Alesia Graf facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Alesia Graf |
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| Real name | Alesia-Tamara Klimovich |
| Nickname(s) | The Tigress |
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in |
| Reach | 63 in |
| Nationality | German |
| Born | 14 October 1980 Gomel, Belarusian SSR, USSR |
| Died | March 2024 (aged 43) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 37 |
| Wins | 29 |
| Wins by KO | 13 |
| Losses | 8 |
Alesia Graf (born Alesia-Tamara Klimovich; 14 October 1980 – March 2024) was a Belarusian-born German professional boxer who held the WIBF super-flyweight title from 2008 to 2009. She also challenged for the WBC female super-flyweight title twice between 2010 and 2014; the WBC female bantamweight title twice between 2014 and 2017; and the WBO female junior-featherweight title in 2019.
Graf boxed from 2001. She trained with Heinz Schultz in Stuttgart and with Thorsten Schmitz in Hamburg. Her professional debut was on 14 February 2004. In May 2005, she suffered her first and only defeat against Jamaican Alicia Ashley. She was under contract with Universum Box-Promotion.
Personal life
Graf was born in Gomel, Belarus, and was separated from her mother and sister when she was 6 and reunited with them in 2014.
Graf's death at the age of 43 was announced on 25 March 2024.
