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Lucia Rijker

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Lucia Frederica Rijker ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born December 6, 1967) is a Dutch professional boxer, kickboxer, and actress.

Rijker was sometimes dubbed by the press "The Most Dangerous Woman in the World".<ref>Women's Boxing: LUCIA RIJKER</ref>

Early careerEdit

Rijker was born in Amsterdam to a Surinamese father and a Dutch mother.<ref name=looking/> She speaks four languages and is a Buddhist, dedicating time daily to meditation and chanting.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rijker started her martial arts career at the early age of six, when she began training in judo.<ref name=looking/> A year later, she was part of the Dutch National Softball Team.<ref name="Lessa1998">Template:Cite book</ref> At fourteen, after picking up fencing a year earlier, Lucia became the Netherlands Junior Champion of that sport.<ref name=looking/> When she was fifteen she began kickboxing and knocked out the reigning American kickboxing champion, Lily Rodriguez.<ref name=looking/> Rijker eventually amassed a 36-0 (25 KO) record as a kickboxer, and won four different world titles. Her only defeat in a kickboxing ring was in an exhibition match at Sporthallen Zuid in Amsterdam in October 1994, when she fought male Muay Thai fighter Somchai Jaidee, who knocked her out in the second round.

Career changeEdit

After winning her first 14 fights, but failing to secure a match with Christy Martin, Rijker stepped away from boxing in 1999 to pursue a career in Hollywood.<ref name="Klein2010"/> She appeared as Billie 'The Blue Bear' Osterman in 2004's Oscar-winning, female boxer-based film Million Dollar Baby and was featured in the documentary film Shadow Boxers.<ref name="Klein2010">Template:Cite book</ref> She played a minor role in Rollerball and had a brief cameo in the season 2 finale of The L Word as Dana's trainer. She returned to The L Word in Season 5 as Dusty, Helena's cellmate in prison. Rijker played a Romulan communications officer in the film Star Trek.

Return to the ringEdit

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Lucia Rijker and Jane Couch boxing, 2003

She returned to the ring in February 2002, and later beat Jane Couch (20-4 going in; 25-6 as of December 2004) by decision (eight rounds) on June 21, 2003 for her 16th win. Win number 17 was a ten-round decision over "Sun shine” Fettkether on May 20, 2004.

Rijker and Christy Martin were scheduled to fight on July 30, 2005 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Major U.S. promoter Bob Arum (Top Rank Boxing's head) had made their match the main event of a card (with otherwise male boxing matches) called "Million Dollar Lady". Each woman was guaranteed $250,000 (U.S.), with the winner receiving an extra $750,000; however, on July 20, it was announced that she had ruptured an Achilles tendon while training for the fight; recovery time was estimated to be 4–7 months. The match was ultimately cancelled.<ref>ESPN - Entire card off after Rijker ruptures Achilles tendon - Boxing</ref>

In 2006, Rijker stated that although not retired as a professional boxer, she would only consider one more fight - a bout with Laila Ali.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Boxing recordsEdit

As of February 2007, she was undefeated in the ring; her boxing record is 17-0 (14 K.O.'s).<ref name=looking>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rijker has been on the cover of numerous magazines including Inside Kung Fu. As a professional boxer, she has won the WIBF Welterweight Title, and has beaten name fighters such as Marcela Acuña (5th-round K.O.; Acuña was 0-1 going into the fight, and retired with a record of 42-6-1), and Deborah "Sunshine" Fettkether (10th-round decision; Fettkether was 8-4-3 going in).

Current activitiesEdit

For several years, Rijker has been training under the world-famous boxing coach Freddie Roach.<ref>Lucia Rijker Official Website News Section Template:Webarchive</ref> In 2012, she was hired as a striking coach to former UFC Champion Ronda Rousey.<ref name=coach>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

She remains busy giving lectures and seminars to athletes and people from all walks of life to perform their best, while she maintais her top physical form and a strict diet.<ref name="Hendin2004">Template:Cite book</ref>

Rijker once again gained media attention in June 2013, when she worked in the corner of female boxing challenger Diana Prazak in her WBC super featherweight title bout against local champion Frida Wallberg in Stockholm, Sweden. Prazak knocked Wallberg down twice in the eighth round prompting the referee to stop the fight. After a brief check by the ringside doctor, Wallberg started to collapse in her corner. Rijker immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and called the doctor back to the ring while she and Prazak assisted Wallberg. Wallberg had to be carried from the ring on a stretcher to hospital and underwent surgery with a cerebral hemorrhage. This event sparked controversy about the level of the provided medical attention and reignited debates about banning boxing in Sweden.<ref name="Lessa1998"/>

In 2014, Rijker was part of the inaugural class of the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2019, Rijker became one of the first three women boxers (and the first Dutch woman boxer) elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame; 2019 was the first year that women were on the ballot.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2017, Rijker hosted the Dutch adaptation of Jamie's Dream School; as well as in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Championships and accomplishmentsEdit

KickboxingEdit

  • 1988–1989 — IWBA Women's Boxing World Champion
  • 1985–1994 — WKA Women's Division World Champion
  • 1989–1994 — ISKA Women's Division World Champion

BoxingEdit

Kickboxing recordEdit

Template:Kickboxing record start |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1994-04-30 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Sandra Moore || K-1 Grand Prix '94 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (unanimous) || 5 || 3:00 || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1993-12-19 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Yoriko Okamoto || K-2 Grand Prix '93 || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (right low kick) || 2 || 0:38 || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1993-09-04 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Kyoko Kamikaze || K-1 Illusion || Tokyo, Japan || TKO || 2 || 0:44 || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1992-05-17 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Michele Aboro || || Hamburg, Germany || TKO || || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1992-00-00 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Kathy Petereit || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || TKO || 1 || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1991-10-06 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Sandra Moore || || || Decision || 5 || 3:00 || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1991-07-03 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Sanchez || || Netherlands || Decision || || || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Template:Small |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1991-06-00 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Michele Aboro || || Oldham, England || TKO || 1 || || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Template:Small |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1990-11-18 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Maxine Adams || || || KO || 1 || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1989-10-08 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Paola Zarbo || ||Amsterdam, Netherlands || KO || 1 || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1988-10-00 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Ruth O'Hara || || Japan || || || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1988-02-14 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Daniëlle Roccard || || Arnhem, Netherlands || TKO || 1 || 0:15 || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1987-11-08 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Valérie Hénin || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || TKO || 4 || || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Template:Small |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 0000-00-00 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Bonnie Canino || || || Decision || 7 || 2:00 || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1987-04-26 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Anne Holmes || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || TKO || 1 || 0:30 || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1985-10-06 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Cheryl Wheeler || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || 7 || 2:00 || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Template:Small |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1985-05-26 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Nancy Vesula || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || TKO || 2 || || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Template:Small |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1985-03-04 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Ermelinda Fernandez || || Clermont-Ferrand, France || KO || 2 || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1984-01-15 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Lilly Rodriuez || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || KO (low kick) || 1 || 0:30 || 6-0-1 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Template:Small |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1983-09-04 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Linda Lladossa || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision (unanimous) || || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1983-06-00 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Catherine Zanzouri || || Paris, France || KO || 3 || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1983-00-00 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Nancy Joseph || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || TKO (doctor stoppage) || 1 || || |- |- bgcolor="#c5d2ea" | 1983-06-29 || Draw ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Linda Lladossa || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Draw || || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1982-11-04 || Win ||align=left|Template:Flagicon Sandra Oostendorp || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || || || || |- |- | colspan=9 | Legend: Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2

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Professional boxing recordEdit

17 Fights, 17 Wins (14 KO's), 0 Losses
Template:Abbr Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
17 Template:Yes2Win 17–0 Template:Flagicon Deborah Fettkether UD 10 May 20, 2004 Template:Flagicon Amsterdam
16 Template:Yes2Win 16–0 Template:Flagicon Jane Couch UD 8 June 21, 2003 Template:Flagicon Los Angeles, CA
15 Template:Yes2Win 15–0 Template:Flagicon Carla Witherspoon TKO 4 February 16, 2002 Template:Flagicon Ucansville, CT
14 Template:Yes2Win 14–0 Template:Flagicon Diana Dutra TKO 3 August 28, 1999 Template:Flagicon Las Vegas, NV
13 Template:Yes2Win 13–0 Template:Flagicon Britt van Buskirk TKO 3 April 18, 1999 Template:Flagicon Miami, FL
12 Template:Yes2Win 12–0 Template:Flagicon Marcela Acuña KO 5 September 25, 1998 Template:Flagicon Mashantucket, CT
11 Template:Yes2Win 11–0 Template:Flagicon Lisa Ested TKO 4 June 25, 1998 Template:Flagicon Mashantucket, CT
10 Template:Yes2Win 10–0 Template:Flagicon Mary Ann Almager TKO 1 March 23, 1998 Template:Flagicon Mashantucket, CT
9 Template:Yes2Win 9–0 Template:Flagicon Jeanette Witte TKO 3 November 20, 1997 Template:Flagicon Los Angeles, CA
8 Template:Yes2Win 8–0 Template:Flagicon Andrea DeShong TKO 3 September 13, 1997 Template:Flagicon Las Vegas, NV
7 Template:Yes2Win 7–0 Template:Flagicon Gwen Smith TKO 4 June 14, 1997 Template:Flagicon Biloxi, MS
6 Template:Yes2Win 6–0 Template:Flagicon Dora Webber UD 6 May 14, 1997 Template:Flagicon Mashantucket, CT
5 Template:Yes2Win 5–0 Template:Flagicon Chevelle Hallback TKO 5 Mar 22, 1997 Template:Flagicon Corpus Christi, TX
4 Template:Yes2Win 4–0 Template:Flagicon Irma Verhoef TKO 4 Feb 4, 1997 Template:Flagicon Rotterdam
3 Template:Yes2Win 3–0 Template:Flagicon Zsuzsanna Szuknai TKO 1 December 17, 1997 Template:Flagicon Rotterdam
2 Template:Yes2Win 2–0 Template:Flagicon Kelly Jacobs TKO 1 December 6, 1996 Template:Flagicon Reno, NV
1 Template:Yes2Win 1–0 Template:Flagicon Melinda Robinson KO 1 March 23, 1996 Template:Flagicon Los Angeles, CA

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