Career
While she is better known as a boxer, she has also posed as a model for various magazines, often wearing sports bikinis and boxing gloves. This has, in turn, made her kind of an unlikely sex symbol to her fans in Chile, and to women"s boxing fans in the United States. Patricia Demick became an American citizen after marrying her American trainer.
Demick"s professional boxing career began on March 26, 1999, when she knocked out experienced Karen Rios in the first round, at Hialeah, Florida.
After three more wins, she received her first world title try: On June 16, 2001, she fought Valerie Henin in Anchorage, Alaska, for the WIBF world Welterweight title. The fight was declared a draw (tie) after ten rounds, but the scoring was controversial.
Many fans that saw the fight thought Demick deserved the decision. Her next fight would prove to be even more controversial.
She challenged Karla Redo for the WIBA"s world Welterweight title, in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida. Demick made history for Chilean boxing that night, but her joy only lasted a few hours, because it was discovered that the judges had added their scorecards wrongly, therefore, Demick ultimately ended up losing the fight by an eight round decision. Boxing, as shallow as it might seem to outside observers, has certain protocol rules.
She currently holds a record of 8 wins, 4 losses, and one draw, with 5 knockout wins.
