Alicia Ashley
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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 |
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| 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
References
External links
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- Alicia Ashley - Profile at Women Boxing Archive Network
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- Jamaican women boxers
- Boxers from Kingston, Jamaica
- Jamaican emigrants to the United States
- American women boxers
- Southpaw boxers
- World Boxing Council champions
- Super-flyweight boxers
- Bantamweight boxers
- World super-bantamweight boxing champions
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 20th-century American sportswomen