Global Combat Group has won the bid to organize the WBC women's bantamweight title fight between Alicia Baumgardner (15-1, 7 KOs) and Delphine Persoon (49-3, 19 KOs).
Absolute world champion in the second featherweight Alicia Baumgardner (15-1, 7 KOs) was convicted of doping. This was reported by American journalist Dan Raphael. A positive result was given by a test carried out before the fight of an American with Christina Linardatu in July.
Alicia Baumgardner (15-1, 7 KOs) won Christina Linardatu (14-3, 6 KOs) by unanimous decision in the main event of the Matchroom Boxing evening in Detroit. Thus, the American defended the WBA, WBO, WBC and IBF titles in the featherweight division.
Alicia Baumgardner (14-1, 7 KOs) and Christina Linardatu (14-2, 6 KOs) met the second featherweight limit at the official weigh-in ceremony before the Matchroom Boxing tournament in Detroit. Baumgardner weighed 58.7 kg, Linardatu - 58.9 kg. The boxers will compete for the IBF, WBA, WBO and WBC belts owned by the American. At the same tournament, the star Olympian Andy Cruz will debut, who will meet with Juan Carlos Burgos (35-7-3, 21 KOs).
Amanda Serrano (44-2-1, 30 KOs) won by unanimous decision over Erika Cruz (15-2, 3 KOs) in the main event of the evening in New York, and unified four featherweight championship belts. After ten rounds, the judges scored the meeting in her favor with a score of 97-93 and twice 98-92.