Bonnie Canino


Bonnie Canino is a retired American boxer and kickboxer, and former world featherweight champion for two different associations. She also won world titles in kick boxing for two different associations.
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.
In 2014, Canino was inducted into the Women's International Boxing Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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.

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.
Since retiring from prize fighting she has become a boxing coach. She later opened her own karate and boxing gym.
She has organized the Women’s National Golden Gloves tournament.

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.
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.
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

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
15Loss11–4 Chevelle HallbackTKO4 June 2004Chinook Winds Casino, Lincoln City, Oregon, USA.png" />
14Win11–3 Nayira BrownTKO29 September 1999 Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, Panama City, Panama
13Loss10–3 Alicia AshleyUD27 May 1999 Gold Strike Casino, Tunica, Mississippi, USA
12Win10–2 Gina DavisUD25 March 1999 Kenner, Louisiana, USA
11Win9–2 Sue ChaseUD25 March 1999 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
10Win8–2 Carla WitherspoonKO12 September 1998 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
9Win7–2 Gloria RamirezUD26 June 1998 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
8Win6–2 Nora DaigleUD26 June 1998 Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USAInternational Female Boxers Association World featherweight title
7Loss5–2 Chevelle HallbackUD6 March 1998 Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USAInternational Female Boxers Association World featherweight title
6Win5–1 Cora WebberSD24 October 1997 Grand Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, USAInternational Female Boxers Association World featherweight title
5Win4–1 Beverly SzymanskiUD2 August 1997 Grand Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, USAvacant International Female Boxers Association World featherweight title
4Loss3–1 Deirdre GogartyUD2 March 1997 UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, USAWomen's International Boxing Federation World featherweight title
3Win3–0 Sue ChasePTS23 November 1996 Grand Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
2Win2–0 Tina SpeakmanTKO20 November 1996 War Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
1Win1–0 April GriffithTKO16 January 1996 War Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Kickboxing record