Gina Guidi

Last updated
Gina Guidi
Born (1962-05-19) May 19, 1962 (age 62)
Nationality American
Statistics
Weight(s) Super-bantamweight
Boxing record
Total fights18
Wins16
Wins by KO9
Losses1
Draws1

Gina "Boom Boom" Guidi (born May 19, 1962) is an American professional female boxer, and a three-time champion of the world.

Contents

Guidi began boxing with her brothers at the local police athletic league as a teen, and has been boxing for more than 25 years. With an undefeated amateur record of 12-0 with nine knock outs (KOs), she went professional in 1994.

Guidi regularly donates time and money to non-profit organizations, including domestic abuse prevention and AIDS research programs. [1]

Guidi is lesbian and has publicly supported various gay causes, The Advocate (LGBT magazine) noted her as "one of the few visible out lesbian boxers" in 2003. [2]

Her professional record is 16-1-1 with six of her wins being by KO. Her only loss was to Mary Ann Almager.

Professional boxing record

18 fights16 wins1 loss
By knockout60
By decision101
Draws1
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
18WinBritt Van BuskirkUD07/14/01Centennial Hall, Hayward, California, USAvacant Women’s International Boxing Association World welterweight title
17WinKelly WhaleyTKO03/25/01Centennial Hall, Hayward, California, USA
16WinMarsha ValleyMD07/03/00Hyatt Regency Hotel, Monterey, California, USA
15WinTrina OrtegonUD04/22/00Centennial Hall, Hayward, California, USAInternational Women’s Boxing Federation World middleweight title
14WinMarsha ValleyMD11/27/99Monterey, California, USA
13WinMaria RecinosUD03/31/99Monterey, California, USA
12Win Dora Webber UD06/30/98Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
11Win Dora Webber SD02/15/98Grand Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
10WinAngela BuchananKO05/17/97Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, USA
9WinMaria RecinosUD04/23/97Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
8DrawMaria RecinosPTS10/19/96San Francisco, California, USA
7WinLeah MellingerTKO09/28/96Salinas, California, USA
6WinMaria RecinosUD07/20/96Casino West, Yerington, Nevada, USA
5WinAngela BuchananKO06/01/96San Francisco, California, USA
4Loss Mary Ann Almager SD03/23/96Hyatt Regency Hotel, Monterey, California, USA
3WinDel PettisKO12/28/95Irvine, California, USA
2WinAraceli GonzalezTKO11/18/95Huntington Park, California, USA
1WinKelly ArtzPTS05/18/95Hilton Hotel, Reno, Nevada, USA

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laila Ali</span> American boxer (born 1977)

Laila Amaria Ali is an American television personality and retired professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2007. During her career, from which she retired undefeated, she held the WBC, WIBA, IWBF and IBA female super middleweight titles, and the IWBF light heavyweight title. Ali is widely regarded by many within the sport as one of the greatest female professional boxers of all time. She is the daughter of boxer Muhammad Ali.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sugar Ray Robinson</span> American boxer (1921–1989)

Walker Smith Jr., better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He is often regarded as the greatest boxer of all time, pound-for-pound.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bobby Chacon</span> American boxer

Bobby Chacon was an American professional boxer who competed from 1972 to 1988. He held titles in two weight classes, including the WBC featherweight title from September 1974 to June 1975 and the WBC super featherweight title from December 1982 to June 1983.

Dora Webber and Cora Webber are twin sisters who participate in women's boxing. They are from the U.S. state of California. It is believed that at one time, they were the only set of twins to actively participate on boxing's women's leg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mia St. John</span> American boxer

Mia Rosales St. John is an American professional boxer and former World Boxing Council (WBC) champion in the super welterweight division. She is also the IBA and IFBA lightweight champion. She is also a model, businesswoman, and taekwondo champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kim Duk-koo</span> South Korean boxer (1955–1982)

Kim Duk-koo was a South Korean boxer who died after fighting in a world championship boxing match against Ray Mancini. His death sparked reforms aimed at better protecting the health of boxers, including reducing the number of rounds in championship bouts from 15 to 12.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucia Rijker</span> Dutch boxer (born 1967)

Lucia Frederica Rijker is a Dutch professional boxer, kickboxer, and actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Riddick Bowe</span> American boxer (born 1967)

Riddick Lamont Bowe is an American former professional boxer and professional kickboxer who competed between 1989 and 2008 in boxing, and from 2013 to 2016 in kickboxing. He held the undisputed world heavyweight championship in 1992, and won the super heavyweight silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Henry Durand Tillman is an American former professional boxer. He won a Gold at the 1984 Olympics as a Heavyweight. He scored notable wins over Cruiserweight Champions Uriah Grant and Tyrone Booze.

Ann Wolfe is an American retired professional boxer, trainer and actress. Wolfe held world titles in three different weight classes simultaneously and is regarded as one of the greatest female boxers of all time. She is a member of the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcela Acuña</span> Argentine boxer (born 1976)

Marcela Eliana Acuña is an Argentine professional boxer and part-time politician. She has held multiple super bantamweight world titles, including the IBF title since 2018; the WBA title from 2006 to 2008; the WBC title twice between 2008 and 2010; the WBO title from 2013 to 2014; the IBF title from 2016 to 2018; and the WBA interim featherweight title in 2016.

Michele Aboro is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2001. She retired an undefeated world champion, having held the WIBF super-bantamweight title from 2000 to 2001.

Bridgett Riley is a female boxer and motion picture stuntwoman from Oakville, Missouri, where she graduated in 1989. While working as an airline attendant, she decided to learn martial arts. The interest in the sport came from her brother Patrick's strong interest in mixed martial arts. She trained with her brother and a number of other high-profile martial artists early in her career. Notably, she was trained by former three time world kickboxing champion, Jim Boucher. She was a member of a competition team with other competitors such as: Ronnie "Diamond" Deleon, Patrick Riley, Donny Reinhardt, Russ Hogue.

The Women's International Boxing Association (WIBA) is a sanctioning body for women's professional boxing. Established in July 2000, it quickly grew into a major force in the sport.

Fernando Montiel Martínez is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a multiple-time former world champion in three weight classes, having held the WBO flyweight title from 2001 to 2002, the WBO junior bantamweight title twice between 2002 and 2008, and the unified WBC and WBO bantamweight titles from 2010 to 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Susi Kentikian</span> German-Armenian boxer

SusiannaLevonovna Kentikian is an Armenian-German former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2016. She was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, but left the country with her family at the age of five because of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Kentikian has lived in Hamburg since 1996 and began boxing at the age of twelve.

Patricia Alcivar is a competitive road and adventure racer and former professional boxer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claressa Shields</span> American boxer (born 1995)

Claressa Maria Shields is an American professional boxer and professional mixed martial artist. She has held multiple world championships in five weight classes, including the undisputed female light middleweight title since March 2021; the World Boxing Organization (WBO) female light heavyweight title and the World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Federation (WBF) female heavyweight titles since July 2024; WBC and IBF female super middleweight titles from 2017 to 2018. Shields currently holds the record for becoming a two and three division world champion in the fewest professional fights. As of October 2022, she is ranked the world's best active female middleweight by BoxRec, as well as the best active female boxer, pound for pound, by ESPN and The Ring.

Mary Ann Almager is an American former professional female boxer. Born in Seminole, Texas, she is a resident of Ruidoso, New Mexico. Her nickname is "Gorgeous".

<i>Knockout</i> (2000 film) 2000 American film

Knockout is a 2000 American film starring Sophia Adella Luke as the protagonist Isabelle Alvarado, a woman who takes up professional boxing after a friend and fellow boxer is badly injured in the ring.

References