Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ

[oliverfennell]

Fightnews is saying so, but it was Sharon Anyos, wasn't it?

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/qa-erin-mcgowan-68698

(PS What happened to Anyos, anyway?)

[Marlin]

She was definitely a champion, last I heard she had a baby on the Gold Coast.

[Brute]

Sharon was WIBA and WBC Female Featherweight Champion.

[dberry]

Correct Brute, I can recall claiming that Sharon Anyos was our first female world champ. in another thread some time ago Oliver. http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... s#p2624451

[AntonS]

She was definitely a champion, last I heard she had a baby on the Gold Coast.

She had 2 boys 3 years ago & another 10 months ago
Her dad Les had to give up training boxers, so he could toilet train them.
At the rate she's going, she'll soon have a cricket team

[oliverfennell]

Correct Brute, I can recall claiming that Sharon Anyos was our first female world champ. in another thread some time ago Oliver. http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... s#p2624451

Not only that, but I believe at the time she was Australia's only world boxing champ, any weight or gender?

[dberry]

Interesting fact, assuming it's correct, sounds right though (counting big three only).

[AntonS]

She was definitely a champion, last I heard she had a baby on the Gold Coast.

She had 2 boys 3 years ago & another 10 months ago
Her dad Les had to give up training boxers, so he could toilet train them.
At the rate she's going, she'll soon have a cricket team

Since the above comment. Les told me the 10-month lil' fella is in hospital due to hole in his heart.
Which, naturally, Sharron & family find extremely hard to handle, albeit surgeons are confident he'll be OK........I certainly hope so.

[Brute]

Correct Brute, I can recall claiming that Sharon Anyos was our first female world champ. in another thread some time ago Oliver. http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... s#p2624451

Not only that, but I believe at the time she was Australia's only world boxing champ, any weight or gender?

Tszyu, Peden, Green, Mundine and Darchinian all held WBA, WBC or IBF titles at various times during her championship years.

[Rogue]

She was definitely a champion, last I heard she had a baby on the Gold Coast.

She had 2 boys 3 years ago & another 10 months ago
Her dad Les had to give up training boxers, so he could toilet train them.
At the rate she's going, she'll soon have a cricket team

Since the above comment. Les told me the 10-month lil' fella is in hospital due to hole in his heart.
Which, naturally, Sharron & family find extremely hard to handle, albeit surgeons are confident he'll be OK........I certainly hope so.

here's wishing well for a speedy recovery....

[Brute]

All the best to Sharon and her family.

[dberry]

Indeed.

[Marlin]

All the best to Sharon and her family.

Absolutely

[colin russell]

Me too

[oliverfennell]

Correct Brute, I can recall claiming that Sharon Anyos was our first female world champ. in another thread some time ago Oliver. http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... s#p2624451

Not only that, but I believe at the time she was Australia's only world boxing champ, any weight or gender?

Tszyu, Peden, Green, Mundine and Darchinian all held WBA, WBC or IBF titles at various times during her championship years.

I was thinking of late 2005. I was actually in Oz at the time and I seem to remember that was the angle about her. Sure she may have overlapped with some male reigns but there was a time when she was the only Aussie world champ. I think Vic had an IBO title at the time, but yeah, it was referring to major world belts. Tszyu, Peden and Mundine's titles were all before that, and Green's WBA belt came later.

[oliverfennell]

Just looked at her record again and her previous titles were minor world belts, so when she won the WBC in Oct 2005, that definitely made her the only world champ in terms of major orgs.

[Brute]

The WBC still recognise Anyos as champion.

[computerrank]

Just looked at her record again and her previous titles were minor world belts, so when she won the WBC in Oct 2005, that definitely made her the only world champ in terms of major orgs.

This is not correct for women boxing ... WIBA was definitely a major belt in 2000.

[oliverfennell]

Just looked at her record again and her previous titles were minor world belts, so when she won the WBC in Oct 2005, that definitely made her the only world champ in terms of major orgs.

This is not correct for women boxing ... WIBA was definitely a major belt in 2000.

Oh OK. Didn't know that. Assumed women's boxing followed the same "big 4" as the men.

[Brute]

Have a look at Layla Ali's record and see the main outfits.

[oliverfennell]

Have a look at Layla Ali's record and see the main outfits.

I'd rather see her without her outfits.

[Brute]

She's getting on a bit, mate.

[oliverfennell]

Hmm, admittedly I haven't seen here for a good few years now, but she was sweet in her "prime".

[Brute]

She is not really old, but I could not see a 33 year old woman expecting her second child wearing the sort of clothes she wore while she was boxing.