Isra Girgrah

“Raging Beauty”

Boxing

28-3-2RECORD

11WINS BY KO / TKO

17WINS BY DECISION

33PRO FIGHTS

Profile

Full name	Not added yet
Nickname	Raging Beauty
Date of birth	16 Sep 1971
Nationality	American
Birthplace	Aden, Yemen
Based in	Atlanta, Georgia, US
Weight classes	Super featherweight, Lightweight
Trainers	Not added yet
Height	170 cm (5′7″)
Reach	175 cm (69″)
Stance	Orthodox
Years active	1995–2004
Status	Retired
Last fight	Win vs Carla Witherspoon, 27 Mar 2004

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Titles and honours

UBA lightweight champion (2001)
WIBF super featherweight champion (2001, 2002)
IFBA junior lightweight champion (2003)

Background

Isra Girgrah was born in Aden, partly raised in Canada and took up boxing in 1994. She is known as the first Middle Eastern woman to become a world boxing champion and was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in 2020.

Fight history

31 fights on file. More fights can be added when this profile is claimed.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	Carla Witherspoon	Decision (unanimous)	6	27 Mar 2004	Washington, D.C., US
Win	Jo Wyman	Decision (points)	10	13 Dec 2003	Washington, D.C., US	Won vacant IFBA junior lightweight title
Win	Melissa Del Valle	Decision (points)	8	6 Sep 2003	Washington, D.C., US
Win	Laura Serrano	Decision (points)	8	18 Apr 2003	Lemoore, California, US
Win	Michele Nielsen	Decision (unanimous)		24 Aug 2002	Resorts Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US	WIBF super featherweight title
Win	Carla Witherspoon	TKO		15 Jun 2002	DC Tunnel, Washington, D.C., US
Win	Cheryl Nance	Decision (unanimous)		12 Apr 2002	DC Tunnel, Washington, D.C., US
Win	Tracy Byrd	Decision (split)		28 Feb 2002	Wyndham Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland, US
Win	Snodene Blakeney	Decision (unanimous)		1 Jun 2001	Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US	Won vacant WIBF super featherweight title
Win	Melinda Robinson	Decision (unanimous)		20 Feb 2001	Hyatt Regency Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland, US
Win	Susan Mullett	TKO		12 Jan 2001	Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
Win	Carla Witherspoon	Decision (unanimous)		19 Oct 2000	Zembo Shrine, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US
Win	Susan Mullett	Decision (unanimous)		15 Sep 2000	Sands Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
Win	Melinda Robinson	Decision (unanimous)		12 Jul 2000	Martin's West, Woodlawn, Maryland, US
Draw	Britt Van Buskirk	Decision (points)		16 Feb 2000	Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort, Miami, Florida, US
Win	Marischa Sjauw	Decision (unanimous)		23 Oct 1999	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Win	Karen Ramos	TKO		2 Sep 1999	Gold Strike Casino, Tunica, Mississippi, US
Win	Bethany Payne	TKO		20 Nov 1998	Stone Mountain, Georgia, US
Win	Angela Buchanan	TKO		11 Apr 1998	Township Auditorium, Columbia, South Carolina, US
Loss	Christy Martin	Decision (unanimous)		23 Aug 1997	Madison Square Garden, New York, US
Win	Tennile Davis	Decision (points)		19 Jul 1997	Nashville, Tennessee, US
Win	Bethany Payne	Decision (points)		31 Jan 1997	Doraville, Georgia, US
Win	Norma Mosley	KO		25 Oct 1996	Atlanta, Georgia, US
Draw	Andrea DeShong	Decision (points)		10 Oct 1996	Hilton Towers Hotel, Washington, D.C., US
Win	Stephanie Osborne	TKO		30 Aug 1996	International Ballroom, Atlanta, Georgia, US
Win	Tennile Davis	TKO		2 Aug 1996	Northport, Alabama, US
Win	Angela Thomas	TKO		24 Feb 1996	Caswell Civic Center, Yanceyville, North Carolina, US
Win	Melinda Robinson	Decision (unanimous)		22 Feb 1996	Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Win	Amy Sherrald	TKO		19 Jan 1996	Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Win	Melinda Robinson	Decision (unanimous)		2 Nov 1995	Music Hall, Austin, Texas, US
Loss	Deirdre Gogarty	TKO		14 Feb 1995	USA Youth Center, Cut Off, Louisiana, US	Pro debut

Record source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).