Stacey Reile

Stacey "stayLo" Reile (born November 30, 1987) is a female boxer who won the first IBF featherweight world championship for women. Reile was born in Utica, New York and lived there during her childhood. Reile later moved to South Florida and currently resides in Miami Beach, Florida.

Amateur boxing

Upon moving to South Florida, Reile developed her fitness and won 1st place at the Miss Fitness South Florida competition in 1999. She also began training for boxing in the late 1990s under the tutelage of trainer Luis Lagerman and Women's International Boxing Association (WIBA) President Ryan Wissow. Reile had only two scheduled amateur matches. The first was to take place in the 126-pound division at the Florida State Golden Gloves tournament in 2000. Reile's opponent did not show up, so Reile won by a walkover. Reile also won her second amateur bout by defeating Vanessa Ramos. Although this was Reile's last fight as an amateur, she decided to delay turning pro and instead honed her craft in the gym for the next four years. Just a few days before her pro debut in 2004, Reile traveled to American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida, to spar with Shelby Walker. At the time of the sparring session, Walker was a veteran of 11 pro boxing fights and had challenged for a world featherweight title about two months before.

Reile participated in two unsanctioned bouts in Tokyo, Japan. The first was on March 13, 2005, against Riyo Togo, in which Reile won by a four-round unanimous decision. Togo suffered her first loss as a pro in this bout. After this fight, Reile appeared on The Learning Channel's Miami Ink, a reality television show about a tattoo shop in Miami Beach. Reile decided to get angel wing tattoos on her hips and became known as "The Fighting Angel." For her second unsanctioned bout, Reile returned to Tokyo to face MMA fighter–boxer Ariya. Reile won by a four-round unanimous decision on October 1, 2005. Reile won by TKO when referee Jorge Alonso stepped in between the two boxers and waved off the fight just before the bell rang to end the round. The official stoppage time was 2:59 in the third round.

Reile fought in the home state of another undefeated opponent when she faced Crystal "Choo Choo" Delgado of Houston, Texas, on March 26, 2009. The fight occurred in Humble, Texas, which is near Houston. The bout was fought at a catch weight of 128 pounds, which is midway between the featherweight limit of 126 pounds and the super featherweight limit of 130 pounds. Delgado rose before the count of ten, but the referee ruled he could not continue and waved off the fight. The stoppage came at 23 seconds of the sixth round, and Reile won by TKO. After this fight, Reile wanted a rematch with Menzer. Reile was the No. 1 ranked contender by the WIBF, but was never awarded another title shot against Menzer.

Reile lost an eight-round, unanimous decision to Ada Velez at super-bantamweight on February 27, 2010, in Miami, Florida.

Reile lost a ten-round unanimous decision to Elina Tissen of Germany on October 9, 2010, for the Global Boxing Union featherweight title. The fight was in Tissen's home country of Germany.

Reile won the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) female featherweight championship on March 31, 2011, against Dahiana Santana of the Dominican Republic by a split decision. The fight took place in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Reile won the IBF female featherweight title by unanimous decision and defeated Reile in her first title defense on November 20, 2011. The fight took place in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the final fight of Reile's pro career.

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