Women's Boxing in 2020

*Cover photo of Claressa Shields www.essentiallysports.com

We can all agree that 2020 has been challenging, but we can also say that it ignited a new fire for Women's Boxing that continued to burn bright throughout the year!

Women's boxing finally received more television coverage and although there were a couple of shut outs, we saw GREAT, EXCITING and sometimes controversial fights that will be remembered as amazing displays of talent from women's boxing.

We hope you enjoy this month by month recap of women's professional bouts in 2020 that finally got the eyes they deserve - even more so during all this quarantine madness!

Once again letting the world know that

#girlsjustwannabox & #girlsjustwannaboxforreal

Photo by Edward Diller via www.forbes.com

JANUARY:
10: Claressa Shields vs Ivana Habazin - Claressa UD win and earned her WBC & WBO super welterweight titles; making her the fastest fighter to win world titles in 3 different divisions #goat
10: Alicia Napoleon-Epinosa vs Elin Cederoos - Alicia unifies the IBF & WBA super-middleweight title with a UD
28: Amanda Galle vs Shelly Barnett - Amanda (Canadian) wins in an 8-round super bantamweight bout

Photo by Mark Robinson via www.boxingscene.com

FEBRUARY:
7: Terri Harper vs Eva Wahlstrom - Terri claimed WBC super-featherweight title
14: Carolyn Redmond vs Karina Rodriguez - Carolyn (Canadian) with a TKO win in the welterweight division

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JULY:
14: Mikaela Mayer vs Helen Joseph - First ever women's main event on Top Rank; Mikaela with the UD decision in the junior lightweight division
21: Kim Klavel vs Natalie Gonzalez- Kim (Canadian) defeats by UD in light flyweight division
24: Seniesa Estrada vs Miranda Adkins - Controversial bout as Seniesa knockouts out Miranda in 7 seconds. Opponent approval is in question.

Photo by Ed Mulholland via www.theguardian.com

AUGUST:
7: Terri Harper vs Tasha Jones - Teri retained her WBC world super-featherweight title in a draw decision
16: Cecilia Braekhus vs Jessica McCaskill - Jessica becomes the new undisputed welterweight champion with a majority decision

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SEPTEMBER:
26: Sophie Alisch vs Edina Kiss - Sophie managed to achieve the UD; leaving Edina with her 4th straight defeat

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OCTOBER:
30: Amy Timlin vs Carly Skelly - Amy received the draw in this super-bantamweight fight
30: Ramla Ali vs Eva Hubmayer - Ramla's pro debut with Matchroom and a UD in the super-bantamweight category
30: Hannah Rankin vs Savannah Marshall - Savannah becomes the WBO middleweight champion

Photo by Mark Robinson via www.bbc.com

NOVEMBER:
14: Katie Taylor vs Miriam Gutierrez - The main event of a FULL female card fight night by Matchrom. Katie with a UD to defend 4 lightweight titles
14: Rachel Ball vs Shannon Courtenay - Rachel defeated Shannon in her first professional defeat
14: Terri Harper vs Katharina Thanderz - Terri retained her WBC super-featherweight with a 9th round stoppage

Photo via www.bitedownboxing.com

DECEMBER:
18: Hyun Mi Choi vs Calista Silgado - Hyun Mi's pro debut with Matchroom & retained her WBA super-featherweight title
18: Christina Hammer vs Sanna Turunen - Christina with the KO in round 7 to keep IBF World super-middleweight title
19: Jelena Mrdjenovich vs Iranda Paola Torres - This Co-main event ended the year with a fantastic display of women's boxing outside of the iconic Wildcard Boxing Club in LA. Iranda 'La Fiera' (19 pro fights) the underdog vs. Jelena 'Canada's Champ' a seasoned pro with 53 fights. Jelena wins by decision for the WBA world featherweight title.

2020 was 🥊🔥

We can't wait to see what 2021 brings for women's boxing!!

Let us know in the comments below any fights you'd like to see next year?👇