Mia St. John Wants to be an MMA Fighter

Watch out UFC!  Mia St. John, the former Playboy model turned professional boxer, is now contemplating a stint in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).

From The Arizona Republic:

St. John, among the world's best-known female boxers, was at ringside for Tommy Morrison's mixed martial arts debut. She said she is considering a move into the growing sport. She is negotiating with promoters who staged Morrison's bizarre victory over John Stover.

Soon to turn 40 this month, Mia Rosales St. John is a professional boxer, model, businesswoman, and a Tae Kwon Do champion.

St. John, under contract first to Don King and then Top Rank Boxing, was featured on the undercard of Oscar De La Hoya bouts. She had 23 fights, won 22 with one draw, 3 KOs and 9 TKOs. All fights were four-rounders and most were televised gaining her national attention. St. John was crowned the "Queen of the Four-Rounders", a title she hated. St. John’s opponents were selected by Top Rank without her input.

After her 20th bout, St. John was injured in a skiing accident that threatened possible amputation of one of her legs. She underwent two operations to remove a blood clot.

In November 1999, St. John appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine and in an 11 page pictorial. She said she wanted to show that she was a feminine woman as well as an athlete. Critical of her career, the boxing press added the term "Bunny Boxer" in describing St. John.

St. John did not renew her contract with Top Rank in 2001, becoming her own manager and promoter. On November 9, 2001 she lost her first fight to Rolanda Andrews with a TKO in the second round, St. John’s first contest after parting with Top Rank.

St. John created the non-profit foundation "El Saber Es Poder" to aid Latino schools in the U.S. St. John, accompanied by her mother Maria Rosales, visit schools to stress the importance of family, education, self-empowerment, and voting.

St. John has promised to write a "tell all" book of her career and women’s professional boxing following her retirement.

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