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BONNIE CANINO, a true and long-lasting champion
in women's boxing and kickboxing. She has fought the best, which include such noted
fighters as Lucia
Rijker , Beverly
Szymanski, Chevelle Hallback, Bridgett
Riley, and many more top
contenders. Her fighting career spans over a sixteen-year period, and she has
continued to be one of the top ranked women boxers of today. The Miami-born CANINO grew up
in Broward County. She played basketball for state champion Coral Springs in
the late 1970’s. In 1980, she studied martial arts and earned black belts
in Chinese Kempo, Tae Kwon Do and Juai Kung Karbo Kung Fu. Since 1984, she
has won three world titles in kick boxing. When CANINO turned her interest toward
boxing it was not long before she won the Women’s International Boxing Federation
title CANINO has now 39 professional competitions under her belt. She says
that she does not have any regrets about her fighting career.
Bonnie Canino announced her retirement in the last few
months of 1999, and is no longer fighting.
(Photograph copyrighted by Sandy Goldberg)
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