Hannah Fox

Born on September 29, 1969, Hannah Lee Fox is a former female boxer from Las Vegas, Nevada, hence the nickname, the Vegas. One of eleven children, Fox is known for her determination to rise above her family’s poverty. She started working at the age of 14 as a waitress at a Subway Sandwich shop, which later ended to ownership of two of its branches.
Fox started training for boxing in 1997 under the training of Allie Krueger, also a veteran boxer. Transition to boxing was easy for Fox with her karate and judo background. She won her first fight against Heidi Tibe on December, 1997 in front of 200 spectators, most of whom bought the tickets from her Subway sandwich shops. She followed this up with another victory against Teara Anne Sanders on January 1998. On June the same year she won a four round unanimous decision over her cross-town rival Heidi Tibe and the following August she fought IBF welterweight world champion Diana Dutra at the Tropicana and won with a six round unanimous decision.
On September 23, 1998 she went into the ring to face a much heavier opponent in Glenda Watkins from Lima, Ohio and used her trademark jab style to win the match with a six round unanimous decision.
In January 1999 Fox suffered her only career loss against Frieda Gibbs in Las Vegas but she followed this up with a victory against Leah Mellinger to win the IFBA Junior Welterweight Title.
Fox announced her retirement from the sport in 2000, saying that because she has finally achieved her dream of becoming a world champion; her next focus would be her family and her Subway franchise.