Yvonne Trevino - Background

Background

Yvonne Trevino very popular among boxing and kickboxing fans during the 1990s, especially in the Southwestern United States and in her Native home state of Arizona. Her popularity led her to have a loyal following as well. Trevino modeled the meaning of dedication and discipline along with the desire to succeed in any sport she encountered to learn.

Trevino grew up the third child in a family of four children. As children for entertainment they would always come up with outdoor activities that were often sport challenges and physical obstacles courses that kept them actively competitive with each other around the home. Trevino athletic potential was noticed early by her fourth grade school teacher Ms. Gehring, who encouraged Trevino to ask her parents permission to stay after school and participate in sports. Trevino said being involved in sports was a good turning point in her life it kept her focused, disciplined and out of trouble. Married young while attending college on athletic scholarship, Trevino unexpectedly became a divorced single parent never returning to finish college. Becoming a kickboxer after watching a women's match on TV and was intent on mastering a new challenge. She talked her way into some pretty tough gyms. On one occasion a head trainer matched Trevino with an advanced fighter who was told to go hard on her. When the fighter exposed an opening Trevino said she got the living air kicked out of her. It took all her strength to stand back up gasp for air, regain her composure and not walk out defeated. It convinced Trevino to work harder on strategy and improving her defense. Most gyms were preparing guys for the golden gloves competitions with dreams of Olympic gold medals and future lucrative professional boxing careers. Trevino could only imagine the possibilities for women to display their pugilist talent.

Trevino searched for a trainer with experience in a southpaw left-handed fighting stance and who could keep her diverse in both hand skills and kickboxing styles. She began training at Fairtex Muay Thai Camp in Chandler Arizona where she trained religiously competing in both Muay Thai Kickboxing and Boxing events earning her first WIBF flyweight World Boxing title and IMTO International Muay Thai Kickboxing title. After several years the Fairtex Muay Thai Camp unexpectedly closed doors and relocated to San Francisco, California. Choosing to move to Las Vegas to stay near her family Trevino trained briefly with Jeff and Roger Mayweather for the ABC Wide World of sports WIBF title defense. After a falling out with a manager in Las Vegas, Trevino moved to Los Angeles, often training at several gyms in search of a trainer to help with her left-handed boxing style. Unsuccessful in her search, Trevino returned to Arizona and had her family train and corner her fights. Trevino believed several factors plagued women fighters over the years. Trevino believes the lack of lucrative payouts made it impossible for women fighters to pursue their passion for the sport. The lack of main stream media exposure made most fighters unknown to the general public. After working a full-time job in the Arizona heat and defending and losing several world titles, Trevino felt the need to retire after having spent nearly ten years in the fight arena and said she was extremely proud of her accomplishments.