09/06/2025
Harpswell Neck boxer knocked out opponents — and discrimination. Harpswell Anchor reports.
Fighting from 2001–2009, Lisa Kuronya Coombs racked up three national Golden Gloves titles, two USA Boxing national championships, one world championship and two international bronze belts. She boxed in 53 sanctioned fights with only five losses. She captained the USA Boxing women’s team for two years, traveling to India, Ecuador and Argentina. She fought for equal treatment for women’s boxing. She’s in the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. And if she hadn’t officially “aged out” at 36, under the rules of that time, she could have competed in trials for the first appearance of women’s boxing in the Olympics.
Lisa Kuronya Coombs is tall and thin, a graceful blonde with light blue-green eyes that sparkle like a crystal chandelier. You might think she’s a fashion model. You’d be wrong. Kuronya Coombs is a boxer. And she’s a regional, national and international women’s boxing champion. Fighting from...