Bonnie Canino is a former women's boxing

Women's boxing

Women's boxing first appeared in the Olympic Games at a demonstration bout in 1902. For most of the 20th century, however, it was banned in most nations. Its revival was pioneered by the Swedish Amateur Boxing Association, which sanctioned events for women in 1988. The British Amateur Boxing...

 world featherweight champion for two different associations. She also won world titles in kick boxing for two different associations.

The native of Miami

Miami, Florida

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, Florida

Florida

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, beat such challengers as Gloria Ramirez, Nora Daigle and Sue Chase in her career. She also lost bouts to Chevelle Hallback

Chevelle Hallback

Chevelle Lynette Hallback is a female boxer from Plant City, Florida. Hallback, nicknamed "Fist of Steel", has been featured on television many times, usually fighting the biggest names in the sport...

 and Alicia Ashley

Alicia Ashley

Alicia Ashley is a women's boxing participant who is the current WBC female world super bantamweight champion. Ashley is a Jamaican-American. Born in Jamaica, she moved to the United States at a young age....

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After retiring in 1999 from professional boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

, she worked at a car dealership and managed Ada Vélez

Ada Velez

Ada "Ace" Vélez is a Puerto Rican female professional boxer who lives in Hollywood, Florida. Vélez was brought into boxing by former women's boxing world champion Bonnie Canino....

, the first Puerto Rican

Puerto Rico

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 woman to become a world boxing champion.

Canino had a respectable boxing record of fifteen wins and four losses, with five knockout

Knockout

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wins.