Michele Aboro

Who is Michele Aboro?

Michele Aboro is a British female boxer of Nigerian descent who currently resides in Shanghai, China. Aboro was the WIBF world Super Bantamweight champion from her victory over Eva Jones Young on 5 February 2000, to her retirement following the successful defence against Nadia Debras on 24 November 2001.

Michele Aboro, along with her countrywoman Michelle Sutcliffe and with German Regina Halmich, has become an important figure in European women's boxing, helping raise awareness about female participation on this, traditionally male sport, in Europe.

On March 4, 1995, she debuted as a professional boxer, with a first round knockout win over Marleen Lambert in Belgium. As a matter of a fact, her first three professional fights were held in different European countries and they were all first round knockout wins for Aboro. Her fourth fight, on October 19, 1996, against Severine Grandsire, was her first fight in Germany, and Aboro won by a sixth round technical knockout.

Aboro had one more win, and then, on November 29, 1997, she met future world champion Daisy Lang, defeating Lang by a six round decision.

On August 22, 1998, Aboro fought Brigitte Pastor for the vacant WIBF European Super Bantamweight title, knocking out Pastor in five rounds to win her first professional belt. She defended her title once, knocking out Galina Gumliiska in eight rounds on November 28, then followed that win with four more wins in a row, before obtaining her first world title opportunity. Aboro became a world champion when she fought Eva Jones, on February 5, 2000, knocking Jones out in round ten to become the WIBF's world Super Bantamweight champion.