Valerie Rebecca Mahfood was born on February 1,1974 and is a female boxer who is a former world Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight champion.
12 Facts About Valerie Mahfood
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Valerie Mahfood began boxing professionally on July 27,1997, knocking out Jeanne Martinez in the first round, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Valerie Mahfood lost two of her next three fights, but she rebounded to win five fights in a row, which earned her first title try: on September 17,1999, she knocked out Kathy Rivers in ten rounds at Panama City, Panama, to conquer the WIBF's world Light Heavyweight title.
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Valerie Mahfood won three non-title bouts after that, and then, on August 10,2000, she went down in weight to the Super Middleweight division, to fight Mary Ann Almager for the vacant IWBF title.
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Valerie Mahfood won her second title, with a fifth round knockout of Almager in Houston.
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Valerie Mahfood lost by TKO in six while trying to recover her world title.
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Valerie Mahfood won four of her next six fights, the lone loss in that span being a unanimous decision in a rematch against Wolfe.
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Valerie Mahfood had a draw against Kathy Rivers, in a rematch of their Panama bout which Mahfood had won.
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On September 24,2004, Valerie Mahfood, sporting her traditional trademark purple Mohawk hairstyle, was dropped twice in the final seconds as she dropped a ten round unanimous decision to Leatitia Robinson in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Valerie Mahfood then went to Germany, and lost a 10 round unanimous decision to Natasha Ragosina.
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In 2007 Valerie Mahfood fought Mary Jo Sanders for a world title.
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Valerie Mahfood was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in 2020.