Stephanie Eggink, 21, is the only woman fighter on the fight team at Bellingham West Coast Fight Club. “When I was 16, I found a boxing gym and I just started training and started boxing.” Since she spends most of her time at the club or at Sound Beverage where she works as a beer stocker, Eggink says she doesn’t have much time to hang out with friends. “I have a Rottweiler. I play with her.”
Eggink blocks a punch from Frank Pefferman, 25, during a round of sparring at a Friday night fight team class.
Eggink falls to the ground after taking a hit that brought shocking pain to her shoulder. She dislocated her shoulder backwards in a fight two years ago and still experiences pain on and off due to permanent nerve damage.
Eggink writes out a lesson plan for a boxing class she teaches at Bellingham West Coast Fight Club. 
After demonstrating some footwork drills, Eggink observes from afar and calls out instructions and corrections for her students. Eggink is one of many teachers at Bellingham West Coast Fight Club. Cody Houston, 33, is the head coach and also happens to be Eggink’s boyfriend of a year.
Eggink holds her championship belt that she won from a boxing title fight where she fought another girl from the Pacific Northwest. Eggink continues training as much as she can in preparation for her next big fight, an amateur MMA fight on July 2 at The Orleans Casino in Las Vegas.
