GUYANESE Gwendolyn `The Stealth Bomber’ O’Neil obviously bit off more than she could chew when she signed to fight American Laila Ali. The fight was held on February 3, 2007 at the Emperor’s Palace in Gauteng, South Africa and marked the second occasion that the two were meeting in the ring.

Ali, the daughter of former three-time world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, needed only 56 seconds of the first round to ground the `Stealth Bomber’.
At stake were the WBC World Female super middleweight and the Women’s International Boxing Association super middleweight titles and referee Ian John Lewis waved it off to stop further punishment to O’Neil who was clearly outclassed.
Prior to the Ali encounter, O’Neil had built a reputation as the best female light heavyweight boxer in the Caribbean. She created history in May 2004 when she was crowned WIBA light heavyweight champion following a victory by unanimous decision over American Kathy Rivers.
The fight was staged at the National Park in Georgetown and O’Neil became the first Guyanese female world champion and the first from this country to win a world title at home. She now resides in the USA and will turn 46 in August. O’Neil has won 18 fights and lost seven.