Elena Reid | |
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Born |
Phoenix, Arizona |
November 1, 1981
Other names | Baby Doll |
Nationality | American |
Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
Weight | 114 lb (52 kg; 8.1 st) |
Division | Flyweight |
Reach | 64.0 in (163 cm) |
Style | Boxing |
Stance | Southpaw |
Fighting out of | Tempe, Arizona |
Team | Arizona Combat Sports |
Professional boxing record | |
Total | 31 |
Wins | 19 |
By knockout | 5 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 6 |
No contests | 0 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 5 |
Wins | 4 |
By knockout | 4 |
Losses | 1 |
By knockout | 1 |
Other information | |
Boxing record from BoxRec | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Elena A. Reid (born November 1, 1981) is an American boxer and mixed martial artist. She is a former WIBA and IFBA Flyweight Champion and fights under the nickname Baby Doll.
Reid was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1981. She is of Filipino descent. Reid She attended St. Mary's High School (Phoenix, Arizona) and played on an all-boys youth soccer team when she was a young girl. Reid participated in karate and kickboxing, and won an Arizona State Kickboxing Title at age 17.
Making her professional boxing debut on April 18, 2000, in Phoenix, Elena "Baby Doll" Reid defeated Jo Ellen Caldwell by a four-round decision. Her first career win was followed shortly thereafter by her first career defeat, when she was beaten by Layla McCarter in a four-round unanimous decision. McCarter, who had improved her own record to 3 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw with her victory, went on to become the youngest boxer ever to win an IFBA World Title on October 7, 2000. Reid got her first career knockout win on August 26, 2000, by defeating Jessica Elgin Combs in the first round of their fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
On September 11, 2004 at DM Arena in Karlsruhe, Germany, Elena Reid fought her first title fight when she took on local favorite and German media darling Regina Halmich, for Halmich's WIBF Flyweight Title. Over 10 rounds the match was a draw, and Halmich remained the title holder. The outcome left Reid with a 14-1-5 (4 KO) record, while moving Halmich to 45-1-1 (15 KOs).