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Mary Spencer
Born	(1984-12-12) December 12, 1984 (age 40) Wiarton, Ontario, Canada
Statistics
Weight(s)	Middleweight, Welterweight, Super-welterweight
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	10
Wins	8
Wins by KO	5
Losses	2
Draws	0
No contests	0
Medal record Representing  Canada Women's Boxing World Amateur Championships 2005 Podolsk 66 kg 2008 Ningbo 66 kg 2010 Barbados 75 kg 2006 New Delhi 66 kg Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 75 kg

Mary Spencer (born December 12, 1984) is a Canadian professional boxer who as an amateur won three World Championships and a Pan American Games gold medal.

Amateur career

Spencer competed in multiple sports as a child including basketball, volleyball, soccer and track and field. She began serious boxing training in 2002, eventually linking up with coach Charlie Stewart at the Windsor Amateur Boxing Club.

Spencer won three World Championships taking the 66 kg title in 2005 and 2008 then the 75 kg crown in 2010. She also won a gold medal at the 2011 Pan-American Games in Mexico defeating Yenebier Guillen of the Dominican Republic in the 75 kg final.

Considered a medal favourite at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, which were the first Games to include women's boxing, Spencer received a bye into the quarter-finals where she lost to China's Li Jinzi who she had beaten in the world championship final two years earlier.

Professional career

Having turned professional after the Olympics, Spencer was undefeated in her first six pro-fights and in her seventh contest she won the WBA female International and WBC female Silver super-welterweight titles with a first-round stoppage success over the previously unbeaten Mexican boxer Cynthia Lozano in Montreal, Canada, on 9 September 2022.

Next she took on Belgian boxer Femke Hermans for the vacant IBO female super-welterweight World title losing the bout in Shawnigan, Quebec, Canada, on 16 December 2022 by unanimous decision.

A rematch was held on 11 October 2023, in Montreal, Canada, with the IBO belt and the vacant IBF female super-welterweight World title up for grabs. Once again Hermans got the victory, this time by majority decision.

Spencer snapped her losing streak with a win over Sonya Dreiling on 25 January 2024, taking victory via retirement when her American opponent failed to answer the bell at the start of round two.

Personal life

Spencer was born in Wiarton, Ontario, Canada, and is a member of the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation formerly known as the Cape Croker First Nation. She was an Indspire Award recipient in the sports category in 2014 and was awarded the 2019 Randy Starkman Award by the Canadian Olympic Committee. In January 2024, Spencer joined the Boxing Ontario board of directors.

Professional boxing record

References

1. Williams, Cheryl. "Mary Spencer". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
2. ^ "Mary Spencer". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website | Team Canada | 2016 Olympic Games. 2011-10-25. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
3. "FORMER THREE-TIME WORLD AMATEUR CHAMP MARY SPENCER SIGNS WITH EYE OF THE TIGER". The Ring. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
4. "Mary Spencer Takes 3rd World Championship in Barbados". Boxing Ontario. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
5. "Canadian boxer, kayakers nab gold at Pan Am Games". CBC. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
6. Bell, Jamie (2011-07-27). "A look at some of Canada's top female medal threats for 2012". The Sports Network. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
7. "Mary Spencer Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
8. "Mary Spencer is the new WBA 154 lbs. International Champion". wbaboximg.com. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
9. "Mary Spencer vs Cynthia Lozano". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
10. "Arslanbek Makhmudov Destroys Michael Wallisch in One Round". Boxing Scene. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
11. "Boxing Results: IBO Super Welter Champ Hermans Defeats Spencer!". boxingnews24.com. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
12. "STEVE CLAGGETT CONTINUES TO ROLL, MARY SPENCER IN THE WIN COLUMN AGAIN". proboxtv.com. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
13. "WBA #2 Bazinyan annihilates Godoy". fightnews.com. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
14. "Mary Spencer inspires Indigenous youth to believe that nothing is impossible". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
15. "Boxing Ontario Welcomes Mary Spencer to the Board of Directors". Boxing Ontario. Retrieved 2024-05-21.

External links

• Boxing record for Mary Spencer from BoxRec (registration required)
• Mary Spencer at womenboxing.com

• 1984 births
• Canadian women boxers
• Boxers at the 2011 Pan American Games
• Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Living people
• Ojibwe sportswomen
• People from Bruce County
• Boxing people from Ontario
• Sportspeople from Windsor, Ontario
• Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
• Olympic boxers for Canada
• First Nations sportspeople
• AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships medalists
• Indspire Awards
• Pan American Games medalists in boxing
• Chippewas of Nawash people
• Middleweight boxers
• Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
• First Nations women
• First Nations sportswomen
• Welterweight boxers
• Light-middleweight boxers
• 21st-century American sportswomen
• 21st-century Canadian sportswomen