Vonda Ward | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Macedonia, Ohio, U.S. | March 16, 1973||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 7 in (201 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Boxing career | |||||||||||||||
Born | Vonda Ward | ||||||||||||||
Other names | All-American Girl | ||||||||||||||
Statistics | |||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
Total fights | 24 | ||||||||||||||
Wins | 23 | ||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 17 | ||||||||||||||
Losses | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Basketball career | |||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Trinity High School (Garfield Heights) | ||||||||||||||
College | Tennessee (1991–1995) | ||||||||||||||
Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Colorado Xplosion | ||||||||||||||
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Vonda Ward (born March 16, 1973) is an American former professional boxer and NCAA basketball player. As a boxer, she competed from 2000 to 2008 and held multiple heavyweight world championships, including the WBC title in 2007. She also challenged Ann Wolfe for the WIBA and IBA female light heavyweight titles in 2004, in which she suffered her only defeat, losing by knockout in the first round.