Editing Bonnie Canino

{{Short description|American boxer}}
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| name            = Bonnie Canino
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| height          = 5 ft 6 in<ref>{{cite web |title=Bonnie Canino |url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/18479 |website=boxrec.com |accessdate=5 June 2020}}</ref>
| weight          = 135 lb
| weight_class    = [[Featherweight]]
| reach           =  70 in 
| style           = [[Boxing]]
| stance          = [[Southpaw]]
| fighting_out_of = [[Coral Springs, Florida]], United States
| team            = US-1 Fitness
| trainer         = Bert Rodriguez
| rank            = 1st degree Black belt in [[Kenpo]] <br> 1st degree Black belt in [[Taekwondo]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Champion of Combat Becomes the Coach: Exclusive Interview with Bonnie "The Cobra" Canino |url=https://www.boxinginsider.com/columns/champion-combat-becomes-coach-exclusive-interview-bonnie-cobra-canino/ |website=boxinginsider.com |date=24 November 2016 |accessdate=5 June 2020}}</ref>
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'''Bonnie Canino''' (born 11 January 1962) is a retired [[United States|American]] boxer and kickboxer, and former world featherweight champion for two different associations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.johnlearn.com/p/bonnie-canino-is-a-former-women-s-boxing-world-featherweight-champion|title=Bonnie Canino is a former women's boxing world, featherweight champion|first=John|last=S.|access-date=20 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221100108/https://www.johnlearn.com/p/bonnie-canino-is-a-former-women-s-boxing-world-featherweight-champion|archive-date=21 February 2018|url-status=usurped}}</ref> She also won world titles in [[kick boxing]] for two different associations.<ref name=WBANBio>{{cite web|url=http://www.wban.org/biog/bcanino.htm|title=Bonnie Canino|accessdate=29 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614221433/http://www.wban.org/biog/bcanino.htm|archive-date=14 June 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-03-06/sports/9803050387_1_women-s-boxing-deirdre-gogarty-fights |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064338/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-03-06/sports/9803050387_1_women-s-boxing-deirdre-gogarty-fights |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2016 |title=Canino Always Packed A Punch – tribunedigital-sunsentinel |publisher=Articles.sun-sentinel.com |date=6 March 1998 |accessdate=30 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Black Belt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNoDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36|date=November 1997|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.|page=36}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=79IDAAAAMBAJ&dq=bonnie+canino+kickboxing&pg=PA112|title=Black Belt|date=1 December 1993|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G9IDAAAAMBAJ&dq=bonnie+canino+kickboxing&pg=PA74|title=Black Belt|date=1 August 1995|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.}}</ref>

She is the former [[International Female Boxers Association|IFBA]] World Feather weight champion and two time [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] World Featherweight title challenger. She is the former [[World Association of Kickboxing Organizations|WAKO]] and World KICK Kickboxing Champion.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=http://caninoskarateandboxingstudio.com/about.html |website=caninoskarateandboxingstudio.com |accessdate=5 June 2020}}</ref>

In 2014, Canino was inducted into the [[Women's International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwbhf.com/about.htm |title=About the IWBHF |website=Wban.net |date=10 July 2014 |accessdate=25 September 2016}}</ref>

Canino holds notable wins over Gloria Ramirez, Nora Daigle and Sue Chase in her career. She also lost bouts to [[Chevelle Hallback]] and [[Alicia Ashley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-03-07/sports/9803070032_1_ocasio-hawaiian-punch-first-round |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040231/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-03-07/sports/9803070032_1_ocasio-hawaiian-punch-first-round |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2016 |title=Dania's Canino Falls To Hallback – tribunedigital-sunsentinel |publisher=Articles.sun-sentinel.com |date=7 March 1998 |accessdate=30 August 2015}}</ref>

==Personal life==
After retiring in 1999 from professional [[boxing]], she worked at a car dealership and managed [[Ada Vélez]], the first [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] woman to become a world boxing champion, and Yvonne Reiss, the WBC Women's Middleweight World Champion who won the title in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxinginsider.com/columns/champion-combat-becomes-coach-exclusive-interview-bonnie-cobra-canino/|title=Champion of Combat Becomes the Coach: Exclusive Interview with Bonnie "The Cobra" Canino - BoxingInsider.com|date=24 November 2016|accessdate=27 April 2017}}</ref>

Since retiring from prize fighting she has become a boxing coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/fl-womens-boxing-nationals-hall-0706-20140707-story.html|title=After Hall of Fame boxing career, training fulfills Canino|first=Christopher L.|last=Shelton|date=7 July 2014 }}</ref> She later opened her own karate and boxing gym.<ref>{{cite web |title=CANINO'S KARATE AND BOXING STUDIO |url=http://caninoskarateandboxingstudio.com/index.html |website=caninoskarateandboxingstudio.com |accessdate=5 June 2020}}</ref>

She has organized the Women’s National Golden Gloves tournament.<ref>{{cite web |title=Achievements |url=http://caninoskarateandboxingstudio.com/achievements.html |website=caninoskarateandboxingstudio.com |accessdate=5 June 2020}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Bonnie Canino has in her professional kickboxing career had 35 fights, winning 28 of them. She was the KICK World Featherweight Champion, as well as the [[World Association of Kickboxing Organizations|WAKO]] World Featherweight kickboxing champion between 1993 and 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yc8DAAAAMBAJ&dq=bonnie+canino+kickboxing&pg=PA97|title=Black Belt|date=1 September 1993|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.}}</ref>

Alongside her kickboxing career, she participated in boxing bouts as well. She won her two fights, against April Griffith and Tina Speakman, by TKO and her third fight against Sue Chase by unanimous decision. She then challenged for the Women's IBF Featherweight title, but lost a unanimous decision against [[Deirdre Gogarty]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/boxing/louisiana-glory-thieving-promoters-and-sugar-addiction-the-remarkable-story-of-boxing-trailblazer-deirdre-gogarty-42103934.html|title=Louisiana glory, thieving promoters and sugar addiction – the remarkable story of boxing trailblazer Deirdre Gogarty|website=independent|date=29 October 2022 |accessdate=10 April 2023}}</ref>

She would then challenge for the vacant IFBA Featherweight title against Beverly Szymanski, and win by unanimous decision. Her first title defense was a split decision win against Cora Webber.

She once against fought for the Women's IBF Featherweight title in 1998, but lost by way of TKO against [[Chevelle Hallback]]. Her second IFBA title defense was a unanimous decision win against Nora Daigle.

==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame'''
**IWBHF Class of 2014 Hall of Fame Inductee
*'''International Female Boxers Association'''
**IFBA World Featherweight Championship (126 lbs)
***Two successful title defenses
*'''World Association of Kickboxing Organizations'''
**WAKO World Featherweight Kickboxing Championship
*'''KICK Kickboxing'''
**KICK World Featherweight Kickboxing Championship

==Professional boxing record==
{{BoxingRecordSummary
|draws = 0
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|ko-wins = 5
|ko-losses = 2
|dec-wins = 6
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!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Result
!Record
!Opponent
!Type
!Round, time
!Date
!Location
!Notes
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|15
|{{no2}}Loss
|11–4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chevelle Hallback]]
|TKO
|
|4 June 2004
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|{{flagicon|USA}} Chinook Winds Casino, Lincoln City, Oregon, USA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|14
|{{yes2}}Win
|11–3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|PAN}} Nayira Brown
|TKO
|
|29 September 1999
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|PAN}} {{small|Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|13
|{{no2}}Loss
|10–3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Alicia Ashley]]
|UD
|
|27 May 1999
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|Gold Strike Casino, Tunica, Mississippi, USA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|12
|{{yes2}}Win
|10–2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Gina Davis
|UD
|
|25 March 1999
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|Kenner, Louisiana, USA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|11
|{{yes2}}Win
|9–2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Sue Chase
|UD
|
|25 March 1999
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|New Orleans, Louisiana, USA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|10
|{{yes2}}Win
|8–2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Carla Witherspoon
|KO
|
|12 September 1998
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|New Orleans, Louisiana, USA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|9
|{{yes2}}Win
|7–2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Gloria Ramirez
|UD
|
|26 June 1998
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA}}
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|-
|8
|{{yes2}}Win
|6–2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Nora Daigle
|UD
|
|26 June 1998
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|International Female Boxers Association World featherweight title}}
|-
|7
|{{no2}}Loss
|5–2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chevelle Hallback]]
|UD
|
|6 March 1998
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|International Female Boxers Association World featherweight title}}
|-
|6
|{{yes2}}Win
|5–1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dora and Cora Webber|Cora Webber]]
|SD
|
|24 October 1997
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|Grand Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|International Female Boxers Association World featherweight title}}
|-
|5
|{{yes2}}Win
|4–1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Beverly Szymanski
|UD
|
|2 August 1997
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|Grand Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|vacant International Female Boxers Association World featherweight title}}
|-
|4
|{{no2}}Loss
|3–1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Deirdre Gogarty]]
|UD
|
|2 March 1997
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Women's International Boxing Federation World featherweight title}}
|-
|3
|{{yes2}}Win
|3–0
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Sue Chase
|PTS
|
|23 November 1996
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|Grand Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|2
|{{yes2}}Win
|2–0
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Tina Speakman
|TKO
|
|20 November 1996
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|War Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|1
|{{yes2}}Win
|1–0
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} April Griffith
|TKO
|
|16 January 1996
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|War Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA}}
|style="text-align:left;"|
|}

==Kickboxing record==
{{Kickboxing record start|title=Kickboxing record|record='''28 wins, 4 losses, 1 draw'''}}
|-  bgcolor=
|-  bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| May 1995|| Win||align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Zulfia Koutdossova  || ? || ? || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00|| 
|-
|-  bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| November 1992|| Win||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Sandra Strong || ? || [[United States]] || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00|| 
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |{{small| For the KICK World Featherweight Title.}}
|-
|-  bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 23 November 1991|| Win||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Tammy Hudson || ? || [[Rocky Point (Tampa)]], [[Florida]], United States || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00|| 
|-
|-  bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 1990|| Win||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kathy Long]] || ? || [[France]] || Decision (Unanimous) || 12 || 3:00|| 
|-
|-  bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 1986|| Win||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Charli Carr || ? || [[United States]] || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00|| 
|-
|-  bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 1986|| Win||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Stacey Whirlwind  || ? || [[United States]] || TKO || 5 || 3:00|| 
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |{{small| For the KICK World Featherweight Title.}}
|-
|-  bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 1985|| Win||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Linda Bear || ? || [[United States]] || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00|| 
|-
|-
| colspan=9 | '''''Legend''''': {{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win |border=1px solid #CCFFCC}} {{legend2|#FFBBBB|Loss |border=1px solid #FFBBBB}} {{legend2|#c5d2ea|Draw/No contest |border=1px solid #c5d2ea}} {{legend2|White|Notes |border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.caninoskarateandboxingstudio.com/index.html Official site]

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