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American boxer

Valerie Mahfood
Born	Valerie Rebecca Mahfood () February 2, (age&#;50) Tyler, Texas, U.S.
Other&#;names	The Big Bad Wolfe
Statistics
Weight(s)	Middleweight and light heavyweight
Height	&#;m (5&#;ft 8&#;in)
Reach	&#;m (67&#;in)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	37
Wins	19
Wins by KO	9
Losses	14
Draws	4
No contests	0

Valerie Rebecca Mahfood (born February 1, ) is a female boxer who is a former world Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight champion.

Known as "The Big Bad Wolfe", Mahfood is known in the boxing world by her brawling style of fighting, and by her traditional trademark purple mohawk.^[1] She now resides in Groves, Texas.

Career

Mahfood began boxing professionally on July 27, , knocking out Jeanne Martinez in the first round, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

On April 23, , she beat Brenda Cooper by a four round decision in Houston, marking her Texas debut.

Laila ali biography daughter The second fight of the night was between two new women boxers, who were fighting on the undercard. Ali emerged victorious with a majority decision from the judges. Wikidata item. She was with her trainer, Barry Becker and her son.

She lost two of her next three fights, but she rebounded to win five fights in a row, which earned her first title try: on September 17, , she knocked out Kathy Rivers in ten rounds at Panama City, Panama, to conquer the WIBF's world Light Heavyweight title. This was also her first fight abroad.

She won three non-title bouts after that, and then, on August 10, , she went down in weight to the Super Middleweight division, to fight Mary Ann Almager for the vacant IWBF title.

She won her second title, with a fifth round knockout of Almager in Houston. On her next fight, she became the first boxer to defeat Ann Wolfe, knocking her out in three rounds.

Hana ali Link Copied! In July, she emerged victorious in a nine-round match against Monica Nunez, which took place as a warm-up event for Mike Tyson's fight, where Tyson was famously knocked out by an unknown boxer, Danny Williams. In June , Ali's dream match against Frazier finally took place, lasting eight rounds. Ali is tremendously popular and has a huge fan base in Las Vegas.

And till this day it stands as Ann Wolfe's only career loss.

On November 16, , she won the WIBA title by outpointing Trina Ortegon over ten rounds at Austin, and, shortly after, she beat Almager again, by an eight round split decision.

Mahfood and Laila Ali met in a long-awaited bout on November 8, in Las Vegas, Nevada, It was ESPN 2 Friday night fights series most view telecast and it was the first time a female world title fight was the main event on ESPN.

A bloodied Mahfood was stopped by Ali in eight rounds, in a fight that unified the IWBF and WIBA world titles.^[2] On June 21, , Mahfood and Ali had a rematch, this time in Los Angeles Staple Center on the undercard of the Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko World heavyweight Title.^[3] Mahfood lost by TKO in six while trying to recover her world title.^[4] Ali, however, suffered a serious cut (to her right eyelid) for the first (and to date, only) time in her boxing career (along with a bloodied nose).^[5] Ali retains a permanent scar from the encounter.

She won four of her next six fights, the lone loss in that span being a unanimous decision in a rematch against Wolfe.

Laila ali biography boxer But with a left jab and straight right hand, Ali knocked out Mahfood and won the historic bout with a TKO in the eighth round. On the other hand, Kendra Lenhart knocked out Mahfood within three rounds. Pavel Zhuravlev. Laila Ali vs.

She also had a draw (tie) against Kathy Rivers, in a rematch of their Panama bout which Mahfood had won.

On September 24, , Mahfood, sporting her traditional trademark purple Mohawk hairstyle, was dropped twice in the final seconds as she dropped a ten round unanimous decision to Leatitia Robinson in Atlanta, Georgia.

On November 6, , Mahfood TKOd Yolanda Swindell in the second round.

Mahfood then went to Germany, and lost a 10 round unanimous decision to Natasha Ragosina.

On August 20, , Mahfood fought Ann Wolfe, losing a ten round decision to Wolfe. In Mahfood fought Mary Jo Sanders for a world title.^[6]

She was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in ^[7][8]

Professional boxing record

37&#;fights	19 wins	14 losses
By knockout	8	5
By decision	11	9
Draws	4

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
37	Draw		Christy Martin	MD	8		Reliant Arena, Houston, Texas, US	vacant NABF female middleweight title
36	Loss		Yvonne Reis	UD		Paragon Casino & Resort, Marksville, Louisiana, US
35	Loss		Mary Jo Sanders	UD	10		Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, US	International Boxing Association female middleweight title
34	Loss		Veronica Rucker	UD		Coushatta Casino Resort, Kinder, Louisiana, US
33	Draw		Alexandra Maloy	PTS		Coushatta Casino Resort, Kinder, Louisiana, US
32	Loss		Ijeoma Egbunine	KO		Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US	vacant Women's International Boxing Federation World light heavyweight title
31	Draw		Yolanda Swindell	PTS		Coushatta Casino Resort, Kinder, Louisiana, US
30	Loss		Ann Wolfe	UD	10		Isle of Capri Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, US
29	Loss		Natascha Ragosina	UD	10		Life Sportpark Herrenkrug, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
28	Win		Borislava Goranova	UD		Ofen Stadthalle, Velten, Brandenburg, Germany
27	Win		Yolanda Swindell	TKO		Grand Casino Coushatta, Kinder, Louisiana, US
26	Loss		Leatitia Robinson	UD	10		Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia, US
25	Win		Carlette Ewell	UD	10		Grand Casino Coushatta, Kinder, Louisiana, US
24	Draw		Kathy Rivers	PTS		Stafford Center, Houston, Texas, US
23	Win		Carlette Ewell	SD	8		Civic Center, Beaumont, Texas, US
22	Win		Yolanda Swindell	MD		Arena Theatre, Houston, Texas, US
21	Win		Carley Pesente	TKO		Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma, Washington, US
20	Loss		Ann Wolfe	UD	10		Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Mississippi, US	vacant WBA-NABA female super middleweight title9-
19	Loss		Laila Ali	TKO	6 (8),		Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, US
18	Loss		Laila Ali	TKO	8 (10),		Stratosphere Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, US	Women's International Boxing Association World super middleweight title International Women's Boxing Federation World super middleweight title International Boxing Association female super middleweight title
17	Win		Mary Ann Almager	SD	8		Civic Center, Beaumont, Texas, US
16	Win		Trina Ortegon	UD		Convention Center, Austin, Texas, US	Women's International Boxing Association World super middleweight title
15	Loss		Kendra Lenhart	KO		Civic Center, Beaumont, Texas, US
14	Win		Ann Wolfe	TKO	3 (6),		Radisson Hotel, Houston, Texas, US
13	Win		Mary Ann Almager	TKO	5(10)		Astro Hall, Houston, Texas, US	vacant International Women's Boxing Federation World super middleweight title
12	Win		Genevia Buckhalter	UD		Casino Magic, Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, US
11	Win		Monica McGowan	TKO		Civic Center, Beaumont, Texas, US
10	Win		Genevia Buckhalter	UD		Radisson Hotel, Houston, Texas, US
9	Win		Kathy Rivers	TKO		Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama	International Women's Boxing Federation World light heavyweight title Women's International Boxing Federation World light heavyweight title
8	Win		Thistle Colleps	UD		Radisson Hotel, Houston, Texas, US
7	Loss		Kathy Rivers	UD		Gold Strike Casino, Tunica, Mississippi, US
6	Win		Genevia Buckhalter	TKO		Silver Star Casino, Philadelphia, Mississippi, US
5	Loss		Kendra Lenhart	KO		New Orleans, Louisiana, US
4	Loss		Mitzi Jeter	UD		Lake Charles, Louisiana, US
3	Win		Thistle Colleps	TKO		Harvey, Louisiana, US
2	Win		Brenda Cooper	UD		Sheraton Hotel, Houston, Texas, US
1	Win		Jeanne Martinez	TKO		New Orleans, Louisiana, US

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