Top 10 Female Boxers

Combat sports are about rising to the challenge and showcasing your skills to people from all walks of life. Boxing is one such sport that has inspired generations to strive for the very best. 

Much like other risky endeavors, boxing was also heavily dominated by men until very recently. As times have changed, women have also come into the sport and fought tooth and nail to rise to the top. 

With their dedication, skill, and athleticism, many of these female boxers have captivated the world and gained admiration from fans worldwide. Let’s have a look at the most fearsome women in boxing today! 

10. Savannah Marshall

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Known for her immense punching power and aggressive knockouts, Savannah Marshall is an English boxer through and through. The former WBO middleweight champ has had quite a varied career going from amateur boxing to the Olympics and then turning pro.

Starting at just 12 years old, Marshall faced backlash and discouragement in her gym. She would overcome all that, begin her amateur career with various impressive feats, and even win gold in the 2012 AIBA Women’s World Championship, which was the first time a British woman had done so. 

She turned pro in 2016, and the rest is history. Her professional record is 12 wins to 1 loss, with 10 wins coming via knockout. She is the only person ever to have defeated Claressa Shields but lost her undefeated record to her recently. 

9. Daniela Bermudez

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Daniela Bermudez is perhaps most well-known as a champion switching weight classes like it’s nothing. The Argentine boxer was not only the former champ in three different weight classes but also came from a family of fighters, with her being the oldest. 

She started boxing at her father’s gym in Santa Fe early in life and turned pro at 21, paving the way for her siblings to follow suit. She is one of the best female pressure fighters with near-flawless techniques making her fights entertaining and learning opportunities. Her current record sits at 29 wins to 4 losses, with 10 of the wins coming from brutal knockouts. 

Bermudez’s professional career saw her start as a light flyweight, go up to bantamweight, and finally at super flyweight, becoming the only woman to fight in three weight classes and perform consistently. 

8. Christina Hammer

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Christina Hammer is one of the most methodical female boxers ever to exist. Her use of reach and distance to pop off quick jabs and set up powerful shots makes her a fearsome opponent in the middleweight division. She was born in Kazakhstan and would soon move to Germany, where she found boxing. 

Starting as an amateur fighter in Germany, Hammer mostly stuck to local tournaments but soon branched out to fight and win in the International German Junior Championships. 

This opened plenty of doors for her, which she readily took and turned pro at just 19. She has won the middleweight championship at WBO and WBF and remained undefeated for nine years, only losing to Claressa Shields. 

Her professional record stands at 26 wins to 1 loss, with 12 of these wins coming via knockout. Interestingly, she owns an online casino and donates 5% of the proceeds to World Boxing Cares. 

  7. Delfina Persoon

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Sometimes the best defense is relentless offense, and Delfina Persoon is living proof of the concept. Her relentless fighting style, exceptional endurance, and stamina give her a reputation for dishing out enough punishment to make anybody reconsider getting into the ring with her. 

The Belgian boxer started with Judo and had to transition from grappling to striking before she turned pro in boxing. Despite her late start, she became the EBU European Champion within just two years and set her sights on more significant competitions. 

Her rivalry with Katie Taylor and the controversies aside, her record stands at 48 wins to 3 losses, with 19 knockouts under her belt.
 
Persoon has been quite the phenomenon in her country. She is an inspiration for many young women who wish to pursue combat sports and a fan favorite winning the Vlaamse Reus in 2014 and the Belgian Sportsman of the Year in 2015. 

6. Seniesa Estrada

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Hailing from LA, Seniesa Estrada is the poster child for the female minimum-weight division. Her speed, agility, and exceptionally quick reflexes make her quite the fighter, but her ability to throw combos and go in and out of range makes her exceptional. 

Estrada started boxing at the early age of 8 and turned pro in 2011. She has never lost a bout ever since, and her record stands at 24 wins to 0 losses with 9 knockouts under her belt. 

She is also the current WBA and WBC minimum-weight champion and also holds the record for the fastest knockout in women’s boxing history at just 7 seconds. 

Wearing capes and being a superhero to young girls aside, Estrada also owns her own boxing gym and helps amateurs train. Training under her father, she has become a role model to others that she never found herself. 

5. Mariana Juarez

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Mariana Juarez is a classic example of a strategic fighter that adapts their style to each opponent. Her ability to use footwork and close the distance with her opponents makes her quite tricky to deal with, to say the least. The Mexican boxer has been inside the ring for over two decades which only helps solidify her legacy. 

Juarez boasts a record of 55 wins to 12 losses becoming the first woman to ever get past the 55-win barrier in women’s boxing. Returning to her devastating close-range shots, she has also scored 18 wins via knockout alone. She is also the former WBC flyweight champion and the WBC bantamweight champion. 

She comes from a family of fighters and is the older sister of Lourdes Juárez, who has held the WBC Super Flyweight title since 2020. Juarez is about as tough as they come in the boxing world, and her fights are always a spectacle to watch. 

4. Amanda Serrano

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If you’re looking for an impressive right hand, look no further. Amanda Serrano isn’t just one of the most accomplished boxers in history; she also has one of the most precise and powerful strikes among her peers. The Puerto Rican looked up to her sister, who paved the way for her to start boxing herself and become an accomplished fighter. 

Serrano’s professional career saw her knock opponents like Jennifer Scott and Daniela Bermudez. Her professional record stands at 44 wins to 2 losses, with 30 of those wins coming from knockouts. If a knockout percentage is something to go by, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone with a better record. 

Serrano has transitioned from her boxing career into becoming an MMA fighter. Surprisingly, inside the octagon, most of her notable wins come via chokes, and she has become a versatile striker with exceptional wrestling experience under her belt. 

3. Katie Taylor

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Agility is one of the best things a lightweight can have under their arsenal, and Katie Taylor has it in spades, accompanied by her incredible speed and picture-perfect technique. Born to an Irish family where her father was a boxing coach, Taylor was set at boxing since the age of 12. 

Her amateur career saw her win five consecutive Women’s World Championships and EU Championships, along with six European Championships. She turned pro in 2016 and emerged as the WBA undisputed lightweight champion, a title she has held since 2017. Her record stands at 22 wins to 1 loss, with 6 of the wins coming via knockout. 

Despite suffering her first loss quite recently at the hands of Amanda Serrano, Taylor hasn’t been one to quit, and a rumored rematch might be on the cards quite soon. She is also known for being one of history’s finest pound-for-pound female boxers. 

2. Chantelle Cameron

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A lightweight pressure fighter is always a sight to behold, and Chantelle Cameron is hands down the finest female lightweights to ever get inside the ring. A solid jab can take you very far; indeed, Cameron got away with Taylor’s relentless attacks using her jab after all. 

The English boxer started boxing at 18 and had quite an amateur career in the EU Women’s Championships and AIBA and ABAE championships. 

She turned pro in 2017, and things would take an exciting new turn as she won the IBO super-featherweight title the same year. Her record sits at an impressive 18 wins to 0 losses, with 8 wins via KO. 

She is also the current undisputed light-welterweight champion, holding the WBA, WBO, and WBC light-welterweight titles. Cameron’s recent win against Katie Taylor has propelled her further into stardom and British boxing history. 

1. Claressa Shields

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Good counter fighters often dominate opponents in a boxing ring, and Claressa Shields is one of the best. Not afraid to let big punches fly and throw crisp jabs, Shields dominates her opponents by slipping out of range before coming back with devastating combinations. 

Born in Michigan to a father who boxed in underground circles, Shields was interested in boxing from an early age. After an extensive amateur career where she even participated in the Olympics, she finally decided to make boxing her profession in 2016. 

Since then, she has remained undefeated with a record of 14 wins to 0 losses. She has also changed course and taken up mixed martial arts as a career since 2021. 

Shields remains the only boxer to hold the WBA, WBO, WBC, and IBF titles in two weight classes, namely light middleweight and middleweight. She has also remained the undisputed female light middleweight champion since 2021. 

To wrap up our list, we must also mention that many other remarkable female boxers exist in the ever-expanding world of boxing. 

These women have contributed to the sport immensely, from representing their countries at the Olympics to racking up undefeated win streaks. 

They have redefined women’s participation in combat sports and earned praise and admiration from boxing fans worldwide. 

They have also inspired the younger generations of women to get into the sport and claim honor and glory alongside the money. Here’s to hoping we see more skillful boxers enter the sport as these legends inspire them.