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Sue TL Fox, Creator of WBAN,
and of the segment, "©Women
Cops Who Box", has been
in Law Enforcement since 1990. She created this segment to pay
a special tribute to past and present women boxers, who have dared
enter the ring to box and |
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work in law enforcement. Even when Fox was
boxing in the late 1970's her greatest desire was to be a
police officer. Fox has worked close to nine of her
years in law enforcement as a detective, with three of those
years on a multi-agency narcotics task force. Fox retired
from her job in January of 2008 after serving nearly 18
years of service. |
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Jean E. Martin - Police
Sergeant in New York |
Jean E. Martin, in her 30’s, is not only
one of the amateur women boxers in the world, but is a Sergeant with the
New York City Police Department, and has been for 14 years.
Martin is the only female to have won the New York Golden Gloves
tournament five (5) times. Three times at the 139 lbs. and twice in 145
lbs. weight class. She is also the first and only Female on the N.Y.P.D.
PBA Boxing Team. Boxing record 37 wins 5 losses...Full Story
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Nicelle
Rawlings---Police Officer by day...Amateur Boxer by night |
Nicelle Rawlings, 134 lbs., is a
police officer in Peel Region, Canada. She made her amateur debut at
the HUF Gym, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, last February 9, 2003.
Rawlings won her first fight with a unanimous decision. Rawlings had
two previous exhibitions before having her first amateur bout. Rawlings
is a stable mate of Olga Heron.
Full Story
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Tracy Byrd
was a City of Flint, Michigan police officer, and is now working in
law enforcement in Las Vegas, Nevada. Byrd is a mother of one son, and
is the former IFBA lightweight champion from 1997.
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BYRD who comes from a close-knit boxing family has been involved with
other family members to form Byrd Boxing, Inc. and the Joe Byrd Academy.
Byrd has fought the best and continues to be an outstanding role model for
other women boxers. Byrd is now living in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is
working for the school police.
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Bonnie Wherry,
mother of two, and a Cleveland Police Officer has been
boxing since 1998. Wherry is the second to the youngest of 13
children. Wherry grew up in Cleveland and loves working in the
community. |
Wherry told WBAN, "I have a passion for
boxing and hopefully the world will soon see that I am also talented in
the sport. My father always wanted one of the thirteen to box, (one of the
8 boys) but I am the one. My father passed away March 98 and never
had the chance to see me fight or become a Police officer. I know in my
heart he would be proud if he were here. The first belt that I win will be
for him."
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Corinne "GOOSE"
Vanrykdegroot, fought as a
Featherweight to Junior Lightweight, and a former member of the Ottawa Police Force and
Hollywood
stuntwoman, first stepped into a boxing ring in January 1998 in
Atlanta, GA.
This is where her story begins. |
GOOSE began her professional boxing career
on July 25, 1998 with a 4th round decision against Lisa Cuevas in Lake
Worth, Fl. During the past three years, Goose has been honing her boxing
skills and techniques by training
with some of the boxing world's bests, such as: Chris Johnston, Ronnie
Shields, Joe Goosen and Joel Judah.
On September 21, 2001, GOOSE won a unanimous six round decision over
Brenda Vickers (#8 ranked Featherweight IWBF) in Tampa, FL.
Vanrykdegroot participated in a reality show to compete in becoming the
top pick for an Action Hero. She is no longer boxing. As of 2006,
she has played a speaking part in the movie "The Guardian" that stars
Kevin Costner. She plays a bartender. Corrine may be coming
back into boxing this year (2007!).
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Chris Kreuz...Upon
obtaining her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Illinois at Chicago, she became a Chicago police officer, which had
always been her desire. |
Then, she was introduced to the world of boxing. Chicago's
Chris Kreuz at age 33
(5’5", 126 lbs.), recently made her comeback on April 10, 1998 in Chicago,
Illinois after a three-year layoff. With a convincing first round knockout, this Windy
City native looks like she never left the ring. Kreuz is retired from
boxing.
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Kathy Williams,
5'5", fights as a junior bantamweight, and is a IBA World champion.
Williams is current a police officer
Thunder Bay,,
Ontario, Canada. Williams comes from the amateurs and has an
impressive amateur boxing career before ever turning pro.
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William began boxing at the tender age of
11. Williams is an all-around athletic, that includes
track, gymnastics, volleyball, softball and basketball.
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Missy Fiorentino
5'1" Melissa (Missy) "The Fury"
Fiorentino from Cranston, Rhode Island was born on January 19, 1977.
She has successfully made the transition from amateur kick-boxer to
professional boxer. Her rapid firing, power-punching style has led
to her being described
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as "the Rocky Marciano of women’s
boxing". Missy is a graduate of Roger Williams
College. As a Rhode Island Deputy Marshall, her responsibilities include
transporting prisoners from to the courthouse in Providence. "Some of
the prisoners have seen me fight on television," she says, "Once in a
while one will say to another ... better not mess with her or she'll
knock you out."
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Robin Yakhour,
112 pounds, is currently a police officer in the state of Washington.Robin got inspired to get back into shape after
reading the book The Boxer's Workout. She integrated
the boxing training that she read about with a weight training
routine. |
Eventually Robin joined a boxing gym
where she could spar and work on technique and form. Robin
said, "It wasn't too long after that I had decided that I wanted to actually compete.
I had just turned 32 and didn't feel I had a lot of good amateur time left.
I ended up taking a pro fight on four days notice. My opponent came into town
weighing 10 lbs. more than I did and I ended up losing on points."
Robin talked about her second professional bout, "The second pro fight that I took was unfortunately
'dejevou'. My opponent
weighed in 10 lbs. more than me, and again, I lost on points. This has
really been the most frustrating aspect for me, but regardless, it's been
a
good experience and I've sincerely enjoyed the opportunities that I've had."
Robin has an Associate of Science in Fisheries Technology.
One of her past times is playing the drums and she is an avid lover of American Indian Art.
Robin currently works in Vancouver, Washington as a police officer and
is not boxing professionally at this time.
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Terri "Too Tuff" Moss,
a police officer in Duluth, Georgia, is originally from Denver
and now resides in Athens, GA.
Terri has always been an athlete, and was into triathlons and weight
lifting when a friend talked her into boxing. After just three minutes
of training, she fell in love with the sport. |
Nothing she'd done in the past had compared
to the intensity of boxing. Because of Terri's age, (in her
thirties) she had to pass on fighting amateur and went right to the pros.
She had to argue her case a bit with the state commission to be approved.
Terri's first fight was against Wendy Sprowl who had 8 fights and a title.
Moss lost but the fight went the distance--which no one expected. Moss at
one time gave up a career in law enforcement as a drug agent to box, but
missed it and was recently hired with Duluth.
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Valerie Mahfood,
a multi-World Champion attended the academy for Correctional
Officers directly from
High School. She was the
youngest to ever be admitted and of 300 applications, one of only
two women selected. |
Upon graduation, she received her unit of
assignment. She had been assigned to a maximum
security, all male institution. It was destined to be the roughest
prison the state of Texas had ever built. Her family who were
concerned, tried to urge her to quit, go to college, but being of a
slightly stubborn nature---she refused. Mahfood's
full story
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Veronica Simmons,
Of Brooklyn, New York works in law Enforcement (Corrections) in NY.
Veronica began boxing in 1995. She has won four straight New York City
Golden gloves titles: the middleweight Division in 1996, the light
heavyweight division in 1997 |
the Heavyweight division in 1998 and the
light heavyweight division again in 1999.Simmons made boxing history twice
by becoming the first Women to win four straight golden gloves titles, and
winning at three different weight divisions. In 1997 when she won the
National 178 lb title she defeated current Pro Boxer Trina Ortega and
Suzette Taylor. In 1998 Veronica stopped Adriana Smith of San Bernardino
California at 1:56 of the first round and won her second National Gold
Medal. In 1999 Veronica won her gold medal by knocking out Diana Matty of
Plantation, Florida with one punch in the first round. This win made
Veronica the first three-time National Champion in the history of USA
Boxing event. Veronica was equally impression at the Feenix Box Cup
in Turku, Finland. She earned a gold medal and did not allow none of her
opponents go past the first round. Veronica Simmons is perhaps the most
decorated former female amateur boxer in the U. S. with her 4 New York
Golden Gloves, 3 National Championships, a Feenix Cup title, along with a
15-0 record with 11 knockouts. Veronica is now 3-0-0 as a pro. Simmons has
been inactive in women's boxing in the last few years.
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Linda "The Vixen" Guedalia, a North Carolina Law Enforcement officer, will be making
her pro debut on March 2, 2002, at the Crown Reef Convention Center, in
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Linda trains at |
the Triangle Developmental Boxing
Association in Durham North Carolina with coaches
Willie Massey and Eugene Toran. Guedalia has had some amateur experience in the Masters
Division. Guedalia has been a Law Enforcement Officer for the past 18
years, with seven and a half of that served as a state Wildlife
Enforcement Officer. (More commonly known as a game warden). Besides
boxing, Guedalia enjoys other sports that include softball, basketball,
hunt and fish. She is also a certified Law Enforcement training
Instructor, teaching basic curriculum and Physical Training, in her
states' Law Enforcement Training program.
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Cheryl Muhammad
Muhammad, is an undefeated
boxer who fights at light heavyweight. 35-year old Muhammad, is a
Detroit police officer by day---boxer by night. She also donates her
time working with battered women in shelters in her area. |
