the second, and caught Tenberg with several hard rights, but Tenberg came out strong for the third round and landed several good rights of her own. Anyos continued to take the fight to Tenberg in the fourth and fifth as Tenberg began to tire and the Texan's punches were wider and less accurate. Anyos began to dominate in the sixth and seventh, swarming Tenberg, and landing with combinations and a hard left hook. Tenberg was hurt at times but showed no sign of quitting. Sharon kept firing jabs and combinations in the eighth as Tenberg began to show her handiwork under her left eye. Anyos counterpunched until late in the tenth when she put on an aggressive flurry to end the fight. Anyos improved to 7-3-0 (1 KO) while Tenberg fell to 11-10 (6 KO).

After the fight, Anyos told reporters “I hope everyone enjoyed it because I had a fantastic time in here. I knew I was in here for 10 rounds. I trained for 10 rounds and I wanted to show some classy boxing." Anyos also praised three-time world champion Jeff Fenech, who had once opposed women's boxing,  for promoting the fight. "If it wasn't for Jeff Fenech you wouldn't be seeing what you are seeing on TV here in Australia," she said.

Fenech admitted that Anyos had changed his view of the women's sport. "I feel proud to be associated with Sharon and her whole family,"  he said. "She came to Sydney and convinced me to put this fight on. Girls can do it as good as we can."

On December 10, 2004 at Southport Sharks in Southport, Queensland, Australia, Sharon won a ten-round majority decision over Lisa Brown of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, defending her WBF Women's Featherweight Title.  Brown suffered her first loss and is 9-1-2 (3 KO).

On February 23, 2005 at Vodafone Arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Sharon (124¼ lbs) won by a TKO over Nurys Rincón (5'4½", 125½ lbs) of Arjona, Colombia when Rincón was unable to come out for the seventh round due to a rib injury.  Rincón had entered the ring  wearing a body suit and a pad over her ribs to protect a previous injury, and the fight was delayed while she was instructed to remove this extra protection.  Anyos attacked the vulnerable area in the third round and Rincón, who was also deducted a point for holding, apparently fought the next three rounds with broken ribs (it's unclear whether or not she brought this injury into the ring, hence the padding). Anyos improved her record to 9-3 (2 KO) while Rincón slipped to 7-1-2 (2 KOs).

On March 31, 2005 at Waitakere's Trusts Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, Sharon won a four-round split decision of debut fighter 
Christina Tai of New Zealand in what has been described to me as a "home town" tilt in the scoring towards the New Zealand boxer after a bout that was controlled by Anyos. Anyos improved her record to 10-3 (2 KO).

On October 21, 2005 at Gold Coast Convention Center in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia, Sharon won a ten-round unanimous (97-93,96-94,96-94) decision over 29-year-old former WIBA Featherweight champion Marcela Acuña of Formosa, Argentina for the vacant WBC Women's Featherweight title.  The hard-hitting Acuña landed the most damaging punches in this fight, but Anyos was busier and used her reach advantage to outbox her for the decision. Anyos kept her distance to take the first two rounds but got into a slugging match with the dangerous Argentinian, who has a strong right hand punch. Anyos took some heavy shots in this round and looked in danger of losing her composure according to Eastside Boxing's ringside correspondent Tony Nobbs. She got back to boxing in the later rounds and used her speed to control the action, holding off a strong charge by Acuña in the ninth as the crowd chanted her nickname "Wild Thing". "I am very very proud," said Anyos after the fight, sporting a badly swollen left cheek. "I felt strong every round. The girl can punch and she also headbutts quite well.  I felt I won at least eight of the 10 rounds which to me is all that matters. I've been to war to win the best world title you could ever be given."   Acuña fell to 19-5-0 (12 KOs) with the loss while Anyos improved to 11-3-0 (2 KO).

Manager David Viola said Anyos deserved national recognition after becoming the country's first female world boxing champion.  "We have our 'Million Dollar Baby' here. This is not Hollywood," said Viola,
"this girl trains six hours a day. She's one of the most focused, determined, feisty, arrogant ladies I've ever met. Very difficult to manage but I love her to death."

On June 9, 2006 in Southport, Queensland, Australia, Sharon TKO'd 20-year-old Konsuay Deksukhotnai of Thailand at 0:49 in the fourth round of a scheduled (non-title) eight-rounder. Anyos took some right hands from her smaller opponent in Round One, but she gained control of the fight in the second round and out-punched Deksukhothai the rest of the way. A flurry of right hands in the fourth forced the Thai boxer into the ropes and referee Alan Simpson stopped the bout. Sharon improved to 12-3-0 (3 KO) with the win, which also netted her a new yellow Porsche with number plate "Wildthing" from a local businessman.  Deksukhothai's record was given as 5-3 (2 KO's), but Thai boxing records are hard to verify and often contain a mix of sanctioned and unsanctioned bouts. 

On September 23, 2006 at Southport Sharks Club on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia, Sharon Anyos successfully defended her WBC world featherweight title when she stopped Esther Schouten of the Netherlands at 1:37 in the sixth round.  Anyos told the news media that it was her hardest fight so far, and that she was pleased that she won the bout this way. After Schouten had set the pace in the first round with some strong right hands that had the local crowd nervous, Anyos took control in the second and  outworked her taller opponent, eventually wearing her down. In the fourth round, Schouten was cut over her left eye by an Anyos right, and referee Brad Vocale intervened to have the ring physician check the cut.  Schouten tried to time Anyos with uppercuts as she charged forward but could not recover the initiative. The fight was stopped In the sixth round when Anyos threw a barrage of combinations which stunned Schouten, leaving her wobbling at the knees against the ropes and in no condition to return fire.  Schouten fell to 18-4-1 (9 KO’s).

"I wasn't worried after Esther fought so well in round one," said Anyos' trainer Lovemore Ndou. "I knew that Sharon could make it easier for herself by staying calm and working off the jab. Eventually she was going to catch her. Once she caught her, I knew she was going to break her down and that's what happened."

On February 23, 2007 at the RSL Club in Southport, Queensland, Sharon (128¾ lbs) won a six-round unanimous (60-54,59-54,59-54) decision over little-known Thai boxer Satreelek Paradorngym a.k.a. Pradisam Chuthaporn (5'1", 124¼ lbs) who was reputedly 5-1-0 (1 KO) coming into the bout (but Thai female boxing records are hard to verify because of inconsistent recording of boxers' names). Anyos improved to 14-3-0 (4 KO's) with the win.

This was Anyos last professional bout as a boxer. 

Sharon holds a fifth degree black belt in karate and is a nationally licensed boxing trainer, kickboxing instructor and karate coach. Sharon is trained by Lovemore Ndou.

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