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I had an incredible run as an amateur and professional boxer that spanned 15 years. As an amateur, I fought at several national tournaments and was the 1999 National Golden Gloves champion as a junior flyweight. As a professional boxer, I was fortunate to travel the world fighting on televised cards in the U.S. and abroad. I won the IFBA Jr. Flyweight World Championship. I also started the first women's collegiate boxing team at University of California, Berkeley. Boxing taught me bravery, humility, and resilience and I'm grateful to all the amazing people in the sport who I learned from and who gave me inspiration and courage. Now my main goal in boxing is to give back to the sport that gave me so much. I currently coach and officiate boxing in North Carolina.
You can follow me on Instagram or check out my blog posts about boxing. Also check out my boxing bio and the press release for my recent induction into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2025! |
World Title Fights
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Yvonne Caples vs. Regina Halmich
WIBF World Title Fight Berlin, Germany This fight was definitely one of my shining moments despite the heartbreaking decision. I took on World Champion Regina Halmich who had a formidable 39-1 record at the time while I had only 10 fights. I felt that I fought a strategic, disciplined fight where I outlanded and outsmarted my opponent. It was the biggest fight of my career and televised on German television. |
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Yvonne Caples vs. Mary Duron
IFBA World Title Fight Costa Mesa, California This fight was my proudest moment in boxing. It was the culmination of all the hard work I put into boxing over ten years and a well-deserved opportunity to fight for the IFBA Jr. Flyweight title. The pro Mary Duron crowd could not get in the way of my determination and dream to be a world champion. It was the one and only fight my mother attended and I fought my heart out to win the championship. |
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Yvonne Caples vs Eun Soon Choi
WBC World Title Fight Pyongang, North Korea What's it like to fight in front of 15,000 North Koreans? ...A bit intimidating and oh, so surreal. Part of what I loved about my boxing career were the places I got to travel to fight. It was always an adventure...but none so big as fighting in North Korea. I knew I didn't have much chance for a fair decision, but also knew this would be the only chance I would ever have to go to this country. I wasn't in the best of shape for the fight and my performance was less than stellar (still I felt I did enough to win, just not in North Korea). But, I made history. At this fight, the U.S. National Anthem was played for the first time in North Korea. |
