page_title: Fredia Gibbs
section_title: Championships and accomplishments
hierarchical_section_title: Fredia Gibbs / Championships and accomplishments
caption_attribution_description: English: first world
context_page_description: Fredia "The Cheetah" Gibbs, is an American former professional martial artist, kickboxer, and boxer who competed from 1975–2005. During her kickboxing career, she held ISKA, WKA, and WKF World Titles. Before her kickboxing career, she won three world titles in Tae Kwon Do and was an All-American in basketball and track.
  Gibbs made Black History when she became the first African-American female Kickboxing ISKA World Champion. She earned the name "The Most Dangerous Woman in the World" after an upset in 1994 in her fight against World Champion Valérie Wiet-Henin of France in the "Battle of the Masters" Pay Per View Event in San Jose, California. She went on to become one of the most dominant champions of all time and remains a significant historical figure in light and superlightweight kickboxing divisions. She competed from 1991–1997, amassing a record of 16 wins, 0 losses, and 15 KOs, and three world titles. She also competed as a top contender in women's professional boxing from 1997–2005 with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw. She wrote The Fredia Gibbs Story about her life on 2016.
context_section_description: 1986–1988 3-time World Tae Kwon Do Champion
  1994–2001 ISKA World Kickboxing Champion (2 defenses)
  1995–1999 WKA World Kickboxing Champion (2 defenses)
  1996–2000 WCK World Kickboxing Champion (2 defenses)
  2015–2016 Featured in Orange County Black History Heritage Parade
  2015 Hall of Fame Inductee for Basketball at Chester High School
  2016 AOCA Awakening Outstanding Contribution Award
  2016 Hall of Fame Inductee for Track & Field at Chester High School
  2016 Inducted into Mickey Vernon Sports Legend Museum–Delaware County Black History
  2016 Selected as the Greatest African American Female Athlete of All Time for Kickboxing
  2017 Her ISKA World Championship Belt was Inducted into the Sports Legends Of Delaware County Museum in Radnor, Pa September 17, 2017
  2018 Honored as one of the greatest female athletes in Philadelphia history, held at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa on August 18, 2018
  2018 Given the Key to the City of her hometown, Chester, Pennsylvania by the Mayor and City of Council, on July 11, 2018
caption: Fredia Gibbs with members of Chester, PA City Council as she receives Proclamation recognizing her lifetime achievements,  July 11, 2018
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