Cai Zongju
Cai Zongju | |
|---|---|
| Born | 蔡宗菊 27 September 1991[2] |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Minimumweight |
| Height | 5 ft 1 in (155 cm) |
| Reach | 61 in (155 cm) |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record[1] | |
| Wins | 11 |
| Wins by KO | 1 |
| Losses | 1 |
Cai Zongju (Chinese: 蔡宗菊, born 27 September 1991) is a Chinese former professional boxer. She has held the IBF and IBO female minimumweight titles.
Biography
[edit]Scouted by the Chinese state sports system, Cai was sent a sports boarding school and trained in freestyle wrestling before switching to kickboxing, Muay Thai and finally boxing.[4]
She made her professional boxing debut in September 2014, defeating Li Yun Ting in Kunming, China.[4]
Cai challenged IBF female minimumweight champion Etsuko Tada at the Cotai Arena in Macau on 30 January 2017, winning by split decision.[4][5][6]
She successfully defended her title via unanimous decision against Gretchen Albaniel at Macau East Asian Games Dome on 28 October 2017, before vacating the championship.[4]
Cai became a two-time world champion by defeating Ana Victoria Polo on a unanimous decision for the vacant IBO female minimumweight title in Haikou, China, on 9 June 2018.[4]
She then switched to amateur boxing and competed for China at the 2019 Women's World Boxing Championships in Russia, where she was eliminated in the quarter-finals.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Boxing record for Cai Zongju". BoxRec.
- ^ "Boxer profile". World Boxing Association.
- ^ "Boxrec profile". boxrec.com.
- ^ a b c d e f "Meet Cai Zongju, the former boxing world champion shrugging off gender stereotypes in China". South China Morning Post.
- ^ "Chinese Lunar New Year Cup IBF World Championship Attracts Nearly 400 Million Viewers". PR Newswire.
- ^ "多田悦子マカオで王座陥落 １－２判定負け". Daily (in Japanese).