Bonnie Canino

Bonnie Canino (born 11 January 1962) is a retired American boxer and kickboxer, and former world featherweight champion for two different associations.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She also won world titles in kick boxing for two different associations.<ref name=WBANBio>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

She is the former IFBA World Feather weight champion and two time IBF World Featherweight title challenger. She is the former WAKO and World KICK Kickboxing Champion.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2014, Canino was inducted into the Women's International Boxing Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

After retiring in 1999 from professional boxing, she worked at a car dealership and managed Ada Vélez, the first 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>Template:Cite web</ref>

Since retiring from prize fighting she has become a boxing coach.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She later opened her own karate and boxing gym.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

She has organized the Women’s National Golden Gloves tournament.<ref>Template:Cite web</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 WAKO World Featherweight kickboxing champion between 1993 and 2000.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</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

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
15	Template:No2Loss	11–4	Template:Flagicon Chevelle Hallback	TKO		4 June 2004	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	11–3	Template:Flagicon Nayira Brown	TKO		29 September 1999	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
13	Template:No2Loss	10–3	Template:Flagicon Alicia Ashley	UD		27 May 1999	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	10–2	Template:Flagicon Gina Davis	UD		25 March 1999	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	9–2	Template:Flagicon Sue Chase	UD		25 March 1999	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	8–2	Template:Flagicon Carla Witherspoon	KO		12 September 1998	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	7–2	Template:Flagicon Gloria Ramirez	UD		26 June 1998	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	6–2	Template:Flagicon Nora Daigle	UD		26 June 1998	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
7	Template:No2Loss	5–2	Template:Flagicon Chevelle Hallback	UD		6 March 1998	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	5–1	Template:Flagicon Cora Webber	SD		24 October 1997	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	4–1	Template:Flagicon Beverly Szymanski	UD		2 August 1997	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
4	Template:No2Loss	3–1	Template:Flagicon Deirdre Gogarty	UD		2 March 1997	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Template:Flagicon Sue Chase	PTS		23 November 1996	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Template:Flagicon Tina Speakman	TKO		20 November 1996	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Template:Flagicon April Griffith	TKO		16 January 1996	Template:Flagicon Template:Small

Kickboxing record

Template:Kickboxing record start |- bgcolor= |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | May 1995|| Win||align=left|Template:Flagicon Zulfia Koutdossova || ? || ? || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00|| |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | November 1992|| Win||align=left|Template:Flagicon Sandra Strong || ? || United States || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00|| |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Template:Small |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 23 November 1991|| Win||align=left|Template:Flagicon Tammy Hudson || ? || Rocky Point (Tampa), Florida, United States || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00|| |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1990|| Win||align=left|Template:Flagicon Kathy Long || ? || France || Decision (Unanimous) || 12 || 3:00|| |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1986|| Win||align=left|Template:Flagicon Charli Carr || ? || United States || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00|| |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1986|| Win||align=left|Template:Flagicon Stacey Whirlwind || ? || United States || TKO || 5 || 3:00|| |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Template:Small |- |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1985|| Win||align=left|Template:Flagicon Linda Bear || ? || United States || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00|| |- |- | colspan=9 | Legend: Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:End

External links

• Official site