17 Facts About Kina Malpartida

Kina Malpartida held the World Boxing Association World Title in the Super Featherweight class from February 21,2009, until October 30,2013.

In 1996 Kina Malpartida became the Peruvian Surfing Champion in the Women's Open World Surfing Championship, defeating future ASP surf world champion Sofia Mulanovich.

In 1995 Kina Malpartida won first place in two surf tournaments in the Men's Jr.

In 1996 and in 2007, Kina Malpartida competed in two World Tournaments organized by the International Surfing Association in Huntington Beach, California.

Kina Malpartida ranked in the top ten in both cases.

In 1999, Kina Malpartida moved to Australia and obtained a Bachelor's Business Degree in Restaurant and Catering Management from Griffith University, Queensland.

Kina Malpartida completed a one-year course of Commercial Cookery at the TAFE Institute in New South Wales, Australia.

Kina Malpartida used to be trained by Mario Morales in the Azteca Boxing Club, in Bell, California.

Kina Malpartida trained in Club Waikiki while in Peru under Luis Rivas.

In May 2003, Kina Malpartida started training as a boxer under the guidance of the Coach Tony Simms, in the city of Currumbin in the Gold Coast, Australia, with the intention of becoming a World Champion professional boxer.

Kina Malpartida continued fighting and winning three more professional fights in Australia.

In November 2006, due to the difficulty of finding new opponents in Australia, Kina Malpartida moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue her professional boxing career in the USA.

On February 21,2009, Kina Malpartida had her 12th professional fight at the Madison Square Garden in New York against Maureen Shea in which Kina Malpartida won the World Boxing Association World Championship Title of the Super Featherweight at 130 pounds.

In June 2009, Kina Malpartida defended successfully her title in Lima, Peru, stopping Halana Dos Santos, from Brazil, with a TKO at the 7th round.

Kina Malpartida has managed to develop an enormous following -with a sold-out event on her first defense of the WBAWorld Champion title.

The leadership of Kina Malpartida winning and defending successfully her WBA Championship Belt, has caused her to become a role model for women and children in South America.

On June 7,2012, Kina Malpartida was involved in a criminal incident in Lima when she was pulled over by a police patrol after she was leaving a nightclub called "El Dragon" in the district of Barranco.