Fox trained for six months before taking her first pro fight. She started with relatively
easy fights, but by her fifth foray into the ring, was facing respectable competition in
Sara Schmedding. In her seventh fight, she was up against one-time WIBF welterweight champ
Diana Dutra.
If it's true you can tell more about an athlete in defeat than in victory.
Fox
never looked better then in her 10th career fight, against Fredia Gibbs.
Without question, Gibbs was the better fighter this night. Fox found herself on the canvas
for the first time in her career in the sixth and final round of what ended in a
loss. But Instead of hiding from her setback, she was back
into the ring two months after her loss, and three fights later, had earned a title shot
against the enigmatic Leah Mellinger. Fox defeated Mellinger
and became the IFBA Welterweight Champion of the world.
In January of 2000, Hannah Fox was offered a fight with Denise
Moraetes. She did not take the fight because she said
that she needed a "tune up" fight after having an eight
month layoff. Soon after boxing fans were saying Fox was
chicken to fight Moraetes, so WBAN ran a survey to allow boxing fans
to voice their opinion.
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Archived
editorial on Hannah Fox
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Fox hit Vegas by storm, when she went from
martial Arts to boxing in 1997. Fox's pro debut was in front of her home crowd where
over 200 supporters, who purchased tickets from one of her Subway® sandwich shops, came
to watch her win unanimously over Hide Tibe.Growing up in
a family of eleven children, Hannah has had to work hard for everything she has. Her first
job as a counter helper at a Subway® sandwich shop when she was 14 would eventually turn
into ownership of 2 locations. Not only is Fox busy with her business, but she
fits into her schedule five grueling hours a day to train as a boxer! (Hey, maybe she is
related to me!T.L.Fox)
She has made great strides in the time that she has begun boxing,
and has been a great role model and advocate for women boxing.
She made her
television debut as part of the first all-female fight card on cable television, telecast
on ESPN2 on February 15, 1998.
On March 6, IFBA Jr. Welterweight Champion Hannah "The Vegas" Fox announced today that she is retiring from boxing and will vacate her IFBA title effective immediately.
Fox said "I set a goal to become a World Champion and achieved that goal. In the next chapter of my life, my husband, son and our two Subway franchises will be my primary concern. I have been hosting a Women's Boxing television show in Las Vegas and hope to purse color commentary positions in televised boxing events in the future" said Fox. To view her show, you can log on to the Internet at keentv.com on Tuesdays between 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Hannah will continue her support of women's boxing and passes the torch to the upcoming generation of fighters.
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