Bonnie Canino Explained

Bonnie Canino
Other Names:Dangerous
Birth Date:11 January 1962
Birth Place:Florida, United States
Height:5 ft 6 in[1]
Weight:135 lb
Weight Class:Featherweight
Reach:70 in
Style:Boxing
Stance:Southpaw
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]
Box Win:11
Box Kowin:5
Box Loss:4
Kickbox Win:28
Kickbox Loss:4
Kickbox Draw:1
School:Coral Springs High School[3]
Boxrec:18479

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]

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

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
15Loss11–4 Chevelle HallbackTKO4 June 2004
14Win11–3 Nayira BrownTKO29 September 1999
13Loss10–3 Alicia AshleyUD27 May 1999
12Win10–2 Gina DavisUD25 March 1999
11Win9–2 Sue ChaseUD25 March 1999
10Win8–2 Carla WitherspoonKO12 September 1998
9Win7–2 Gloria RamirezUD26 June 1998
8Win6–2 Nora DaigleUD26 June 1998
7Loss5–2 Chevelle HallbackUD6 March 1998
6Win5–1 Cora WebberSD24 October 1997
5Win4–1 Beverly SzymanskiUD2 August 1997
4Loss3–1 Deirdre GogartyUD2 March 1997
3Win3–0 Sue ChasePTS23 November 1996
2Win2–0 Tina SpeakmanTKO20 November 1996
1Win1–0 April GriffithTKO16 January 1996

Kickboxing record

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bonnie Canino . boxrec.com . 5 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Champion of Combat Becomes the Coach: Exclusive Interview with Bonnie "The Cobra" Canino . boxinginsider.com . 24 November 2016 . 5 June 2020.
  3. Web site: Little Ms. Dangerous . miaminewtimes.com . 5 June 2020.
  4. Web site: Bonnie Canino is a former women's boxing world, featherweight champion. John. S.. 20 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180221100108/https://www.johnlearn.com/p/bonnie-canino-is-a-former-women-s-boxing-world-featherweight-champion. 21 February 2018. dead.
  5. Web site: Bonnie Canino. 29 June 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070614221433/http://www.wban.org/biog/bcanino.htm. 14 June 2007. dead.
  6. Web site: Canino Always Packed A Punch – tribunedigital-sunsentinel . Articles.sun-sentinel.com . 6 March 1998 . 30 August 2015.
  7. Book: Active Interest Media, Inc.. Black Belt. November 1997. Active Interest Media, Inc.. 36.
  8. Web site: Black Belt. Active Interest Media. Inc. 1 December 1993. Active Interest Media, Inc..
  9. Web site: Black Belt. Active Interest Media. Inc. 1 August 1995. Active Interest Media, Inc..
  10. Web site: About . caninoskarateandboxingstudio.com . 5 June 2020.
  11. Web site: About the IWBHF . Wban.net . 10 July 2014 . 25 September 2016.
  12. Web site: Dania's Canino Falls To Hallback – tribunedigital-sunsentinel . Articles.sun-sentinel.com . 7 March 1998 . 30 August 2015.
  13. Web site: Champion of Combat Becomes the Coach: Exclusive Interview with Bonnie "The Cobra" Canino - BoxingInsider.com. 24 November 2016. 27 April 2017.
  14. Web site: After Hall of Fame boxing career, training fulfills Canino. Christopher L.. Shelton. 7 July 2014 .
  15. Web site: CANINO'S KARATE AND BOXING STUDIO . caninoskarateandboxingstudio.com . 5 June 2020.
  16. Web site: Achievements . caninoskarateandboxingstudio.com . 5 June 2020.
  17. Web site: Black Belt. Active Interest Media. Inc. 1 September 1993. Active Interest Media, Inc..
  18. Web site: Louisiana glory, thieving promoters and sugar addiction – the remarkable story of boxing trailblazer Deirdre Gogarty. independent. 29 October 2022 . 10 April 2023.