Esther Phiri (born June 14, 1987) is a Former World Female Boxing Champion Zambian boxer.
[2] Phiri was still a teenager when, after the death of her father, she made a living selling fruit and vegetables.
She won the GBU (Global Boxing Union) intercontinental belt for lightweights on June 30, 2007, at the expense of Radostina Valcheva and then retained it by beating Belinda Laracuente on 1 December 2007.
[7] The documentary film Between Rings: The Esther Phiri Story, released in 2014, was co-written and co-directed by her cousin Jessie Chisi.
It tells Phiri's story, how she left her marriage to pursue a career in boxing, torn between her own goals and her family and societal expectations.