Catherine Phiri

Catherine Phiri is the most compelling of this group to me. A boxer from Lusaka, Zambia, she held the WBC female bantamweight title from 2016 to 2017 and challenged twice for the super-bantamweight crown. To climb from African women's boxing, a corner of the sport that gets almost no spotlight, all the way to a world title takes a fierceness I find deeply admirable. Her repeated title challenges suggest someone who refuses to stay down. She is more than an athlete; she is a source of pride for Zambian women, and that legacy outside the ring impresses me even more than her belts.

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Name (English)

Catherine Phiri

Name (Japanese)

キャサリン・フィリ

Reading

きゃさりん・ふぃり

Born

1987

Origin

Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia

Occupation

boxer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Rabbit

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine%20Phiri
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22957442

Tags

• Lusaka Province
• boxer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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