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'''Sharon Lea Anne Anyos''' (born 13 October 1970, Geelong, Victoria, Australia) is a retired Australian featherweight boxer, kickboxer, karate competitor and model.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/pregnancy-a-body-blow-to-title-hopes/2007/05/01/1177788143690.html|title=Pregnancy a body blow to title hopes - Sport - smh.com.au|date=2 May 2007|access-date=6 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207033046/http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/pregnancy-a-body-blow-to-title-hopes/2007/05/01/1177788143690.html|archive-date=7 February 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/wildthing/default.htm|title=Australian Story|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=6 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207113235/http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/wildthing/default.htm|archive-date=7 February 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fscclub.com/thoughts/thoughts5a-e.shtml|title=Top 100 Hottest Women in Combat Sports (Female Single Combat Club)|access-date=6 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207031637/http://www.fscclub.com/thoughts/thoughts5a-e.shtml|archive-date=7 February 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/knocked-out-by-state-boxing-ban/2006/10/15/1160246380539.html|title=Knocked out by state boxing ban - Sport - smh.com.au|date=15 October 2006|access-date=6 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207031449/http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/knocked-out-by-state-boxing-ban/2006/10/15/1160246380539.html|archive-date=7 February 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/centralian-advocate/nick-g-primed-for-first-amateur-boxing-fight-in-alice-springs/news-story/2eb8f2e491fce4a712787c78e8d28189|title=Nicky G set for dust-up in Alice|newspaper=Nt News|date=8 March 2016|last1=Robertson|first1=Jim}}</ref>
Anyos held multiple World titles in boxing, including winning the first ever WBC World female featherweight title in 2005 against Marcela Acuña.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.awakeningfighters.com/athletes/sharon-anyos/|title=Sharon Anyos - Awakening Fighters|access-date=6 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025163830/http://www.awakeningfighters.com/athletes/sharon-anyos/|archive-date=25 October 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Anyos successfully defended her World title against Esther Schouten in 2006. Anyos was awarded the WBC World Emeritus title in 2007, alongside other boxing legends including Kostya Tszyu, Vitali Klitschko, Lennox Lewis, Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather, Érik Morales and Laila Ali.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wbcboxing.com/wbceng/news/3006-sharon-anyos-will-defeat-cruel-opponent|title=Sharon Anyos WILL defeat cruel opponent!}}</ref>
She was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wbcboxing.com/en/international-womens-boxing-hall-of-fame-announces-2021-iwbhf-inductees/|title=International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame Announces 2021 IWBHF Inductees|publisher=wbcboxing.com|accessdate=1 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tss.ib.tv/boxing/featured-boxing-articles-boxing-news-videos-rankings-and-results/69617-the-womens-boxing-hall-of-fame-welcomes-the-classes-of-2020-2021|title=The Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame Welcomes the Classes of 2020/2021|publisher=The Sweet Science|accessdate=1 January 2025|archive-date=19 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119144645/https://tss.ib.tv/boxing/featured-boxing-articles-boxing-news-videos-rankings-and-results/69617-the-womens-boxing-hall-of-fame-welcomes-the-classes-of-2020-2021|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Championships and awards==
===Boxing=== *Australian female lightweight title (126¼''Ibs'') *Oceania Boxing Association female super lightweight (135''Ibs'') *Oceania Boxing Association female welterweight (138¾''Ibs'') *Women's International Boxing Association World featherweight title (125¼''Ibs'') *International Boxing Association female featherweight title (125¼''Ibs'') *World Boxing Foundation female featherweight title (125''Ibs'') *WBC World female featherweight title (123½''Ibs'') *WBC World Emeritus female featherweight title<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womenboxing.com/biog/sanyos.htm|title=Women's Boxing: Sharon Anyos Biography|access-date=6 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232458/http://www.womenboxing.com/biog/sanyos.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==Professional boxing record== {{BoxingRecordSummary |ko-wins=4 |dec-wins=10 |dec-losses=3 }} <ref>{{cite news |title= Toakipa Tasefa|url= http://boxrec.com/boxer/18734 |work=Boxrec |access-date=6 February 2017}}</ref> {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !{{abbr|No.|Number}} !Result !Record !Opponent !Type !Round, time !Date !Location !Notes |- |17 |{{yes2}}Win |14–3 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Chuthaporn Pradissan |{{abbr|UD|Unanimous Decision}} |6 |23 Feb 2007 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{small|Southport RSL Club, Southport, Queensland, Australia}} |style="text-align:left;"| |- |16 |{{yes2}}Win |13–3 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Esther Schouten |{{abbr|TKO|Technical Knockout}} |6 (10)<br>{{small|1:37}} |22 Sep 2006 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{small|Southport Sharks AFL Club, Southport, Queensland, Australia}} |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained WBC female featherweight title}} |- |15 |{{yes2}}Win |12–3 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Konsuay Deksukhothai |{{abbr|TKO|Technical Knockout}} |4 (8)<br>{{small|0:49}} |9 Jun 2006 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{small|Southport RSL Club, Southport, Queensland, Australia}} |style="text-align:left;"| |- |14 |{{yes2}}Win |11–3 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Marcela Acuna |{{abbr|UD|Unanimous Decision}} |10 |22 Oct 2005 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{small|Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia}} |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won inaugural WBC female featherweight title}} |- |13 |{{yes2}}Win |10–3 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NZL}} Christina Tai |{{abbr|MD|Majority Decision}} |6 |31 Mar 2005 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NZL}} {{small|The Trusts Arena, Auckland, New Zealand}} | |- |12 |{{yes2}}Win |9–3 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Colombia}} Nerys Rincon |{{abbr|TKO|Technical Knockout}} |7 (10)<br>{{small|0:01}} |23 Feb 2005 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{small|Vodafone Arena, Melbourne Park, Victoria, Australia}} |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained WBF female featherweight title}} |- |11 |{{yes2}}Win |8–3 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Trinidad}} Lisa Brown |{{abbr|MD|Majority Decision}} |10 |10 Dec 2004 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{small|Southport Sharks AFL Club, Southport, Queensland, Australia}} |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained WBF female featherweight title}} |- |10 |{{yes2}}Win |7–3 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Linda Tenberg |{{abbr|UD|Unanimous Decision}} |10 |1 Oct 2004 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{small|Southport Sharks AFL Club, Southport, Queensland, Australia}} |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won vacant {{abbr|WBF|World Boxing Foundation}} female featherweight title}} |- |9 |{{no2}}Lose |6–3 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} Emiko Raika |{{abbr|MD|Majority Decision}} |10 |30 Nov 2003 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} {{small|Tokyo, Japan}} |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|For WIBA featherweight title}} |- |8 |{{no2}}Lose |6–2 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} Emiko Raika |{{abbr|SD|Split Decision}} |10 |18 Dec 2002 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} {{small|Tokyo, Japan}} |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Losy WIBA featherweight title}} |- |7 |{{yes2}}Win |6–1 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Holly Ferneley |{{abbr|UD|Unanimous Decision}} |6 |30 Nov 2001 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{small|Coolangatta Hotel, Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia}} | |- |6 |{{yes2}}Win |5–1 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jo Wyman |{{abbr|UD|Unanimous Decision}} |10 |14 Oct 2000 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|Epicenter, Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA}} |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won WIBA and vacant IBA female featherweight titles}} |- |5 |{{yes2}}Win |4–1 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Cynthia Prouder |{{abbr|UD|Unanimous Decision}} |4 |6 May 2000 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} {{small|Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, USA}} | |- |4 |{{no2}}Lose |3–1 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UK}} Jane Couch |{{abbr|UD|Unanimous Decision}} |10 |31 Oct 1999 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UK}} {{small|David Lloyd Tennis Centre, Raynes Park, London, United Kingdom}} |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|For vacant WIBF and {{abbr|WBF|World Boxing Federation}} female lightweight titles}} |- |3 |{{yes2}}Win |3–0 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|NZL}} Wena Karaka |{{abbr|UD|Unanimous Decision}} |6 |18 Sep 1999 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{small|Magic Millions Complex, Bundall, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia}} |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won vacant OBA female welterweight title}} |- |2 |{{yes2}}Win |2–0 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Holly Ferneley |{{abbr|UD|Unanimous Decision}} |6 |15 Oct 1998 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{small|Southport RSL Club, Southport, Queensland, Australia}} |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won vacant OBA female light-welterweight title}} |- |1 |{{yes2}}Win |1–0 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Cathy Jones |{{abbr|TKO|Technical Knockout}} |2 (6)<br>{{small|0:53}} |4 Jul 1998 |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{small|Carrara Basketball Stadium, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia}} |style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won Australian female lightweight title}} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{BoxRec|18734}} * {{Facebook|SharonWildthingAnyos}} * [https://www.portrait.gov.au/portraits/2006.86.e/sharon-anyos Sharon Anyos] from National Portrait Gallery (Australia)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anyos, Sharon}} Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Australian women boxers Category:Australian female kickboxers Category:World featherweight boxing champions Category:International Boxing Federation champions Category:World Boxing Council champions Category:Boxers from the Gold Coast, Queensland Category:Sportswomen from Queensland Category:Australian female karateka Category:Australian female models Category:Australian female Muay Thai practitioners