Isra Girgrah was born on September 16,1971 and is a Yemeni-born American professional world champion female boxer.
15 Facts About Isra Girgrah
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Isra Girgrah was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in 2020.
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The Girgrah family is of the old gypsy roaming families of Aden who are originally of Ethiopian descent.
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Isra Girgrah took it up again after graduating from college and moving to Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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Isra Girgrah, whose world boxing identification number is MD040035, is an American citizen, although the "MD" in her identification number stands for Middle East.
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On January 19,1996, Isra Girgrah recorded her first knockout win, beating Amy Sherald in the first round at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Isra Girgrah then faced Christy Martin on a pay per view televised match that formed part of an undercard that included the Trinidad-Waters and Lopez-Sanchez bouts.
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Isra Girgrah lost to Martin on points over eight rounds, but her name's stock rose in defeat, as most boxing magazine writers agreed that she performed well against the defending WBC women's world champion.
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Isra Girgrah obtained her third consecutive win against Robinson with a six-round unanimous decision.
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Isra Girgrah added the WIBF's belt with a ten-round unanimous decision over Blackeney.
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Isra Girgrah won her next three bouts, but she did not expose the WIBF title in any of those fights, reason why she was stripped of the WIBF championship.
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Isra Girgrah won all three of those non-title bouts, which included a February 28,2002 ten-round decision victory over Tracy Byrd in Baltimore.
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Isra Girgrah followed this win with a series of non-title bouts, which led to her being stripped again, this time of the UBA and the WIBF belts.
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Contrary to common boxing practice, Isra Girgrah won her second division world championship by going down in weight, when she outpointed Wyman over 10 rounds in Washington.
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Isra Girgrah has a record of 28 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws in 33 bouts as a professional boxer, with 11 wins by knockout.