Bonnie Canino

Bonnie Canino (born 11 January 1962) is a retired American boxer and kickboxer, and former world featherweight champion for two different associations.^[4] She also won world titles in kick boxing for two different associations.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Bonnie Canino
Born	(1962-01-11) 11 January 1962 (age 63) Florida, United States
Other names	Dangerous
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1]
Weight	135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb)
Division	Featherweight
Reach	70 in (178 cm)
Style	Boxing
Fighting out of	Coral Springs, Florida, United States
Team	US-1 Fitness
Trainer	Bert Rodriguez
Rank	1st degree Black belt in Kenpo 1st degree Black belt in Taekwondo[2]
Professional boxing record
Total	15
Wins	11
By knockout	5
Losses	4
Kickboxing record
Total	33
Wins	28
Losses	4
Draws	1
Other information
Notable school(s)	Coral Springs High School[3]
Boxing record from BoxRec

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.^[10]

In 2014, Canino was inducted into the Women's International Boxing Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.^[11]

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.^[12]

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.^[13]

Since retiring from prize fighting she has become a boxing coach.^[14] She later opened her own karate and boxing gym.^[15]

She has organized the Women’s National Golden Gloves tournament.^[16]

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.^[17]

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.^[18]

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

15 fights	11 wins	4 losses
By knockout	5	2
By decision	6	2
Draws	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
15	Loss	11–4	Chevelle Hallback	TKO		4 June 2004	Chinook Winds Casino, Lincoln City, Oregon, USA
14	Win	11–3	Nayira Brown	TKO		29 September 1999	Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
13	Loss	10–3	Alicia Ashley	UD		27 May 1999	Gold Strike Casino, Tunica, Mississippi, USA
12	Win	10–2	Gina Davis	UD		25 March 1999	Kenner, Louisiana, USA
11	Win	9–2	Sue Chase	UD		25 March 1999	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
10	Win	8–2	Carla Witherspoon	KO		12 September 1998	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
9	Win	7–2	Gloria Ramirez	UD		26 June 1998	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
8	Win	6–2	Nora Daigle	UD		26 June 1998	Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	International Female Boxers Association World featherweight title
7	Loss	5–2	Chevelle Hallback	UD		6 March 1998	Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA	International Female Boxers Association World featherweight title
6	Win	5–1	Cora Webber	SD		24 October 1997	Grand Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA	International Female Boxers Association World featherweight title
5	Win	4–1	Beverly Szymanski	UD		2 August 1997	Grand Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA	vacant International Female Boxers Association World featherweight title
4	Loss	3–1	Deirdre Gogarty	UD		2 March 1997	UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Women's International Boxing Federation World featherweight title
3	Win	3–0	Sue Chase	PTS		23 November 1996	Grand Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
2	Win	2–0	Tina Speakman	TKO		20 November 1996	War Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
1	Win	1–0	April Griffith	TKO		16 January 1996	War Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

28 wins, 4 losses, 1 draw
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
May 1995	Win	Zulfia Koutdossova	?	?	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
November 1992	Win	Sandra Strong	?	United States	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
For the KICK World Featherweight Title.
23 November 1991	Win	Tammy Hudson	?	Rocky Point (Tampa), Florida, United States	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
1990	Loss	Kathy Long[19]	?	France	Decision (Unanimous)	12	3:00
1986	Win	Charli Carr	?	United States	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00
1986	Win	Stacey Whirlwind	?	United States	TKO	5	3:00
For the KICK World Featherweight Title.
1985	Win	Linda Bear	?	United States	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes