- Yvonne Caples
Yvonne Caples (born
June 14 ,1972 ) is awomen's boxing champion. She was born inPune ,India , country where she has helped raise the sport's popularity.Caples lives in Las Vegas, where she trains under the tutelage of former men's world Heavyweight title challenger
Leroy Caldwell .Caples attends the
University of California, Berkeley when she is not preparing for a fight. She hopes to become amedical doctor insports medicine , and she has aB.A. in English, also obtained at that institution. She also performs as ahigh school Englishteacher .Caples became a professional boxer in 1999. Before fighting for the world championship, she had to meet the likes of
Kim Messer ,Elena Reid and former world championPara Draine before meetingRegina Halmich inGermany for the WIBF world Jr. Flyweight title, onAugust 17 ,2002 . She lost the fight by a majority decision, although it shall be pointed out that some fans showed disapproval of the fight's decision by booing and whistling.Three months later, on
November 22 , she found herself inside a boxing ring inGuam , where she foughtAnissa Zamarron for the vacant WIBA Light Flyweight Intercontinental championship, and Caples was defeated by 5th roundtechnical knockout , stopped on a cut in a fight in Caples was winning on all scorecards.Caples finally reached her dream of becoming a world champion when she defeated
Mary Duron onJuly 26 ,2003 inCosta Mesa, California by a ten round unanimous decision for the vacant IFBA world Jr. Flyweight title.Caples then travelled to
Trinidad to challengeRia Ramnarine for the vacant WIBA Mini Flyweight World Title.Caples lost a controversial 10-round split decision.Caples, who was a multi-sports star in India before becoming interested in boxing in 1993, holds a record of 7 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw (tie), with 1 win by knockout.
External links
* [http://www.yvonnecaples.com/ Official Web Site]
* [http://www.wban.org/biog/ycaples.htm Women Boxing Archive Network]
* [http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=16165&cat=boxer BoxRec]
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