Alicia Ashley

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Alicia Ashley
Alicia Ashley.jpg
Ashley in 2005
Statistics
Nickname(s)Slick
Weight(s)Super Bantamweight
Height5 ft 4.5 in (163.8 cm)[1]
NationalityJamaican
Born (1967-08-23) August 23, 1967 (age 54)
Jamaica
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights37
Wins24
Wins by KO4
Losses12
Draws1
No contests0
WebsiteOfficial website

Alicia Ashley (born August 23, 1967) is a women's boxing participant who is the former WBC female world super bantamweight champion. Ashley is a Jamaican-American.[2] Born in Jamaica, she moved to the United States at a young age. She is the younger sister of chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley and former world kickboxing champion Devon Ashley.[3][4]

Career[]

Ashley began her professional boxing career on January 29, 1999, defeating Lisa Howarth by a six-round split decision, at Atlantic City, New Jersey. On her second professional boxing fight, held at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, she suffered her first defeat, when she was outpointed over six rounds by on June 20 of that year.

Ashley rebounded from that defeat with an eight-round decision win over Bonnie Canino June 27 at Tunica, Mississippi.

After her first three fights, she took a seven-month hiatus from boxing, but on February 11, 2000, she returned, losing by an eight-round decision to Mexico's Laura Serrano, also in Tunica. After splitting her two next fights, she met "Downtown Leona Brown": on June 29, she beat Brown on points over eight rounds at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Next, she fought , who, until that bout had lost only one of her nine fights. On September 3, Ashley beat Jeffries by a six-round unanimous decision in Nevada.

Ashley had only one fight in 2001, a decision victory, and then, on January 13, 2002, she made her Las Vegas debut, drawing (tying) in six rounds with Layla McCarter.

Her next fight, fought on February 23 of that year, was also her first world title try, when she and Jeffries were rematched with the vacant world Featherweight title on the line. Ashley became a world champion by defeating Jeffries, this time by a ten-round split decision, at New Jersey.

Ashley lost her next fight, when she met the experienced Chevelle Hallback, for Hallback's WIBA world Junior Lightweight title, by a ten-round unanimous decision, in Georgia on August 27.

Ashley then went down in weight, returning to the Super Bantamweight division. On November 15, she defeated Marcela Acuña by a ten-round split decision in Córdoba, Argentina, to win the WIBF's vacant world Super Bantamweight title. But this decision win was controversial (the fight was scored 96-94 by two judges for Ashley, and 97-95 by the third for Acuña), and the WIBF ordered an immediate rematch between the two women fighters. On June 14, 2003, she and Acuña met again, this time at Buenos Aires. The second time around, Ashley retained the title with a ten-round unanimous decision.

On November 15, she lost her title to by a ten-round split decision in Austria.

Her next was against Shondell Alfred, on March 27, 2004, in Guyana. She defeated Alfred by an eight-round decision.

After a hiatus that lasted almost one year, Ashley returned to boxing on March 3, 2005. when she knocked out Elena Reid in seven rounds, at Laughlin. She also fought in the World Combat League.

She lost the fight against Argentina's Marcela Eliana Acuna for the WBC female world super bantamweight title by a majority decision at the Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires on August 20, 2009.[5]

After winning two fights in New York City, Ashley won the vacant WBC female super bantamweight title via a unanimous decision at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx on July 23, 2011.[6] on 2016 Oct 01 in dort federal event center in Flint Michigan Alicia Ashley loss her title to Fatuma Zarika by split decision

As of July 2011, Ashley has never lost a fight by knockout.

Professional boxing record[]

24 Wins (4 knockouts), 12 Losses, 1 Drawn
Res. Record Opponent Type Round
Time
Date Location Notes
Loss 24-12-1 Denmark Dina Thorslund UD 10 2018-03-10 Denmark Struer Arena, Struer, Central Denmark Region, Denmark For WBC interim female super bantamweight title
Win 24-11-1 Dominican Republic Liliana Martinez PTS 8 2017-03-31 Haiti Karibe Convention Center, Pétion-Ville, Ouest, Haiti
Loss 23-11-1 Kenya Fatuma Zarika SD 10 2016-10-01 United States Dort Federal Event Center, Flint, Michigan, USA For WBC female super bantamweight title
Win 23-10-1 Republic of Ireland Christina McMahon UD 10 2015-10-29 United States Aviator Sports Complex, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Win 22-10-1 Dominican Republic Grecia Nova TKO 7 (8) 2014-11-08 Haiti Karibe Convention Center, Pétion-Ville, Ouest, Haiti
Loss 21-10-1 Mexico Jackie Nava MD 10 2014-09-06 Mexico Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico Lost WBC female super bantamweight title
Win 21-9-1 United States Nohime Dennisson TKO 6 (6) 2014-05-21 United States Five Star Banquet, Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA
Win 20-9-1 Mexico Zenny Sotomayor TKO 5 (10) 2013-10-23 Mexico Las Pulgas, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Retained WBC female super bantamweight title
Win 19-9-1 Panama Chantal Martínez UD 10 2013-04-20 Panama Arena Roberto Duran, Panama City, Panama Retained WBC female super bantamweight title
Win 18-9-1 Mexico Maria Elena Villalobos UD 10 2012-03-17 Mexico Deportivo del Sindicato del Metro, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico Retained WBC female super bantamweight title
Win 17-9-1 United States Christina Ruiz UD 10 2011-07-23 United States Hunts Point Produce Market, Bronx, New York, USA Won vacant WBC female super bantamweight title
Win 16-9-1 United States Crystal Hoy UD 8 2011-01-19 United States Masonic Temple, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Win 15-9-1 United States Jackie Trivilino UD 6 2010-04-02 United States Masonic Temple, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Loss 14-9-1 Argentina Marcela Eliana Acuña MD 10 2009-08-20 Argentina Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss 14-8-1 Trinidad and Tobago Lisa Brown SD 10 2008-06-12 United States Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA For super bantamweight title
Win 14-7-1 United States Brooke Dierdorff UD 8 2008-01-31 United States Utopia Paradise Theatre, Bronx, New York, USA Won vacant NABF female super bantamweight title
Win 13-7-1 Dominican Republic Delia Hoppe UD 6 2007-04-11 United States Paradise Theater, Bronx, New York, USA
Loss 12-7-1 China Xiyan Zhang UD 10 2006-04-15 China Chengdu, Sichuan, China For vacant WIBA bantamweight title
Loss 12-6-1 North Korea Myung Ok Ryu UD 10 2005-10-21 North Korea Jungjuyoung Gymnasium, Pyongyang, Pyongan, North Korea For WBC female super flyweight title
Win 12-5-1 Germany Alesia Graf SD 10 2005-05-28 Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Won GBU interim female and WIBF bantamweight titles
Win 11-5-1 United States Elena Reid TKO 7 (8) 2005-03-26 United States Harrah’s, Laughlin, Nevada, USA
Win 10-5-1 Guyana Shondell Alfred UD 8 2004-03-27 Guyana Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Loss 9-5-1 Netherlands Esther Schouten SD 10 2003-11-15 Austria Trend Eventhotel Pyramid, Vienna, Vienna, Austria Lost WIBF super bantamweight title
Win 9-4-1 Argentina Marcela Eliana Acuña UD 10 2003-06-14 Argentina Estadio Republica de Venezuela, Bolívar, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retained WIBF super bantamweight title
Win 8-4-1 Argentina Marcela Eliana Acuña SD 10 2002-11-15 Argentina Super Domo Orfeo, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina Won vacant WIBF super bantamweight title
Loss 7-4-1 United States Chevelle Hallback UD 10 2002-08-27 United States Civic Center, Savannah, Georgia, USA For IBA female super featherweight title
Win 7-3-1 United States Kelsey Jeffries SD 10 2002-02-23 United States Ballys Park Place Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA Won vacant featherweight title
Draw 6-3-1 United States Layla McCarter PTS 6 2002-01-13 United States Venetian Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win 6-3 Netherlands Antilles Claudette Alexander UD 6 2001-02-17 United States Virgin Islands Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Win 5-3 United States Kelsey Jeffries UD 6 2000-09-03 United States Casino West, Yerington, Nevada, USA
Win 4-3 United States Leona Brown SD 8 2000-06-29 United States Viking Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Loss 3-3 United States Songul Oruc SD 4 2000-05-13 United States Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Win 3-2 United States Heather McVey UD 4 2000-04-01 United States Harrah's, Laughlin, Nevada, USA
Loss 2-2 Mexico Laura Serrano UD 8 2000-02-11 United States Gold Strike Casino, Tunica, Mississippi, USA
Win 2-1 United States Bonnie Canino UD 8 1999-05-27 United States Gold Strike Casino, Tunica, Mississippi, USA
Loss 1-1 Canada Doris Hackl SD 6 1999-05-20 Canada Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Win 1-0 United Kingdom Lisa Howarth SD 6 1999-01-29 United States Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA Professional debut

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Alicia Ashley Awakening Profile". Awakeningfighters.com. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  2. ^ "Guinness World Records declares Alicia Ashley world's oldest female boxing champion at age 48". newsweek.com. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Chess For Success". npr.org. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Ashley: 'Chess is intellectual karate!'". chessbase.com. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  5. ^ "The "Tigress" Acuna beats Jamaican Ashley to retain world title". m24digital.com. August 21, 2009. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
  6. ^ Leroy Brown (July 25, 2011). "Jamaica's Ashley lifts WBC title". The Gleaner. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2011.

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