Yvonne Caples

Yvonne Caples (born 14 June 1972) is an Indian-born American former professional boxer who competed between 1999 and 2014. She held the IFBA light flyweight title in 2003 and challenged for multiple world championships during her career; the WIBF light flyweight title in 2002; the WIBA minimumweight title twice in 2004 and 2005; and the WBC female light flyweight title in 2005.

Yvonne Caples
Statistics
Real nameYvonne Tara Caples[1]
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Reach64 in (163 cm)
Nationality
  • Indian
  • American
Born (1972-06-14) 14 June 1972
Pune, India
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights22
Wins7
Wins by KO1
Losses12
Draws2
Websiteyvonnecaples.org

Professional career

Caples became a professional boxer in 1999. Before fighting for the world championship, she had to meet the likes of Kim Messer, Elena Reid and former world champion Para Draine before meeting Regina Halmich in Germany for the WIBF world Jr. Flyweight title, on 17 August 2002. She lost the fight by a majority decision.

Three months later, on 22 November, she found herself inside a boxing ring in Guam, where she fought Anissa Zamarron for the vacant WIBA Light Flyweight Intercontinental championship, and Caples was defeated by 5th round technical knockout, stopped on a cut in a fight in Caples was winning on all scorecards.[2]

Caples finally reached her dream of becoming a world champion when she defeated Mary Duron on 26 July 2003 in Costa Mesa, California by a ten round unanimous decision for the vacant IFBA world Jr. Flyweight title.

Caples then travelled to Trinidad to challenge Ria Ramnarine for the vacant WIBA Mini Flyweight World Title. Caples lost a controversial 10-round split decision.

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
27 fights 25 wins 1 loss
By knockout 8 0
By decision 17 1
Draws 1
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Personal life

Caples attends the University of California, Berkeley when she is not preparing for a fight. She hopes to become a medical doctor in sports medicine, and she has a B.A. in English, also obtained at that institution. She was also a high school computer teacher at West Career and Technical Academy in Las Vegas.

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References
  1. "Yvonne Caples". BoxRec. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. Heiskanen, Benita (2012). The Urban Geography of Boxing: Race, Class, and Gender in the Ring. Routledge. p. 65. ISBN 9780415502269. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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