Melissa "Little Miss Tyson"
St.Vil, was born in Long Island, New York, and has been boxing
professionally since March of 2007. St. Vil talked about
her background when she was younger and how she ultimately got
into boxing.
St. Vil said, "I have three sisters and one brother. I attended
school at Reed Junior High School in Central Islip, New York,
spent some of my early teenage years in Haiti at the school of
Quisqueya and attended Cicero-North Syracuse High School in
North Syracuse, NY. and attended college at Mohawk Valley
Community college."
"As a little girl I always played
with the boys; slap boxing, football, dodgeball, wrestling and I
strongly felt that I could do anything the boys could do even
better. There were even times I could outshine the boys. In
junior high. I tried out for the girls basketball team but
didn't make it---I also tried out for the soccer team and also
didn't make it. But I found my calling on the track, so for
eight years I was a star athlete on the junior high, high school
and college track and field team," added St. Vil.
She told WBAN that she won numerous medals and awards for the
100m high hurdles, 400m relay teams and was a two-time All
American in college at Mohawk Valley Community College.
St. Vil also competed in the Empire State Games as a runner
winning the gold, silver and bronzer medals over a four-year
period.
She said, "I always loved running
but my true passion was fighting. So I began to take an interest
in the sport of boxing, and I began to train while I was a
senior in high school, going to the local boxing gym after track
practices. After a couple of years of training, I began
competing in the New York City Golden Gloves where I made it to
the semi-finals."
"After the Golden Gloves, I decided to begin a career as a
professional boxer and fighting top females and beating in them
in their hometowns. After four tough fights my fifth bout, I had
the opportunity to compete for a title which was considered an
accomplishment in such an early part of ones career. "
Mike Tyson present her WIBA Belt
after she wins bout
"In that fight, I fought an
eight-round bout for the WIBA Lightweight title, and won the
fight, and the belt was presented to me by one of my favorite
fighters----Mike Tyson."
St. Vil told WBAN that currently, she continues to pursue her
boxing career in Brooklyn, NY where she currently resides.
She has trained at StarRite Boxing gym, Gleason's Boxing gym,
and also in Las Vegas at the Mayweather gym. She is now
training at Gym X in Brooklyn.
St. Vil has won three titles at
130 pounds and one title at 147. She is currently rated number
#1 in the world at 130 pounds.
Melissa St. Vil at the WBC Women's
Boxing Convention
St. Vil reflecting on her boxing
career thus far said, "My professional boxing career has taken
me to many places around the world such as China, Mew Zealand,
Peru, Haiti and Finland."
For St. Vil's Boxing record:
http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/389610
Photo Gallery of St. Vill:
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Melissa St. Vil Returns to the USA
Winning by Decision over Katy Wilson Castillo -On
Saturday night, at the Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China,
"Little Miss Tyson" Melissa St. Vil, of Brooklyn, New York, USA,
and "la Super Baby" Katy Wilson Castillo, of Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic, fought in a ten-round title bout.
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Gerula and St. Vil has Exhibition in
Peru! Last night in Lima,
Peru, Canadian Olivia Gerula and United States Melissa St Vil, put on an
exciting exhibition for boxing fans in that area, with the
exhibition being televised.
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