Alicia Ashley (born August 23, 1967) is a

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participant who is the former WBC female world

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champion. Ashley is a

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. Born in Jamaica, she moved to the United States at a young age. She is the younger sister of chess grandmaster

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and former world kickboxing champion Devon Ashley.

Career

Ashley began her professional

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career on January 29, 1999, defeating Lisa Howarth by a six-round split decision, at

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. 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 Doris Hackl on June 20 of that year. Ashley rebounded from that defeat with an eight-round decision win over

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June 27 at

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. 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

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, 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

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. 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

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. Ashley had only one fight in 2001, a decision victory, and then, on January 13, 2002, she made her

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debut, drawing (tying) in six rounds with

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. 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

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title on the line. Ashley became a world champion by defeating Jeffries, this time by a ten-round split decision, at

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. Ashley lost her next fight, when she met the experienced

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, for Hallback's WIBA world

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title, by a ten-round unanimous decision, in

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on August 27. Ashley then went down in weight, returning to the Super Bantamweight division. On November 15, she defeated

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by a ten-round split decision in

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, to win the

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'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

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. The second time around, Ashley retained the title with a ten-round unanimous decision. On November 15, she lost her title to

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by a ten-round split decision in

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. Her next was against Shondell Alfred, on March 27, 2004, in

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. 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

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in seven rounds, at Laughlin. She also fought in the

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. She lost the fight against

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's Marcela Eliana Acuna for the WBC female world super bantamweight title by a majority decision at the

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on August 20, 2009. After winning two fights in

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, Ashley won the vacant WBC female super bantamweight title via a unanimous decision at the Hunts Point Produce Market in

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on July 23, 2011. on 2016 Oct 01 in dort federal event center in Flint Michigan Alicia Ashley loss her title to

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by split decision As of July 2011, Ashley has never lost a fight by

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. As of March 2018, Ashley has been inactive.

Professional boxing record

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References

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Alicia Ashley
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashley, Alicia 1967 births Living people American women boxers Jamaican women boxers Jamaican emigrants to the United States Super-bantamweight boxers 21st-century American women

Career

Professional boxing record

See also

References

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