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Jeannine "G9" Garside was born on April 14, 1978. She began
boxing as an amateur in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
after seeing Christy Martin
fight Deirdre Gogarty on a Mike Tyson undercard in
March 1996. Jeannine was the British Columbia champion in 1998 and 1999 and was named British
Columbia Boxer of the Year in 1998.
On January 24, 1999, in the 57-kg final of the 1999 Canadian National Championships
held in Sudbury, Ontario Jeannine defeated Danielle Bouchard of Quebec by a 5-3
score to win her first national title and earn a place on the Canadian National
Women's Boxing team that would soon pit her against some of the best female
fighters in the world at her weight.
On March 24, 1999 in the first leg of the Canada-Sweden Dual in Sudbury/Azilda,
Ontario
Sanna Rauta of Sweden defeated Jeannine by a 12-6 margin in a 57-kg bout.
According to a report
in the National Post, "The two boxers exchanged punishing combinations, lefts and rights,
and then lefts again. Their footwork was smooth and well-practised, their leads and jabs were
crisp, the hurt -- though safely cushioned -- was real. And afterward, when Rauta was pronounced
the winner, Garside's disappointment, as hard as she tried to swallow it, was deeply felt.
'I box because I truly love it,' she said. 'Boxing is a great sport. It's not a street fight,
it's not a brawl, and it's not a circus. We're doing it because we love the sport.'
On March 27, 1999 in the second leg of the Canada-Sweden Dual at the Atlas Boxing Club
in Toronto, Ontario,
Teuta Palushaj of Sweden defeated Jeannine by a 13-4 margin in a 57-kg bout.
On June 26, 1999 in the Canada-USA Dual Meet at
Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jeannine defeated Adelaida Avalos of the USA by 23-13 in a 57 kg bout.
On December 4, 1999 in the 57 kg final of the 2000 Canadian National
Championships at the Sportsplex in Campbell River, British Columbia,
Jeannine defeated Michelle Collins of Alberta by an 11-1 score.
On March 10, 2000 in the first leg of the Canada vs. Finland Dual Meet in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada,
Jeannine defeated Meri Talvio of Finland by RSC-2 at 57 kg.
Jeannine tore an ACL in her knee during a touch football game in 2000 and this
injury required
reconstructive surgery.
Undeterred, Jeannine returned to the ring and on January 27, 2001 in the 57 kg final of the 2001 Canadian National
Championships in Cap-de-la-Madelaine, Quebec, she defeated Wendy Broad of Quebec by an 11-4 score and was voted
the tournament's Best Boxer.
On October 5 2001 in the Feenix Box Cup International in Turku, Finland,
Jeannine defeated Jonna Emanuelsson of Sweden by RSC-2 at 57 kg.
The next day, she
defeated Hürü Kale of Turkey 19-8, but in the final
the day after she was edged by Henrietta Birkeland Kitel of Norway by a 10-9
score in the division final.
Jeannine began boxing at the Border City Boxing Club where
Margaret Sidoroff and Josh Canty have trained her since 2001.
In November 2001 at the Inaugural AIBA World Amateur Championships at the
Scranton High School, Scranton, PA, USA,
Jeannine defeated Cecylia Pudlicka of Poland by a 16-3 score (stopped by the mercy rule)
in her preliminary round 57 kg bout on
November 27. Jeannine went on to defeat Jennifer Han of Texas by 28-18 in her quarterfinal on November 29.
Han, the youngest fighter on Team USA, was knocked down once but bounced back to force
a standing eight-count on a tiring Garside in the third round. Theirs was the most
entertaining bout of the night.
Jeannine again lost to Henriette Birkeland Kitel of Norway
by a close 11-9 decision in the world championship semi-final on November 30.
Garside came out swinging but Birkeland Kitel was not intimidated and circled to her right,
where she tagged the southpaw Garside with several right hands. Garside picked up the
action in the third, but Birkeland Kitel boxed her way to the decision. (The
57-kg division was won by Mao Mao Zhang of
China who defeated Birkeland Kitel by 14-8).
 At
the Canadian National Senior Championships in St. Catherines Ontario in January
2002, Jeannine won her fourth straight 57 kg national title with a RSC-2 win
over Angie Collins of Ontario.
On August 29, 2002 in Kansas City, Missouri Jeannine won a unanimous decision
over USA Champion Jennifer Han of El Paso, Texas in the Women's 126 lb division.
On September 2, 2002 in the 126-lb final of the Ringside National Tournament in
Kansas City, Missouri, Jeannine knocked out Sharon Gaines
of Belleville, Washington, USA in the third round.
On October 27, 2002 in Barrie, Ontario, Jeannine stopped Martine Clement of
Ottawa to win the gold medal in the 126-lb open division of the Ontario
Provincial championships.
Jeannine finished her amateur boxing career with an impressive 40-5 record.
Jeannine in her pro debut vs unbeaten Heather Percival
Photo by Mike Blair
On December 4, 2004 at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington,
Jeannine (122½ lbs) won her pro debut when she defeated Heather
Percival (119 lbs) of Fontana, California by a unanimous 40-36 margin , Percival fell
to 4-1-0 (0 KO). Ringside photographer Mike Blair
told WBAN "The fight was one of the best of the
night. Garside was quicker, stronger and simply too tough for Percival.
Percival fought pretty well, but she just could not find a way to slow
Garside."
On August 26, 2005 at the Renaissance Worthington Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas,
Jeannine (136½ lbs) improved to 2-0 as a pro with a four-round unanimous
(39-36,40-36,40-36) decision over Rita Serrano (135¾ lbs) of Fort Worth. Serrano
survived a first round knock down in this bout, which dropped her record to 3-2
(1 KO).
Jeannine TKO'd Rita Valentini
On October 8, 2005 at the outdoor Amphitheater at Harrah's in Laughlin, Nevada,
Jeannine (130 lbs) won by a TKO at 1:25 in the fifth round over
34-year-old Rita Valentini (5' 6½", 125 lbs) of Hollywood, California.
The scheduled six-round fight started out to be even, but it did not take long for
Garside to dominate. Jeannine went to the body, throwing effective combinations, and
steadily put more pressure on Valentini as the
fight progressed. Valentini, who was on a four fight wining
streak prior to the bout, fell to 6-4 (3 KO's) with the loss.
Jeannine outpoints Lisa Brown for the WIBA title
© Copyrighted photo taken by Mary Ann Owen
On November 18, 2005 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
Jeannine (121¾ lbs) won the WIBA Junior Featherweight title with a ten round
unanimous (99-90,99-90,98-91) decision over reigning champion Lisa Brown
(120¾ lbs) of Scarborough, Ontario. Jeannine dropped Lisa for an eight
count in the third round en route to dominating the rest of the fight with a
steady barrage of solid punches. Lisa Brown, another long-time Canadian amateur
star who had fought several world title ten-rounders before this bout, fell to 12-2-2 (4
KOs) with her most decisive pro loss to date. "If you didn't know, you know
now," said Garside. (For more of Mary Ann Owen's photos of this
fight card, see
MPEG/Photo Gallery #306
on the WBAN Records Member Site).
Jeannine was named WBAN's Fighter of the Month in December 2005.
Jeannine TKO's Kim Colbert
© Copyrighted photo taken by Allan Messick
On February 16, 2006 at Harrah’s in North Kansas
City, Missouri, USA, Jeannine
improved her record to 5-0 (2 KOs) when she TKO'd Kim Colbert of Southfield,
Missouri in the third round of a scheduled six rounder. According to Allan
Garside, "Jeannine said it was an awkward fight. Jeannine stuck
to mostly a body attack, Kim threw a lot of looping punches but was unable to
connect. Kim got turned around a few times and the the ref may have stopped it
because of that."
Colbert, who's faced a string of top boxers including
Chevelle Hallback and Kelsey Jeffries, fell to a
deceptive 2-9-1 (2 KOs). (For more of Allan Messick's photos of this
fight card, see
MPEG/Photo Gallery #334
on the WBAN Records Member Site).
On June 23, 2006 at the Shaw
Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,
Jeannine (121 lbs) and Lisa Brown
(121 lbs) fought to a 10-round majority draw in a defense of Garside's WIBA
title Final judges' scores were 95-95, 95-95, and 96-94 for Brown. Brown came
out strong in the early rounds in an attempt to reclaim her title, winning the
first three by setting the pace with effective aggression, getting off
first and landing harder and more frequently.
Garside made adjustments in the fourth and closed the bout well, trading toe to
toe with Brown. “I thought I was pacing myself,” Garside
told
reporter Doug Rowe. “I thought I was taking the rounds. I had her back to the
ropes and I had her hurt three times in the fight. I am confused. What they want
is to see me fight her again and that’s fine. There will not be any question the
next time I fight her. I has nothing to do with revenge, it just has to do with
who is the champ, and I am the champ!”
Lisa was equally adamant that she had won the bout, telling Rowe: “It
was robbery. I came out to fight, I did what I had to do . . . I come and give
the fight of my life and they call it a draw. I can’t believe it. The first time
I fought her, I wasn’t in shape, I had so much going on I wasn’t mentally in
shape, mentally and physically. This time I actually got my game together and I
was hungry. So I came out to put on the best fight of my life.”
Negotiations are reportedly under way for a
third match between the two Ontario rivals. Jeannine
moved her pro record to 5-0-1 (2 KOs) while Lisa Brown moved to 12-2-3 (4
KOs).
Jeannine lands a left to Laura Serrano in November
2006
© Copyrighted photo taken by Mary Ann Owen
On November 4, 2006 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Jeannine
(126 lbs) won a clear (100-87,99-89,98-90) ten-round
unanimous decision over Las Vegas-based veteran Laura
Serrano (123 lbs) of Mexico for the vacant WIBA Featherweight title.According
to a report
by Shawn Roth of FightNews Canada, "Garside
thoroughly dominated the fight from the opening bell, punishing Serrano with a
relentless left hook that the Mexican fighter could not deal with. Serrano was
put to the canvas in the third and tenth round but returned to her feet, a true
testament of her toughness. Serrano refused to stay down, shook the cobwebs off
and continued to brawl with Garside, which garnered the appreciation of the
crowd for her unbelievable ability to take punishment and keep fighting."
Jeannine improved to 6-0-1 (2 KOs)
while dropping Laura to 16-3-2 (6 KO's). Jeannine
exchanged fight trunks with Laura Serrano
immediately following the bout, which Serrano stated would be her last.
Garside vs Dierdorff in September 2007
© Copyrighted photo taken by Dan Graschuk
On September 21, 2007 at Meadowbrook Music Festival
in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Jeannine (130 lbs), now managed by Jackie Kallen,
TKO'd undefeated Brooke Dierdorff (125 lbs) of Illinois at 1:10 in the sixth
round, in a scheduled six rounder. There was no love lost between the two from
the opening bell. Garside knocked Dierdorff down three times before referee
Frank Garza called a halt to it in round six. The fight was not without
controversy after Garside punched at Dierdorff after Dierdorff went down against
the ropes in the first round, risking a disqualification. Dierdorff recovered
well and her accurate punching made a fight of it until Garside got the upper
hand in the final round. Garside's record
improved to 7-0-1 (3 KOs), while Dierdorff's
fell to 4-1-1 (3 KOs). (For more of Dan Graschuk's photos of this
fight, see
MPEG/Photo Gallery #447
on the WBAN Records Member Site).
"I have all the confidence in the world in this girl!" Kallen said of
Garside, adding "They loved her!".
Chevelle Hallback trades with
Jeannine
©
Copyrighted photo taken by Mary Ann Owen
On June 13, 2008 at the Isleta Casino and Resort in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, in a PPV co-main event,
Chevelle Hallback (132 lbs) of Tampa, Florida pounded out a 10-round
unanimous (96-94,99-91,96-94)
decision over Jeannine (132 lbs) for the IFBA Lightweight World title. The win
moved Hallback's record to 27-5-2 (11 KO's).
See Photo Galleries #480,
481 and 482 on the WBAN Records Member Site
for more photos of this
fight by Mary Ann Owen and Lori Steinhorst.
On September 28, 2008 in Hanam
City, South Korea, local favorite Ji-Hye Woo (128¾
lbs) of Seoul won a 10-round unanimous (97-93,96-94,97-94) decision over
Jeannine (129¾ lbs) while
defending her IFBA Junior Lightweight title for the fourth time. The
21-year-old Woo advanced to 10-1 (1 KO) while handing Jeannine her second
straight loss in a world title fight and dropping her pro record to
7-2-1 (3 KO's).
On December 17, 2008 at the
Olympic Arena in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Irma Balijagic-Adler (125½ lbs) of Sarajevo, won by a highly controversial
10-round split (96-97,98-92,95-96) decision over Jeannine (125¾ lbs) for the
WIBA Featherweight title. Garside battered
her opponent and knocked her down twice but only the most experienced
international judge, an Austrian, scored it as a victory for Garside. WIBA
president Ryan Wissow
admitted
that he thought this was a bad decision, but could not reverse it once it was on
record,
saying "I will not put myself or my company in jeopardy over a bad
decision." Jeannine's record falls to
7-3-1 (3 KO's) in what appeared
to be a particularly egregious case of biased judging. WBAN named this result
the "Worst Rip-off of 2008". Balijagic-Adler is now
9-0-0 (5 KOs).
On June 6, 2009 at the Cowichan Centre in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada,
Jeannine (126 lbs) won an eight-round unanimous (78-74,77-75,78-74)
decision over Dominga Olivo (125 lbs) of Brooklyn, New
York for the WBC International Featherweight title.
According to Mike Damour of the Cowichan News Leader: "Round
One started with both fighters throwing good, crisp punches during the
feeling-out period of the scrap. Round Two began the same way with both punchers
circling and throwing jabs with a few solid straight arms by both women who
loaded up with wicked shots to the body and head. Before the round was over
though, Garside took a small cut over her left eye ... kudos to Garside’s
cut-man who patched the small tear and made sure it wasn’t a factor for the rest
of the fight. The third round was a repeat of the first two, with the exception
(that) both women got busier and all punches were thrown with maximum power that
resulted in several wicked shots finding their marks on the bodies and heads of
the two fighters. It was an almost even-sided round that made judging the bout
tough. Despite the magical work of Garside’s corner-man, the hometown champ’s
face started to show the effects of Olivo’s speedy and crafty glove work,
especially during the opening seconds of Round Four when the New Yorker planted
a straight right hand to the puffing face of the hometown fighter. The shot
rocked Garside and rattled the teeth of many sitting ringside. Yet Garside
easily rebounded and again both fighters exchanged vicious blows that left no
doubt in the minds of fight fans they were watching a pair of seasoned pros. The
fighters exchanged heavy blows in the fifth and Olivo got off a terrific right
cross that momentarily rocked Garside who seemed to start favouring her right
leg. But whatever pain she was feeling didn’t stop Garside from planting the
right foot for power shots, many of which found their mark. Whether it was
conditioning, ring-savvy or just plain guts, Round 6 is where Garside let Olivo
know she was in trouble. Garside took over the round and landed several power
punches that went unanswered. By Round 7 Garside was in almost total
control of the fight. Not that Olivo wasn’t game, but it was Garside — with a
badly swollen and nearly shut left eye — who got off quicker and controlled the
pace of the fight. Garside opened the eighth and final round with a crushing
one-two combination that rocked Olivo and sent her into the ropes. That, and the
smell of a possible knockout, caused the crowd to leap to its feet and cheer on
their hometown hero. Garside and Olivo drew on every last reserve and
began swinging for the fences in the dying moments of the round that ended with
both on their feet when the bell sounded." Dominga Olivo fell to
7-5-1 (0 KO).
On April 24, 2010 at the Fuller Lake Arena in
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada, Jeannine (125¼
lbs) TKO'd Lindsay Garbatt (123 lbs) of Oshawa, Ontario at 1:24 in the third
round of a scheduled ten-rounder for the vacant WIBA Featherweight title.
Garside was cut in the first round by a punch from Garbatt but Garbatt was
knocked down three times in the third round. The referee stopped the bout after
the third knockdown when Garbatt was unable to stand before the count was
completed. As reported
by Ashley Gaudreault of the Cowichan News Leader, "Garside fans
were a bit worried after Garbatt landed a strong punch and cut Garside above her
right eye in the first round. She was showing blood but that didn’t dissuade
her. Garside exploded in the second round. She landed some great punches and
then dominated the third round, knocking Garbatt off her feet more than once.
The final fall was the last for Garbatt. Though Garside admitted she felt the
worry from spectators after being cut, she stayed focused and kept firing back.
'I trained really hard for this. I trained for 10 rounds,' she said."
With the win Garside reclaimed the title she lost in
a highly controversial decision in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina in December
2008. Garbatt, who had stopped Maureen Shea in New York
in August 2009, suffered the first stoppage loss of her career, as her
record fell to 4-3 (3 KO's) while Garside improved to 9-3-1 (3 KO's). [Video]
Jeannine was named WBAN Fighter of the Month for May 2010 for this impressive
win.
 On July 3, 2010 at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart, Germany,
Jeannine (125 lbs) won a ten-round unanimous (98-92,96-94,96-94) decision over
Ina Menzer (126 lbs) of Germany for the WBC, WBO and
WIBF Featherweight titles. As
Alexey Sukachev
reported : "Garside was a better fighter of two since the starters. She
often caught unpredictably rusty Menzer with her left counters and hard overhand
right hooks. Garside also did a great job avoiding straight hands by the
champion. Rounds two and three were huge in favour of the Canadian, while the
fourth was pretty even. Both fighters were fighting inside with their heads
dangerously close to one another. Garside was warned by referee Daniel Van De
Viele in the fourth. Menzer mounted a slight comeback to take an edge in the
fifth. However, Jeannine delivered her best round in the sixth when she landed
numerous left hands and forced the titleholder to run at the end of the stanza.
Round seven was rather calm and Menzer found some success on her way in rounds
eight and nine. Feeling the victory can be illusional on a hostile territory,
Garside went in for kill in the last round. She got the better of (Menzer) and
even sent her in a legitimate knockdown with a straight left hand, which was
amazingly discarded by Van De Viele. It hadn't reflected on finals scorecards
though as all three judges had (and rightfully so!) this contest in Jeannine
Garside's favour: 96-94 (twice) and 98-92. BoxingScene also scored it 98-92 -
for the brand new featherweight multichampion."
Garside improved to 10-3-1 (3 KO's) while Menzer suffered her first pro loss and
fell to 26-1-0 (10 KO's). WBAN named Jeannine its "Most Accomplished Boxer of the Year" for 2010, noting that "At the beginning of the
year, Garside came into our independent WBAN ratings at #7. In
2010, Garside went all the way up to WBAN's #1 ranking when she
had one of the biggest fights and wins of the year when she went
to Germany and took three of Ina Menzer's belts back home to
Canada, defeating Menzer by a 10-round unanimous decision!
Garside also stopped Lindsay Garbatt with an impressive TKO for a
world title belt."
Jeannine Garside with Margaret Sidoroff Canty
Photo: Border City Boxing Club
"She’s aggressive, has no care about who she’s in there with or what’s going on. It doesn’t matter if
it’s her mother in the ring, she’s gonna whip their ass. She only knows one speed and that’s kill.
And she’s got the heart of a lion. Jeannine’s the hardest hitter of anybody her size I’ve ever seen",
said trainer Sidoroff before the WIBA title fight with Brown.
Jeannine at weigh-in in Edmonton, November 2005
© Copyrighted photo taken by Mary Ann Owen
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