Deidra Rhodes
Weight Class: Lightweight/125 lb/57 kg
Height: 5-4
Coach's name: Ronald Harris
Club name: Wellston
Began boxing: 2004
Career Highlight: 2007 Junior Olympics and Nationals
Who has been your biggest influence and why: Ann Wolf because I love her style and she kind of fights like me.
How did you get involved in boxing: Brother and I play boxed in the streets as kids.
What is your greatest strength in the ring: Popping my jab and stepping around.
Did you ever play any other sports: Track and basketball
What do you love most about boxing: Traveling state to state learning things I've never known about boxing and other things.
What are your goals in and out of the ring: Make it to the top and work hard to be #1
What is your favorite movie: Why Did I get Married
What is your favorite TV show: George Lopes, ESPN
What is your favorite song: All rap music
What is something different that most people don't know about you: That I am a nerd. I love to study and get straight As.
2008
U.S. Future Stars National Championship: won on walkover Victoria Munoz-Cardoza, Dallas, Texas., W/O, in the quarterfinals; lost on points to Jody-Ann Weller, Pomona, N.Y., 9-3, in the semifinals.
