Jeannine Garside

Jeannine Garside (born April 14, 1978) is a Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2010. She was a two-weight world champion, having held the WIBA super-bantamweight title from 2005 to 2006; the WIBA featherweight title twice between 2006 and 2010; and the unified WBC and WBO female featherweight titles in 2010.

Amateur career

Garside began boxing as an amateur in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada after seeing Christy Martin fight Deirdre Gogarty on a Mike Tyson undercard in March 1996. Jeannine was the British Columbia champion in 1998 and 1999 and was named British Columbia Boxer of the Year in 1998.

On 24 January 1999, in the 57 kg final of the 1999 Canadian National Championships held in Sudbury, Ontario, she defeated Danielle Bouchard of Quebec by a 5-3 score to win her first national title and earn a place on the Canadian National Women's Boxing team that would soon pit her against some of the best female fighters in the world at her weight.

On 4 December 1999 in the 57 kg final of the 2000 Canadian National Championships at the Sportsplex in Campbell River, British Columbia, Garside defeated Michelle Collins of Alberta by an 11-1 score.

She tore an ACL in her knee during a touch football game in 2000 and this injury required reconstructive surgery.

Garside returned to the ring and on 27 January 2001 in the 57 kg final of the 2001 Canadian National Championships in Cap-de-la-Madelaine, Quebec, she defeated Wendy Broad of Quebec by an 11-4 score and was voted the tournament's Best Boxer.

At the Canadian National Senior Championships in St. Catharines, Ontario in January 2002, she won her fourth straight 57 kg national title with an RSC-2 win over Angie Collins of Ontario.

On 29 August 2002 in Kansas City, Missouri, Garside won a unanimous decision over USA Champion Jennifer Han of El Paso, Texas in the Women's 126 lb division.

On 2 September 2002 in the 126-lb final of the Ringside National Tournament in Kansas City, Missouri, she knocked out Sharon Gaines of Seattle, Washington, USA in the third round.

Garside finished her amateur boxing career with a 40-5 record.

Professional career On 4 December 2004 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington, Garside won her pro-debut when she defeated Heather Percival by a unanimous decision.

On 26 August 2005 at the Renaissance Worthington Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, Garside improved to 2-0 as a pro with a four-round unanimous (39-36, 40-36, 40-36) decision over Rita Serrano.

On 8 October 2005 at the outdoor Amphitheater at Harrah's in Laughlin, Nevada, Garside won by a TKO at 1:25 in the fifth round over Rita Valentini.

On 18 November 2005 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Garside won the WIBA super-bantamweight title with a 10-round unanimous decision over Lisa Brown.

On 16 February 2006 at Harrah's in North Kansas City, Missouri, she won a third round TKO over Kim Colbert, in a scheduled six-round non-title bout

After vacating her super-bantamweight title, Garside claimed the vacant WIBF featherweight championship with a unanimous decision win over Laura Serrano on 4 November 2006 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This proved to be her last fight as she retired to concentrate on her family.

In 2015, Garside was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame.

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