Wang Ya Nan

Wang Ya Nan (29 October 1984) is a Chinese former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2009. During her career, from which she retired an undefeated world champion, she held the WIBA middleweight title from 2007 to 2009 and the WBC female middleweight title from 2008 to 2009.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Wang Ya Nan
Statistics
Nickname(s)China Girl
Weight(s)Middleweight
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
NationalityChina Chinese
Born (1984-10-29) 29 October 1984
China
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights8
Wins8
Wins by KO3
Losses0
Draws0
No contests0

Professional career

In January 2008, Wang became the first Chinese fighter to win the WBC middleweight female world title, defeating Janaya Davis by unanimous decision after 10 rounds.[2]

On her first title defense, Wang defeated American boxer Akondaye Fountain. Wang won the bout, held on 7 November 2008 at the Sichuan Gymnasium in Chengdu, China.[3]

Wang retired as undefeated middleweight champion after defeating Kenian Charity Mukami in a fight held in Malvern.

Wang resides in Melbourne, Australia.[2]

Professional boxing record
8 fights 8 wins 0 losses
By knockout 3 0
By decision 5 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
8 Win 8–0 Kenya Charity Mukami UD 10 2009-12-20 Australia Town Hall, Malvern, Australia Retained WBC and WIBA female middleweight titles
7 Win 7–0 United States Akondaye Fountain MD 10 2008-10-07 China Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China Retained WBC and WIBA female middleweight titles
6 Win 6–0 United States Veronica Rucker UD 10 2008-09-13 China Wanda Plaza, Chengdu, China
5 Win 5–0 China Lili Xie TKO 5 (6) 2008-03-29 China Shanghai MCC Club, Shanghai, China
4 Win 4–0 United States Janaya Davis UD 10 2008-01-26 Macau The Venetian Macao, Macau, China Retained WIBA middleweight title;
Won vacant WBC female middleweight title
3 Win 3–0 United States Laura Ramsey UD 10 2007-07-28 China Wanda Plaza, Shanghai, China Won vacant WIBA middleweight title
2 Win 2–0 Thailand Nutruja Pradabmook KO 6 (8) 2006-10-20 China Shenzhen, China
1 Win 1–0 Netherlands Dagmar van Alfen TKO 10 (10) 2006-06-29 China Shanghai, China

References
  1. "BoxRec: Wang Ya Nan". BoxRec. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. "Wang Ya-nan la primera campeona china WBC en la historia". suljosblog.com (in Spanish). 20 March 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. "¡Wang Ya Nan defendió con éxito en China!". notifight.com (in Spanish). 7 November 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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