Alicia Ashley

Alicia Ashley (born August 23, 1967) is a Jamaican-American<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2018. She held the World Boxing Council (WBC) female super bantamweight title twice between 2011 and 2016. Ashley was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2023.

Personal life

Born in Jamaica, Ashley moved to the United States at a young age.Template:Citation needed She is the younger sister of chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley and former world kickboxing champion Devon Ashley.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

Template:More citations needed section Ashley began her professional boxing career on January 29, 1999, defeating Lisa Howarth by a six-round split decision in Atlantic City, New Jersey. On her second professional boxing fight, held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, she suffered her first defeat when she was outpointed over six rounds by Doris Hackl 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 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Next, she fought Kelsey Jeffries, 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 IWBF 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. Ashley retained the title the second time around with a ten-round unanimous decision.

On November 15, she lost her title to Esther Schouten 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 1 October 2016 at Dort Federal Event Center in Flint Michigan, she lost her title to Fatuma Zarika by split decision.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2023, Ashley was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
37	Template:No2Loss	24–12–1	Dina Thorslund	UD	10 (10)	Mar 10, 2018	Template:Small	Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	24–11–1	Liliana Martinez	PTS	8 (8)	Mar 31, 2017	Template:Small
35	Template:No2Loss	23–11–1	Fatuma Zarika	SD	10 (10)	Oct 1, 2016	Template:Small	Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	23–10–1	Christina McMahon	UD	10 (10)	Oct 29, 2015	Template:Small	Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	22–10–1	Grecia Novas Mateo	TKO	7 (8)	Nov 8, 2014	Template:Small
32	Template:No2Loss	21–10–1	Jackie Nava	MD	10 (10)	Sep 6, 2014	Template:Small	Template:Small
31	Template:Yes2Win	21–9–1	Nohime Dennisson	TKO	6 (6)	May 21, 2014	Template:Small
30	Template:Yes2Win	20–9–1	Zenny Sotomayor	TKO	5 (10)	Oct 23, 2013	Template:Small	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	19–9–1	Chantal Martínez	UD	10 (10)	Apr 20, 2013	Template:Small	Template:Small
28	Template:Yes2Win	18–9–1	Maria Elena Villalobos	UD	10 (10)	Mar 17, 2012	Template:Small	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	17–9–1	Christina Ruiz	UD	10 (10)	Jul 23, 2011	Template:Small	Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	16–9–1	Crystal Hoy	UD	8 (8)	Jan 19, 2011	Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	15–9–1	Jackie Trivilino	UD	6 (6)	Apr 2, 2010	Template:Small
24	Template:No2Loss	14–9–1	Marcela Acuña	MD	10 (10)	Aug 20, 2009	Template:Small	Template:Small
23	Template:No2Loss	14–8–1	Lisa Brown	SD	10 (10)	Jun 12, 2008	Template:Small	Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	14–7–1	Brooke Dierdorff	UD	8 (8)	Jan 31, 2008	Template:Small	Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	13–7–1	Delia Hoppe	UD	6 (6)	Apr 11, 2007	Template:Small
20	Template:No2Loss	12–7–1	Zhang Xiyan	UD	10 (10)	Apr 15, 2006	Template:Small	Template:Small
19	Template:No2Loss	12–6–1	Ryu Myung-ok	UD	10 (10)	Oct 21, 2005	Template:Small	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	12–5–1	Alesia Graf	SD	10 (10)	May 28, 2005	Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	11–5–1	Elena Reid	TKO	7 (8)	Mar 26, 2005	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	10–5–1	Shondell Alfred	UD	8 (8)	Mar 27, 2004	Template:Small
15	Template:No2Loss	9–5–1	Esther Schouten	SD	10 (10)	Nov 15, 2003	Template:Small	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	9–4–1	Marcela Acuña	UD	10 (10)	Jun 14, 2003	Template:Small	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	8–4–1	Marcela Acuña	SD	10 (10)	Nov 15, 2002	Template:Small	Template:Small
12	Template:No2Loss	7–4–1	Chevelle Hallback	UD	10 (10)	Aug 27, 2002	Template:Small	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	7–3–1	Kelsey Jeffries	SD	10 (10)	Feb 23, 2002	Template:Small	Template:Small
10	Template:DrawDraw	6–3–1	Layla McCarter	MD	6 (6)	Jan 13, 2002	Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	6–3	Claudette Alexander	UD	4 (4)	Feb 17, 2001	Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	5–3	Kelsey Jeffries	UD	6 (6)	Sep 3, 2000	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	4–3	Leona Brown	SD	8 (8)	Jun 29, 2000	Template:Small
6	Template:No2Loss	3–3	Songul Oruc	SD	4 (4)	May 13, 2000	Template:Small
5	Template:Yes2Win	3–2	Heather McVey	UD	4 (4)	Apr 1, 2000	Template:Small
4	Template:No2Loss	2–2	Laura Serrano	UD	8 (8)	Feb 11, 2000	Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	2–1	Bonnie Canino	UD	8 (8)	May 27, 1999	Template:Small
2	Template:No2Loss	1–1	Doris Hackl	SD	6 (6)	May 20, 1999	Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Lisa Howarth	SD	6 (6)	Jan 29, 1999	Template:Small

See also

• List of female boxers
• List of southpaw stance boxers

External links

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