Para Draine

Para Draine (born December 28, 1972) is an American female boxer who has been a world champion two times.[1] She is a former 112 pounds and current 115 pound champion. Draine stands 5 feet eight inches (68 inches) tall, making her relatively tall for a boxer of her weight.[2]

Para Draine
Statistics
Real namePara Draine
Nickname(s)Hurricane
Weight(s)Super bantamweight
NationalityAmerican
Born (1972-12-28) December 28, 1972
Seattle, Washington, United States
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights20
Wins13
Wins by KO2
Losses6
Draws1
No contests0

Draine's nicknames are "Hurricane" and "The Spokane Spike". The latter nickname reflects the city she currently resides at. Draine has fought a large part of her fights in the American Northwest, specially in Worley, Idaho, but, because of her achievements, she has become well known in the world of boxing.

Her first professional fight came on May 14, 1997, when she defeated Dolores Lira by a four round decision, at Worley. Her first knockout win was on June 25 of that same year, when she beat Trena Drotar in the fourth round. Draine won her first five fights.

After she beat the experienced Sue Chase in her fifth fight, she and her management team thought she was ready for a world title try, so, on November 12, she challenged Theresa Arnold for the IBA's women's version of the world Bantamweight title. She lost that fight by a ten round split decision.

Draine then decided to go down in weight and try to become a world Flyweight champion. After two wins, including one over the famed British boxer Michelle Sutcliffe, she challenged the WIBF world Flyweight champion, Yvonne Trevino. On August 8, 1998 at Spirit Lake, North Dakota, Draine became a world champion by beating Trevino by a ten round split decision. She is a boxer who often jumps from one division to another, so she returned to the Bantamweight division. Despite losing her next fight, she got a world title try in her first fight at as a Super Bantamweight: On April 18, 1999, she and Silke Weikenmeyer fought for the vacant WIBF Super Bantamweight title. In what was Draine's first overseas fight, she lost a ten round decision in Germany.

Next, she beat two well known opponents, Jo Wyman and Brenda Burnside, before once again returning to the Flyweight division, to make her first title defense: on April 6, 2000, she lost her title to the then 8-0 Margaret Sidoriff, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Draine kept fighting well known female boxers after losing that fight: she beat Robin Pinto, lost to Yvonne Caples, drew (tied) with Marylin Salcedo, and beat Bridgett Riley before receiving another world title shot.

On December 18, 2002, she and Salcedo were rematched, with the vacant IFBA world Super Flyweight title on the line. Draine became world Super Flyweight champion by defeating Salcedo with a split decision.

Draine has had one more fight after that, but she remains, on record anyway, active as a professional boxer.

Her career record is of 13 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, with two knockout wins.

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
20 fights 13 wins 6 losses
By knockout 2 0
By decision 11 6
Draws 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
20 Loss Kelsey Jeffries UD 2003-02-13 Centennial Garden Arena, Bakersfield, United States
19 Loss Kelsey Jeffries UD 2003-02-13 Centennial Garden Arena, Bakersfield
18 Win Marilyn Salcido SD 2002-12-18 Marriott Hotel, Irvine vacant International Female Boxers Association World Super Flyweight Title
17 Win Bridgett Riley UD 2002-11-14 Rose Garden, Portland
16 Draw Marilyn Salcido PTS 2002-08-17 Soboba Casino, San Jacinto
15 Loss Yvonne Caples MD 2002-04-12 Stardust Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
14 Win Robin Pinto UD 2002-03-30 Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma
13 Loss Margaret Sidoroff UD 2000-04-06 Air Canada Centre, Toronto vacant Women's International Boxing Federation World Flyweight Title
12 Win Brenda Burnside SD 2000-02-17 Coeur d'Alene Casino, Worley
11 Win Jo Wyman SD 1999-11-04 Coeur d'Alene Casino, Worley
10 Loss Silke Weickenmeier UD 1999-04-18 Discothek Broadway, Mannheim vacant Women's International Boxing Federation World Super Bantamweight Title
9 Loss Eva Jones UD 1998-11-12 Market Center, Kansas City
8 Win Yvonne Trevino UD 1998-08-08 Spirit Lake International Women's Boxing Federation World Flyweight Title
7 Win Michelle Sutcliffe TKO 1998-05-24 Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City
6 Win Shirley Prescott 1998-02-05 Coeur d'Alene Casino, Worley International Boxing Association Female Bantamweight Title
5 Win Sue Chase UD 1997-09-24 Coeur d'Alene Casino, Worley
4 Win Eva Young UD 1997-08-14 Coeur d'Alene Casino, Worley
3 Win Natasha Wilburn UD 1997-07-10 Clearwater River Casino, Lewiston
2 Win Trena Drotar TKO 1997-06-25 Coeur d'Alene Casino, Worley
1 Win Dolores Lira UD 1997-05-14 Coeur d'Alene Casino, Worley
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References
  1. Kraus, Hilary (1998-07-05). "More women are getting kicks by throwing punches". Deseretnews.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  2. Avila, David A. "ESPN.com - BOXING - State of women's boxing: Plenty to watch". Assets.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
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