Juliette Winter

Juliette Winter
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Real name Juliette Anne Winter
Weight(s) Super flyweight, Bantamweight, Super bantamweight
Height 66 in (1.7 m)
Nationality United Kingdom
Stance orthodox.[1]

Juliette Anne Winter is an English professional boxer. Winter was the first woman to win a BBBofC-sanctioned professional women's title on 23 July 2006,[2][3] defeating former ABA super flyweight champion Shanee Martin in an eight-round fight.[4]

Born in Whitehaven, Cumbria, Winter studied Film and Television Studies at the University of Derby whilst establishing a career in full-contact kickboxing.[5] Winter trained with Jane Couch, MBE and Tex Woodward in Bristol.[6] She first began training with former British middleweight champion Neville Brown and heavyweight boxer Clifton Mitchell. Her début fight was against super bantamweight boxer Sara Hall in 2001.[5] After defeating Cathy Brown in 2003[7] at bantamweight, Winter continued to box around Germany, encountering nl:Esther Schouten[8] and de:Elina Tissen[9] before returning to England and earning the "British Masters" super flyweight title. Winter currently boxes for TKO Boxing in London and works as a personal trainer and film maker.

References

  1. ↑ "Juliette Winter". boxrec.com.
  2. ↑ "Secret scenes: Women's boxing". Time Out London.
  3. ↑ Euan-Smith, Simon (28 July 2006). "Joy for Juliette". Boxing News. 64 (30): 18.
  4. ↑ "BoxRec - Juliette Winter v Shanee Martin". boxrec.com.
  5. 1 2 "WOMEN'S BOXING - Juliette Winter". womenboxing.com.
  6. ↑ "Juliette Winter U.K. Super Flyweight". Spanorium Farm Gymnasium. Archived from the original on 28 July 2009.
  7. ↑ "Sport In brief". the Guardian.
  8. ↑ "BoxRec - Esther Schouten v Juliette Winter". boxrec.com.
  9. ↑ "2. MS Boxnacht: Tissen gegen Winter um WM-Titel". echo-muenster.de.


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