Michele Aboro

Michele Aboro (born 17 July 1967) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2001. She retired an undefeated world champion, having held the WIBF super-bantamweight title from 2000 to 2001.

Michele Aboro, along with her countrywoman Michelle Sutcliffe and German Regina Halmich, became an important figure in European women's boxing, helping raise awareness about female participation in a traditionally male sport.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

She was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Professional career

On 4 March 1995 she debuted as a professional boxer, with a first round knockout win over Marleen Lambert in Belgium. As a matter of a fact, her first three professional fights were held in different European countries (Belgium, Italy and Hungary) and they were all first-round knockout wins for Aboro. Her fourth fight, on 19 October 1996 against Severine Grandsire, was her first fight in Germany, and Aboro won by a sixth-round technical knockout.

Aboro had one more win, and then, on 29 November 1997, she met future world champion Daisy Lang, defeating Lang by a six-round decision.

On 22 August 1998 Aboro fought Brigitte Pastor for the vacant WIBF European Super Bantamweight title, knocking out Pastor in five rounds to win her first professional belt. She defended her title once, knocking out Galina Gumliiska in eight rounds on 28 November, then followed that win with four more wins in a row, before obtaining her first world title opportunity. Aboro became a world champion when she fought Eva Jones, on 5 February 2000, knocking Jones out in round ten to become the WIBF's world Super Bantamweight champion.

Then came Downtown Leona Brown's challenge. Aboro met the future world champion on 13 June that year, defeating Brown by a ten-round decision.

After two, non-title wins, she faced the highly touted contender Kelsey Jeffries, who had 10 wins and only 2 losses coming into their bout, for her second world championship defence. Aboro defended the title successfully against Jeffries on 10 February 2001, with a ten-round decision win.

After one more non-title win, Aboro made what has been, to date, her last fight. On 24 November that year she beat Nadia Debras, who she had previously beaten, by a ten-round decision, to retain her world title for the third time.

Aboro has not officially announced her retirement. However, should she decide to remain inactive and, ultimately, to retire from boxing, she would join Rocky Marciano and a handful of others in boxing's history to retire as an undefeated world champion.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As of 2019, Aboro is a resident of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
21	Template:Yes2Win	21–0	Nadia Debras	UD	10	24 Nov 2001	Template:Small	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	20–0	Krisztina Stefula	TKO	3 (6)	16 Jun 2001	Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	19–0	Kelsey Jeffries	UD	10	10 Feb 2001	Template:Small	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	18–0	Krisztina Horvai	PTS	6	5 Dec 2000	Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	17–0	Marina Kozerod	RTD	2 (6)	1 Oct 2000	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	16–0	Leona Brown	UD	10	13 May 2000	Template:Small	Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	15–0	Eva Jones	UD	10	5 Feb 2000	Template:Small	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	14–0	Nadia Debras	PTS	6	27 Nov 1999	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	13–0	Dorota Kosatka	KO	1 (6)	18 Sep 1999	Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	12–0	Anastasia Toktaulova	PTS	6	22 May 1999	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	11–0	Renata Fuskova	KO	1 (6)	13 Mar 1999	Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	10–0	Galina Gumliiska	KO	8 (10)	28 Nov 1998	Template:Small	Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	9–0	Brigitte Pastor	KO	5 (10)	22 Aug 1998	Template:Small	Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	8–0	Nadia Debras	TKO	4 (6)	2 May 1998	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	7–0	Krisztina Horvai	PTS	6	7 Mar 1998	Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	6–0	Daisy Lang	PTS	6	29 Nov 1997	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	5–0	Krisztina Krek	KO	2 (4)	26 Apr 1997	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	4–0	Severine Grandsire	TKO	6 (6)	19 Oct 1996	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Szilvia Porteleki	KO	1 (4)	9 Mar 1996	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Donatella Todde	KO	1 (4)	11 May 1995	Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Marleen Lambert	KO	1 (4)	4 Mar 1995	Template:Small

Kickboxing record

Template:Kickboxing record start |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1995-09-10 || Win ||align=left|Miyuki Nojima || Dutch K-1 Tournament, Final || Amsterdam, Netherlands || TKO || 1 || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1995-09-10 || Win ||align=left|Fienie Klee || Dutch K-1 Tournament, Semi Final || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Points || 3 || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1995-06-11 || Win ||align=left|Stephanie Curtiss || ISKA World Championships, Finals || Moscow, Russia || Points || 3 || || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Template:Small |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1995-06-11 || Win ||align=left|Natasha Larionova || ISKA World Championships, Semi Finals || Moscow, Russia || Points || 3 || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1995-06-11 || Win ||align=left|Mary Shariyk || ISKA World Championships, Quarters Finals || Moscow, Russia || TKO || || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1995-04-02 || Win ||align=left|Severine Grandsire || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || TKO || 3 || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1994-00-00 || Win ||align=left|Fienie Klee || || || TKO || 5 || || |- |- bgcolor="FFBBBB" | 1992-05-17 || Loss ||align=left|Lucia Rijker || || Hamburg, Germany || TKO || || || |- bgcolor="FFBBBB" | 1992-00-00 || Loss ||align=left|Nancy Joseph || || || || || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1991-09-00 || Win ||align=left| || || Paris, France || KO || 1 || || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Template:Small |- bgcolor="FFBBBB" | 1991-06-09 || Loss ||align=left|Lucia Rijker || || Oldham, England || TKO || 1 || || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Template:Small |- |- bgcolor="c5d2ea" | 1991-04-21 || Draw ||align=left|Lisa Howarth || || London, England || Draw || || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1990-00-00 || Win ||align=left|Ann Holmes || || London, England || Points || 5 || || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Template:Small |- | colspan=9 | Legend: Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2 Template:Legend2

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External links

• Official site
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• Michele Aboro at Awakening Fighters