Lauryn Eagle
| Lauryn Eagle | |
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Eagle in July 2012
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| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) |
Lightweight Super featherweight |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born |
11 December 1987 Randwick, New South Wales |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 20 |
| Wins | 15 |
| Wins by KO | 7 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 0 |
Lauryn Eagle (born 11 December 1987) is an Australian professional boxer and water skiing champion. She was on The Celebrity Apprentice Australia and is a former Miss Teen International 2004.
Coming from a water skiing family, her father Peter won the Australian title eleven times and sister Sarah placed second at the 2007 World Championships. She first learnt to ski at the age of four and started racing when she was nine years old. In 2003, she placed second in the Junior Division and at the next World Championships in 2005 she won the women's division title in the F2 class. In 2006, she won the Australian Speed Championships (U/19) and the Australian Marathon Champs (U/19). She then finished third at the 2007 World Championship in May in the Formula 1 Division. She retired shortly from racing after her father's death in 2008. In 2009 Lauryn returned to racing placing third at the 2009 World Championships, and 7th in the 2011 World Championships after suffering a big fall in the third race.
Turning professional in 2010, she went 2–0–1 with 1 knockout that year and in 2011 she would suffer two split decision losses.
On 13 July 2012, she defeated Kiangsak Sithsaithong (then 9–0–0 4KO) by a 5th round TKO to win the World Boxing Foundation women's super featherweight title, improving her record to 3–2–1 2 knockouts.
The match was widely criticised within the boxing media. Commentators pointed out that Eagle had not fought more than 6 rounds in her career, and had not won a fight since 2010. It was also noted that Sithsaithong's record was almost entirely against debut fighters in Thai villages.
In September 2012, she did a promotional fight against Fox FM radio joc Matt Tilley in a 'Champ vs Chump' promotion. Eagle won the three round fight by a TKO in the third round. Two days later Eagle fought New Zealand's Nicki Bigwood winning in a unanimous decision in a six round bout on as an undercard to former rugby league player Solomon Haumono's fight.
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