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Gina Guidi.


Wins titles and trains female fighters as a pioneering pro boxer

If your idea of female boxing is defined by Laila Ali Laila Ali (born December 30, 1977 in Miami Beach) is the daughter of Muhammad Ali and his third wife Veronica Porsche Ali. She was their second child and is the most famous of the nine children born to Muhammad Ali. She is a professional boxer.  and Jacqui Frazier-Lyde, just don't mention that to Gina Guidi Gina "Boom Boom" Guidi (born May 19, 1962) is a California native and resident of San Leandro, California, a professional female boxer, and a three-time champion of the world. . "These women have no skills, no amateur experience at all," says the 37-year-old fighter. "They're using their names to market themselves and make money," the longtime long·time  
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Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit.


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 professional says baldly. "It's stupid to take a sport as pure as boxing and turn it into this money-making scheme using women. It infuriates me, as an athlete."

Guidi's doing what she can to see that real female boxers This is a list of notable female boxers. For a list of male boxers, see List of male boxers.

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 boxing club in Oakland, she's training several new female fighters who sought her out after seeing her in the documentary Red Rain. She also promotes several bouts a year, a role that allows her to work for better treatment of fighters.

"I want to share what I can with my sisters," she says. "You can be who you are no matter what it is, and that's not just as a boxer. That's as a human being."
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Title Annotation:woman boxer, and trainer
Author:Lehoczky, Etelka
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U9CA
Date:Aug 14, 2001
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