| Mary Spencer | |
| Weight: | Middleweight, Welterweight, Super-welterweight |
| Birth Date: | December 12, 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Wiarton, Ontario, Canada |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 10 |
| Wins: | 8 |
| Ko: | 5 |
| Losses: | 2 |
| Draws: | 0 |
| No Contests: | 0 |
Mary Spencer (born December 12, 1984) is a Canadian professional boxer who as an amateur won three World Championships and a Pan American Games gold medal.
Spencer competed in multiple sports as a child including basketball, volleyball, soccer and track and field.[1] She began serious boxing training in 2002, eventually linking up with coach Charlie Stewart at the Windsor Amateur Boxing Club.[2]
Spencer won three World Championships taking the 66 kg title in 2005 and 2008 then the 75 kg crown in 2010.[3] [4] She also won a gold medal at the 2011 Pan-American Games in Mexico defeating Yenebier Guillen of the Dominican Republic in the 75 kg final.[5]
Considered a medal favourite at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, which were the first Games to include women's boxing,[6] Spencer received a bye into the quarter-finals where she lost to China's Li Jinzi who she had beaten in the world championship final two years earlier.[7]
Having turned professional after the Olympics, Spencer was undefeated in her first six pro-fights and in her seventh contest she won the WBA female International and WBC female Silver super-welterweight titles with a first-round stoppage success over the previously unbeaten Mexican boxer Cynthia Lozano in Montreal, Canada, on 9 September 2022.[8] [9]
Next she took on Belgian boxer Femke Hermans for the vacant IBO female super-welterweight World title losing the bout in Shawnigan, Quebec, Canada, on 16 December 2022 by unanimous decision.[10]
A rematch was held on 11 October 2023, in Montreal, Canada, with the IBO belt and the vacant IBF female super-welterweight World title up for grabs. Once again Hermans got the victory, this time by majority decision.[11]
Spencer snapped her losing streak with a win over Sonya Dreiling on 25 January 2024, taking victory via retirement when her American opponent failed to answer the bell at the start of round two.[12] [13]
Spencer was born in Wiarton, Ontario, Canada, and is a member of the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation formerly known as the Cape Croker First Nation.[2] She was an Indspire Award recipient in the sports category in 2014 and was awarded the 2019 Randy Starkman Award by the Canadian Olympic Committee.[14] In January 2024, Spencer joined the Boxing Ontario board of directors.[15]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Win | 8–2 | Sonya Dreiling | RTD | 1 (8), | Jan 25, 2024 | |||
| 9 | Loss | 7–2 | Femke Hermans | 10 | 11 Oct 2023 | ||||
| 8 | Loss | 7–1 | Femke Hermans | UD | 10 | Dec 16, 2022 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Cynthia Lozano | TKO | 1 (10), | Sep 9, 2022 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Chris Namus | TKO | 1 (8), | Jun 23, 2022 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Yamila Esther Reynoso | UD | 8 | May 28, 2022 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Beatriz Aguilar | KO | 1 (6), | Mar 26, 2022 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Milagros Diaz Perez | 4 | Jan 29, 2022 | ||||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Luz Mondaca | 1 (4), | Oct 29, 2021 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Maria Esquivel Zamora | 1 (4), | Aug 27, 2021 |