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Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 02 Dec 2010, 00:25
by 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?)
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 02 Dec 2010, 00:31
by Marlin
She was definitely a champion, last I heard she had a baby on the Gold Coast.
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 02 Dec 2010, 00:45
by Brute
Sharon was WIBA and WBC Female Featherweight Champion.
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 03 Dec 2010, 02:45
by 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
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 03 Dec 2010, 03:13
by AntonS
Marlin wrote: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

Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 03 Dec 2010, 04:50
by oliverfennell
Not only that, but I believe at the time she was Australia's only world boxing champ, any weight or gender?
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 03 Dec 2010, 05:39
by dberry
Interesting fact, assuming it's correct, sounds right though (counting big three only).
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 03 Dec 2010, 12:02
by AntonS
AntonS wrote:Marlin wrote: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.
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 03 Dec 2010, 16:26
by Brute
oliverfennell wrote:
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.
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 03 Dec 2010, 18:53
by Rogue
AntonS wrote:AntonS wrote:Marlin wrote: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....
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 03 Dec 2010, 23:48
by Brute
All the best to Sharon and her family.
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 04 Dec 2010, 05:38
by dberry
Indeed.
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 05 Dec 2010, 17:38
by Marlin
Brute wrote:All the best to Sharon and her family.
Absolutely
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 05 Dec 2010, 21:29
by colin russell
Me too
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 09 Dec 2010, 05:07
by oliverfennell
Brute wrote:oliverfennell wrote:
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.
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 09 Dec 2010, 05:15
by 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.
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 09 Dec 2010, 07:20
by Brute
The WBC still recognise Anyos as champion.
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 09 Dec 2010, 09:41
by computerrank
oliverfennell wrote: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.
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 01 Jan 2011, 09:03
by oliverfennell
computerrank wrote:oliverfennell wrote: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.
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 02 Jan 2011, 02:14
by Brute
Have a look at Layla Ali's record and see the main outfits.
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 02 Jan 2011, 10:14
by oliverfennell
Brute wrote:Have a look at Layla Ali's record and see the main outfits.
I'd rather see her without her outfits.
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 02 Jan 2011, 17:33
by Brute
She's getting on a bit, mate.
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Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 03 Jan 2011, 05:00
by oliverfennell
Hmm, admittedly I haven't seen here for a good few years now, but she was sweet in her "prime".
Re: Erin McGowan is not Australia's first female world champ
Posted: 03 Jan 2011, 05:44
by 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.