Stephanie would invite over neighborhood kids to spar. She begged her parents to let her start boxing. They refused to let their little girl get hurt in such a rough sport.

Her brother bought her a pair of boxing gloves so they could have ‘matches’ in the house. After quite a few rounds, her family realized that she had the strength and desire it took, but still wouldn’t let her start boxing.

One night, when Stephanie was about 12 years old, her dad said, "The day I see a woman box on TV, will be the day that you can start boxing." …Well, a couple of years later Christy Martin made her television debut. You ca bet that Stephanie made her dad keep his word. The next day her dad and brother took her to look for a boxing gym.

Even before the first day she officially started in a boxing gym, she’s put every waking minute into becoming the best. Every thought has been about what steps she has to take to make it to the top… in both amateur and professional boxing. She lives the life of an athlete, never compromising her status in the Amateur Boxing circuit. Always striving to "make it."

Stephanie has devoted her entire teenage life to boxing. Her heart and soul revolves around it. She is destines, and determined to be Number One in Women’s Boxing.