Boxing

Marlen Esparza

 

  • Olympic bronze medalist in flyweight, 2012
  • First American woman to compete and medal at the Olympics in women’s flyweight boxing, 2012
  • Undefeated in professional career, 4-0
  • World Champion, flyweight, 2014
  • World Championship bronze medalist, light flyweight, 2016
  • World Championship bronze medalist, flyweight, 2006
  • Nine-time US National Champion, 2006-2011, 2013-2015

Claressa Shields

 

  • Two-time Olympic gold medalist – 2012, 2016
  • First American boxer to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals
  • Undefeated WBC & IBF Super Middleweight Champion
  • First woman to headline main event on Showtime Boxing, 2017
  • Two-time AIBA Women’s World Boxing Champion – 2014 2016
  • Pan-American Games gold medalist, 2015
  • Women’s Sports Foundation’s Individual Sportswoman of the Year, 2016

Laila Ali

 

 

  • Super Middleweight Champion in 2002 and 2005
  • Undefeated World Champion Boxer with a 24-0 record and 21 knock-outs
  • Wrote the autobiography Reach! Finding Strength, Spirit, and Personal Power.
  • Nominated multiple times for BET’s Female Athlete of the Year award and won in 2002.
  • Paired with Maksim Chmerkovskiy for the fourth edition of Dancing with the Stars.
  •  Women’s Sports Foundation Past-President