Giselle Salandy
| Giselle Salandy | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Joenette Giselle Ife Salandy |
| Nickname(s) | Magic |
| Rated at | Light middleweight |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Nationality | Trinidadian |
| Born |
25 January 1987 Siparia, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Died | 4 January 2009 (aged 21) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 17 |
| Wins | 17 |
| Wins by KO | 6 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Joenette Giselle Ife Salandy ORTT (25 January 1987 – 4 January 2009), also known as Gizelle Salandy, Jizelle Salandy or Jizelle Joseph, was an unbeaten world-class female boxer from Trinidad and Tobago. She is ranked as the #1 female light middleweight boxer all-time by the Boxrec. She died in a car-accident on 4 January 2009.
Joenette Giselle Ife Salandy was born on 25 January 1987 in Siparia in southern Trinidad. At age 11, her mother Maureen died. She then stayed with Ivy Corian who took care of her till she was fourteen. She attended St. Bridgid's Girls' RC School, Penal Junior Secondary School and then Fyzabad Composite School.
At the age of eleven years, nursing a broken arm, Jizelle visited the White Eagle Gym with her step brother Joel Eligon and started punching a punching bag. She was immediately recognized by the trainers in the gym, Kim Quashie and Fitzroy Richards. Jizelle thereafter got involved in the sport. She made her professional debut at thirteen years, under coach/manager, Fitzroy Richards. She picked up a series of six victory fights throughout Trinidad and Tobago and the islands of Tortola, Anguilla, with opponents such as Johanna Peña-Álvarez and Ria Ramnarine.
On October 2001, Salandy fought and defeated Paola Rojas becoming the youngest person to win a boxing title, WIBA IBERO Title, at the age of fourteen years.
After six fights under coach/manager, Fitzroy Richards, Salandy changed manager to her adopted father, Curtis Joseph and trainer to Joseph "Black Mamba Charles, a former boxer. Thereafter she could not have boxed because the law of Trinidad and Tobago stated a person under the age of seventeen cannot obtain a professional boxing license, thus causing her boxing career to come to a halt.
However, five days into her seventeenth birthday Jizelle returned to the ring in Chaguanas and successfully defended her IBERO Title against Paola Rojas on a card co-promoted by Curtis Joseph, Boxu Potts and Cecil Forde; after that fight her manager, Curtis Joseph, failed to secure fights for her causing her boxing career to come to a halt again. Boxu Potts privately contacted her about a show he was promoting. Salandy then pressured Curtis Joseph into allowing her to represent her country by fighting on Potts' T&T vs. US boxing card.
At the age of eighteen years, on 23 September 2005 on the said T&T vs. US boxing card, promoted by Boxu Potts, Salandy fought and defeated Manela Daniels breaking a second world record by becoming the youngest female in the world to win the NABC World Title. However again manager, Curtis Joseph, was unable to secure fights for Jizelle. Salandy became frustrated and it was at that stage she broke off her work relationship with Curtis Joseph. Shortly after, Salandy and Kim Quashie contacted Boxu Potts to take over her career.
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