Quanitta Underwood

Queen Underwood ( born May 8, 1984) is an American boxer. She won a bronze medal in the lightweight at the 2010 World Cup.

Career

Queen Underwood began at the age of 19 years in 2003 with the boxes. Previously, she ran track and played basketball. It belongs to the boxing club Cappy's Boxing Club and Gym Seattle, WA. Your trainer is Cappy Kotz.

In 2007 she was the first time U.S. Champion in Welterweight ( weight category up to 63 kg body weight) with wins over Ishika Lay and Christina Reddick. In the same year she started in the same weight class at the Pan American Championships in Durán / Ecuador and finished there with a win over Nadia Ballot, Guatemala and after one defeat against Katie Dunn of Canada ( 10:20 ) 3rd place. In 2008, Queen Underwood was U.S. champion again. She beat Wendy Casey play in the final on points ( 12:9 ). At the Pan American Championships in 2008 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, she reached the final, where they lost to Katie Dunn, however, again from Canada to points ( 5:16 ). Then in November 2008 she also launched at the World Championships in Ningbo / China. The lot would have it, they met again in the first round at Katie Dunn, against which they, in turn, though just barely, lost with 4:5 points. She dropped out of it and finished 9th overall.

After winning the third U.S. title, which she won with a points victory in the finals over Jennifer Fenn - Wolfe ( 17:0 ) 2009, then you succeeded at the Pan American Championships in Guayaquil, the first victory in an international championship. In the light welterweight she defeated Virginia Veloz here from the Dominican Republic by demolition id Round 3 and Stephanie Walker from Canada to points ( 18:2 ).

In order to meet 2010 U.S. Champion, Queen Underwood needed in Colorado Springs four wins. They first started it at lightweight ( weight category up to 60 kg body weight). In the final, she defeated Patricia Manuel on points ( 9:5 ). But more remarkable was her victory in the semifinals of the multiple American champion Caroline Barry (16:9). Excellent then fought at the World Cup 2010 in Bridgeport / Barbados. She defeated at lightweight Mawzuna Tschorajewa from Tajikistan ( 7:7 ), Supaporn Srisondee from Thailand and Denis Jelisejewa from Bulgaria ( 6:3 ) on points and only lost in the semifinals of the multiple world champion Katie Taylor from Ireland, almost ( 16:18) after points. Slightly more international experience she had this fight can even win. It did in fact negative impact that American women boxers to participate in any international tournaments in Europe.

In November 2010, Queen Underwood started yet at the 1st Women 's Intern. Dual Series in Oxnard / USA and won there in Leichtgrwicht about Mercedesz Pikács, Hungary by demolition id Round 3 and Debbie Richards from Canada to points ( 24:4 ). A winner has not been determined at this event.

2012 retired Queen Underwood both at the World Championships in Qinhuangdao China as well as in the Olympic Games in London in each case by defeats in the second round prematurely that finished ninth places.

International success

Countries fighting

USA Championships

Notes

  • OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Cup
  • Light weight, up to 60 kg, light welterweight, and 2008 's 63 kg, since 2009 up to 64 kg body weight

Swell

  • Trade journal Box Sports
  • Website www.amateur - boxing.strefa.pl
  • Site of the U.S. Amateur boxing federation
  • Americans
  • Boxer ( United States)
  • Olympian (United States)
  • American Masters
  • Born in 1984
  • Woman
2010 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships Weight class (boxing) Colorado Springs, Colorado Oxnard, California Bridgeport (disambiguation) 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships
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