JEANNINE GARSIDE

7-0-1 (3 KOs)
Age: 29
Born: April 14, 1978 in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
Hometown: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
WIBA Featherweight Champion

Highly-decorated Canadian amateur boxer Jeannine Garside is a rising star in professional boxing, capturing the WIBA super bantamweight title in only her fourth pro fight, and the WIBA featherweight title in her seventh. 

Jeannine started boxing after watching Christy Martin fight on a Mike Tyson undercard in1996, quickly developing into the 1998 & 1999 British Columbia champion and 1998 British Columbia Fighter of the Year. She earned a spot on the Canadian National Women’s Boxing Team and won a gold medal in the 2000 Canadian National Championships. 

Her boxing career suffered a set-back when she tore an ACL in her knee during a touch football game in 2000, which requited reconstructive surgery. 

In 2001, Jeannine reached the semifinals of the AIBA World Amateur Championships but the following year she won her fourth straight national title. Garside finished her amateur career with a 40-5 record and she made her pro debut on December 4, 2004, taking a four-round decision from Heather Percival in Tacoma, Washington. 

In her fourth pro fight, the aggressive southpaw Garside easily won a 10-round decision (99-90, 98-90, 98-91) against Lisa Brown (12-1-2) for her WIBA super bantamweight crown. Two fights later, Garside and Brown fought to a majority draw (96-94, 95-95, 95-95), the only blemish on Jeannine’s otherwise perfect pro record.  

Last November, Garside added the WIBA featherweight title belt to her collection, dominating an exciting 10-round decision (100-87, 99-89, 98-90) against Laura Serrano (16-2-2) in Edmonton.  

Now managed by well-known Jackie Kallen, Garside’s last action was September 21, when she registered a sixth-round TKO against previously undefeated Brooke Dierdorff, who was floored three times in this fan-friendly bout.