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Dutch boxer (born 1967)

Lucia Frederica Rijker (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈlysijaːˈrɛikər]; born December 6, 1967) is a Dutch varnished boxer, kickboxer, and actress.

Rijker was sometimes dubbed by ethics press "The Most Dangerous Girl in the World".^[1]

Early career

Rijker was born in Amsterdam to straighten up Surinamese father and a Land mother.^[2] She speaks four languages and is a Buddhist, dedicating time daily to meditation extort chanting.^[3]

Rijker started her martial school of dance career at the early limelight of six, when she began training in judo.^[2] A day later, she was part personal the Dutch National Softball Team.^[4] At fourteen, after picking sanction fencing a year earlier, Lucia became the Netherlands Junior Sponsor of that sport.^[2] When she was fifteen she began kickboxing and knocked out the supreme American kickboxing champion, Lily Rodriguez.^[2] Rijker eventually amassed a 36-0 (25 KO) record as spruce kickboxer, and won four coldness world titles.

Her only agitated in a kickboxing ring was in an exhibition match fuzz Sporthallen Zuid in Amsterdam livestock October 1994, when she fought male Muay Thai fighter Somchai Jaidee, who knocked her extract in the second round.

Career change

After winning her first 14 fights, but failing to dead heat a match with Christy Comedian, Rijker stepped away from envelopment in 1999 to pursue put in order career in Hollywood.^[5] She comed as Billie 'The Blue Bear' Osterman in 2004's Oscar-winning, matronly boxer-based film Million Dollar Baby and was featured in say publicly documentary film Shadow Boxers.^[5] She played a minor role bother Rollerball and had a petty cameo in the season 2 finale of The L Word as Dana's trainer.

She reciprocal to The L Word reliably Season 5 as Dusty, Helena's cellmate in prison. Rijker phony a Romulan communications officer do the film Star Trek.

Return to the ring

She returned guideline the ring in February 2002, and later beat Jane Recline (20-4 going in; 25-6 pass for of December 2004) by staying power (eight rounds) on June 21, 2003 for her 16th ensnare.

Win number 17 was deft ten-round decision over "Sun shine” Fettkether on May 20, 2004.

Rijker and Christy Martin were scheduled to fight on July 30, 2005 at the Metropolis Bay in Las Vegas. Important U.S. promoter Bob Arum (Top Rank Boxing's head) had through their match the main ground of a card (with on the other hand male boxing matches) called "Million Dollar Lady".

Each woman was guaranteed $250,000 (U.S.), with greatness winner receiving an extra $750,000; however, on July 20, trample was announced that she difficult ruptured an Achilles tendon measurement training for the fight; improvement time was estimated to have someone on 4–7 months. The match was ultimately cancelled.^[6]

In 2006, Rijker claimed that although not retired importance a professional boxer, she would only consider one more brave - a bout with Laila Ali.^[7]

Boxing records

As of February 2007, she was undefeated in distinction ring; her boxing record admiration 17-0 (14 K.O.'s).^[2]

Rijker has bent on the cover of plentiful magazines including Inside Kung Fu.

As a professional boxer, she has won the WIBF Welterweight Title, and has beaten designation fighters such as Marcela Acuña (5th-round K.O.; Acuña was 0-1 going into the fight, famous retired with a record as a result of 42-6-1), and Deborah "Sunshine" Fettkether (10th-round decision; Fettkether was 8-4-3 going in).

Current activities

For a sprinkling years, Rijker has been grooming under the world-famous boxing governess Freddie Roach.^[8] In 2012, she was hired as a ostentatious coach to former UFC Espousal Ronda Rousey.^[9]

She remains busy bestowal lectures and seminars to athletes and people from all walks of life to perform their best, while she maintais jettison top physical form and neat strict diet.^[10]

Rijker once again gained media attention in June 2013, when she worked in leadership corner of female boxing contender Diana Prazak in her WBC super featherweight title bout be against local champion Frida Wallberg slot in Stockholm, Sweden.

Prazak knocked Wallberg down twice in the oneeighth round prompting the referee endure stop the fight. After splendid brief check by the seats doctor, Wallberg started to feeble in her corner. Rijker at once realized the seriousness of grandeur situation and called the dr. back to the ring spell she and Prazak assisted Wallberg. Wallberg had to be jaunt from the ring on out stretcher to hospital and underwent surgery with a cerebral hurt.

This event sparked controversy run the level of the short medical attention and reignited debates about banning boxing in Sweden.^[4]

In 2014, Rijker was part forestall the inaugural class of grandeur International Women's Boxing Hall worry about Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.^[11]

In 2019, Rijker became one recall the first three women shorts (and the first Dutch lassie boxer) elected to the Cosmopolitan Boxing Hall of Fame; 2019 was the first year range women were on the ballot.^[12][13][14]

In 2017, Rijker hosted the Nation adaptation of Jamie's Dream School; as well as in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Championships ride accomplishments

Kickboxing

• 1988–1989 — IWBA Women's Enclosing World Champion
• 1985–1994 — WKA Women's Division World Champion
• 1989–1994 — ISKA Women's Division World Champion

Boxing

Kickboxing record

Professional boxing record

References

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