Zongju Cai

Cai Zongju (, born 27 September 1991) is a Chinese former professional boxer. She has held the IBF and IBO female minimumweight titles.

Biography Scouted by the Chinese state sports system, Cai was sent a sports boarding school and trained in freestyle wrestling before switching to kickboxing, Muay Thai and finally boxing.

She made her professional boxing debut in September 2014, defeating Li Yun Ting in Kunming, China.

She successfully defended her title via unanimous decision against Gretchen Abaniel at Macau East Asian Games Dome on 28 October 2017, before vacating the championship.

Cai became a two-time world champion by defeating Ana Victoria Polo on a unanimous decision for the vacant IBO female minimumweight title in Haikou, China, on 9 June 2018.

She then switched to amateur boxing and competed for China at the 2019 Women's World Boxing Championships in Russia, where she was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Professional boxing record