Jelena Mrdjenovich

On November 18th, 2005, Mrdjenovich, brought Alberta its first world boxing title when she defeated Franchesca Alcanter of Kansas City at the Shaw Conference Center. The winner of both the WBC and WIBF Junior Lightweight titles, this Edmontonian has her sights set on bringing home a third world title, in hopes of becoming the undisputed champion in her class.

Jelena Mrdjenovich is not your average twenty-three year old. When it comes to learning just about anything, she’s a quick study- able to hammer away at a skill until she picks it up. After her involvement in boxing for four short years, Mrdjenovich has successfully climbed right to the top of her sport, with very few hiccups along the way. Now a superstar on the international boxing scene, the ambitious athlete holds two of the three world boxing titles for her weight class.

Mrdjenovich earned both the WBC super featherweight and WIBF super featherweight titles in November, of 2005 when she defeated Franchesca Alcanter of Kansas City, here at the Shaw Conference Center in Edmonton. Though she’d already had a dozen or so professional matches, it was the fight against Alcanter that put Jelena, and consequently Edmonton, Alberta, into the international spotlight of professional boxing.