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5'5" junior featherweight Heather "The Heat" Hardy was born on January 25, 1982, and was raised in the tight-knit Irish-American community of Gerittsen Beach, Brooklyn, New York. A single mom, Hardy began taking kickboxing classes to get back into shape after giving birth to her daughter, . She was soon asked to join the fighting team - after just three weeks of ever having laced up a pair of gloves, she won her first kickboxing match. She went on to win the WKA Regional Kickboxing title and was ISKA East Coast Muay Thai champion in 2011.

Hardy gained the attention of trainer and manager Devon Cormack, (brother and trainer of WBC World Champion Alicia Ashley) and began training with him at Gleason’s Gym. After 11 months of boxing training, Hardy took silver at the 2011 NYC Golden Gloves, captured the 2011 USA Boxing Metro (125 lbs) and Regional Titles then went on to win the USA Boxing 2011 National Title.

In 2012 Hardy won the New York Daily News Golden Gloves title and was awarded the honor of "Best Female Boxer of the Tournament.  Shortly after this, Hardy and Cormack together decided that she would move on to fight professionally.

Hardy's pro career started amidst a string of setbacks outside the ring.  Her apartment burned down shortly before her debut pro fight, so she and her daughter Annie moved in with her mother, only to see the home inundated by eight feet of water from Hurricane Sandy later that same Fall.  

Heather made her pro debut on August 2, 2012 at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City. She weighed in at 119 lbs and won a hard-fought four-round unanimous (38-37x3) decision over Mikayla Nebel (117 lbs) of Las Vegas, Nevada.  Hardy was knocked down by a short right during the first round but she responded well by stepping up her aggression and taking the fight to Nebel the rest of the way (see video above).

On October 24, 2012, at the Roseland Ballroom, in New York, New York, Hardy (124 lbs), fought her second pro bout against Unique Harris (120 lbs) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, who was making her pro debut.  Hardy was cut over her right eye in the second round but she outpunched Harris to win a toe-to-toe four-round battle by a unanimous (40-36,39-37,39-37) decision.

Less than two months later, on December 8, 2012, at the Resorts World Casino, in Jamaica, New York, Hardy, 122,  won her third pro fight by a four-round unanimous decision over Ivana Coleman, 123.5, of Slidell, Louisiana.  Hardy was now 3-0-0 (0 KO).

On January 23, 2013, at BB King Blues Club and Grill in New York City, Heather Hardy (122 lbs) won a four-round unanimous (39-37,39-37,40-36) decision over Peggy Maerz (119 lbs) of Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada. Maerz fell to 2-3-1 (0 KO's). Word to WBAN was that the fight was action-packed, and that Heather Hardy was "On Fire!" and began the fight very aggressively. Maerz landed some good rights in the second round but tired and was overwhelmed by Hardy in the fourth.

On April 4, 2013 at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, Heather Hardy (122 lbs) won a six-round unanimous (60-53,60-54,60-54) decision in a rematch with Mikayla Nebel (123 lbs) who fell to 0-5.

On July 24 2013 in the co-main feature at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, Heather Hardy (121 lbs)  won by a TKO at 1:30 in the fourth round of a scheduled six-rounder with Cassie Trost (121 lbs) of Seattle, Washington, USA , who fell to 1-2-1.

On November 9, 2013 at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York, Heather Hardy (122 lbs) won the vacant UBF junior featherweight title with a TKO of Laura Gomez (124 lbs) of Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico at 1:44 in the second round of a scheduled eight-rounder.  Gomez fell to 4-4 (0 KO's) with the loss.

On February 12, 2014 at the Roseland Ballroom Heather Hardy (121¾ lbs) won a hard fought eight-round split (77-75,77-75,75-77) decision over Christina (Mandy) Fuentes (121¾ lbs) of Laredo, Texas who fell to 2-5-3. Fuentes' paper record is deceptive as she is a heavy hitter who had previously tested some strong competition during her losses. She began aggressively and took the fight to Hardy in the early rounds, but Heather's conditioning and combinations were just enough to earn her the split.

On March 21, 2014 at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York, Heather Hardy (121 lbs) won an eight-round unanimous (79-73,78-74,78-74) decision over Nydia Feliciano (119 lbs) of the Bronx, New York.  Hardy threw plenty of combinations to the head and body in a spirited fight while Feliciano hung tough until the end and did her best work with a followup straight right behind her jab in the final rounds.  Hardy improved to 9-0 (2 KO's) with this win while Feliciano fell to 7-5-3 (0 KO's).

On December 5, 2015, at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York,
Hardy, 127¾, of Brooklyn, won an eight-round unanimous decision over Noemi Bosques, 122¼, of Saint Petersburg, Florida. Final judges scores were 73-79, 72-80, and 72-80. Hardy remains undefeated at 15-0-0 (3KO), and Bosques is 10-4-2 (2KO).

On April 16, 2016, at the Barclay Center, New York City, New York,
 Hardy, 123 1/4, now 16-0-0 (4KO), of Brooklyn, New York, won by a fourth round TKO over  Sweden's  Donatella Hultin, 123, 8-3-0, in a scheduled eight round bout.  Team Hultin made some comments on Facebook, "First of all we want to thank everyone that's been  in this journey. Anna will be back even better and stronger. We also want to thank DiBella entertainment for this great event and making us part of it. Love to all our friends that came to the arena to support Anna."

On August 21, 2016, in New York, Hardy and Shelly Vincent brought their unbeaten records to the southernmost tip of Brooklyn, commonly known as Coney Island, staging a ten round donnybrook that stole the show at the Premier Boxing program, promoted in conjunction with Lou Di Bella's Di Bella Entertainment at the open air Ford Amphitheater, hard by the Coney Island boardwalk, on  ..Full Story

On March 4, 2017, at the  Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York,
Hardy, 124½, now 19-0-0 (4KO), of Brooklyn, New York, won an eight-round unanimous decision over Edina "DNA" Kiss, 124¼, now 13-3-0 (8KO), of Budapest, Hungary. Final judges scores were 72-80, 72-80, and 73-79.

On May 18, 2017, at the Paramount Theater, in Brooklyn, New York
 Hardy, 125.5, won an eight round unanimous decision over Edina Kiss, 124.5. This was a rematch for the two where Hardy defeated her by decision earlier this year. Hardy was defending her WBC Inter. Featherweight title.

On April 21, 2018, at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York,
Hardy, 126.2, now 21-0 (4KO), of Brooklyn, fought and won an eight-round unanimous decision over Paola "La Fiera" Torres, 126.8, 12-3-1 (5KO), of Monterrey, Mexico. The female bout was untelevised. The Premier Boxing Champions event was headlined by Adrien Broner who fought battled Jessie Vargas to a 12-round bout majority draw that was televised live on Showtime. The event was promoted by Mayweather Promotions, DiBella Entertainment and TGB Promotions.  Full Story

On October 27, 2018, at the Madison Square Gardens Theatre, in New York
in a long-awaited rematch between Heather "The Heat" Hardy vs. Shelly "Shelito's Way" Vincent in an action-packed contest in a scheduled ten round bout, vying for the vacant WBO Featherweight world title. Full Story

On September 13, 2019, at the Madison Square Garden Theater, in New York, New York, Amanda "The Real Deal" Serrano won a ten-round unanimous decision over  Hardy.  The two were fighting for the WBO Featherweight world title, and the WBAN Independent Featherweight Belt This is the Second WBAN world title bout for Serrano that fought for it in another weight class ...Full Story

Hardy works at Gleason's Gym as a cardio and instructional boxing and kickboxing trainer between doing her own workouts there. Her web site describes her training philoshophy: "I place heavy emphasis on endurance and stamina, and using your mind to push your body past where it wants to go. Nobody in my classes stops at the last ten seconds, or quits for the last push up or we start over. Boxing is about outlasting your opponent, and I use that mindset in everything I do. I also do every exercise with my classes and students, right alongside them."

She has been promoted by Lou DiBella Entertainment since September 2013.  Photo Credits:  Facebook

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