Gisselle Salandy
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Gisselle Salandy (also known as Jizzelle Joseph) is a world-class female boxer from Trinidad and Tobago. Salandy is perhaps the best female fighter ever to come from that country. Born on January 25, 1987, Salandy made her professional boxing debut at the age of 13, when she knocked out Nimba Wahtuse in the 3rd round on February 25, 2000. fighting with a falsified birth certificate claiming she was 17 and 18, when in fact she was only 13, Salandy went on a tear in the professional ranks, under the management and training of Fitzroy Richards. In just her 3rd pro fight, Salandy won a 4-round decision over future WIBA Mini Flyweight World Champion Ria Ramnarine on May 3, 2000. In just her 4th bout, Salandy defeated power-punching southpaw Johanna Pena-Alvarez on August 5, 2000. Salandy ran up a record of 6-0 with 3 KOs over the course of a year, before the Trinidad Boxing Commission realized the true age of Salandy, and banned her from fighting within the country until she turned 17 years old, which is the minimum age they licence professional boxers in that country. Salandy would only have 2 fights from that time in early 2001, until her 17th birthday in January 2004. Salandy KO'd Maria Rosario in the Virgin Islands in February 4, 2001. then Salandy fought and defeated the Colombian champion Darys Pardo, who was fighting under the alias of Paola Rojas, via 8-round decision to win the vacant WIBA Ibero-American Super Lightweight Title, on November 9, 2002 in Curacao. it was after the Curacao fight that Salandy changed trainers and guardians, when she was adopted by Curtis Joseph, who also picked up the training duties of Gisselle. it would be over a year until Salandy would see ring action again, and that was when she turned 17 and was finally granted her professional boxing license in Trinidad. just 5 days after her 17th birthday, Salandy rematched Darys Pardo, again fighting under the alias of Paola Rojas, and again Salandy won another 8-round unanimous decision.
at the time of this article being written, discussions were underway to have Salandy, the #3 rated light welterweight (140 pounds) by the WIBA, challenge WIBA Light Welterweight World Champion Sumya Anani.
Salandy's professional record is 9-0 with 4 KOs.
