Jaime “The Hurricane” Clampitt is seeking to choose a combat. The previous 5-time, 2-division world champion has been surveying the ladies’s featherweight and super-featherweight panorama in quest of a high-profile opponent or a title shot.
“I’m itching to get again within the ring,” says Clampitt (25-6-2, 7 KOs), who has 2 wins in 2023, the newest one an 8 spherical unanimous determination in August over powerful Ecuadorian Josefina Vega. “We’re staying within the gymnasium, sparring a number of occasions every week. I’d like to get yet one more combat earlier than the tip of the yr, like late November or early December, or January on the very newest.”
The Corridor-of-Famer, who’s 3-1-1 since returning to the ring in 2021 following an 8-year layoff, feels that she’s eliminated all of the ring rust and is prepared for an additional world title run. The Warwick, Rhode Island resident even has a number of names in thoughts.
“I noticed Skye Nicolson commentating a number of weeks in the past and speaking about how she needs to combat a veteran earlier than the tip of the yr,” says Clampitt. “That received me considering: she’s a tough boxer, however we might have a fantastic combat and that’s the form of alternative I’m on the lookout for.”
Nicolson (8-0) is a 28-year-old Australian prospect on the rise. The favored southpaw not too long ago picked up the WBC interim World Featherweight title in opposition to Sabrina Perez in Tijuana, Mexico.
A combat between Nicolson and Clampitt can be an intriguing crossroads combat between an up-and-coming prospect and a savvy former 2-weight world champion. Whereas Clampitt acknowledges that Nicolson is way youthful, she is assured that her expertise and drive would give her the sting in a head-to-head matchup.
“She’s very marketable and has newbie background, however I’ve quite a lot of expertise and I really feel like my age is a bonus with how a lot I’ve discovered through the years,” causes the 47-year-old. “For me it’s an enormous confidence increase, not one thing that may maintain me again.”
Clampitt has seen ladies’s boxing explode over the previous few years. Whereas ladies had been as soon as largely relegated to the untelevised portion of undercards, a lot of them at the moment are headlining exhibits, changing into family names and commanding a lot larger purses. This has led to an inflow of expertise in want of expertise in opposition to veteran fighters.
“You see quite a lot of younger ladies which can be newer to the professional sport with 8, 10 fights and so they want to combat veterans to achieve that have,” says Clampitt. “I’m keen to leap in there with them and I really feel assured that I can beat them.”
One other boxer Clampitt has her eyes on is fellow Canada native Laila Beaudoin. The 27-year-old Quebecois is 9-1 with 1 knockout and is scheduled to combat this Saturday in Montreal.
“I believe that may be a fantastic combat,” says Clampitt. “There aren’t many Canadians in ladies’s boxing, however we occur to be in the identical weight class and she or he’s ranked #1 and I’m ranked #2 on boxrec. Laila has a fantastic model and I do know that she’s younger and hungry, however I simply really feel very assured going right into a combat like that with my expertise.”
Whereas these bouts can be compelling matchups for Clampitt to check her expertise in opposition to rising contenders, there’s a veteran fighter that Jaime believes would make for an immediate traditional in opposition to her, significantly on the east coast.
“Heather Hardy and I’ve form of been on the identical path over the previous couple of years,” says Clampitt of the 41-year-old featherweight, who not too long ago went the space with undisputed featherweight champion Amanda Serrano for the second time in August. “The Serrano combat was actually powerful for her. Heather is sort of too powerful for her personal good typically, however she did say that she’d wish to combat once more.”
Heather “The Warmth” Hardy (24-3, 4 KOs) is a tough-as-nails fighter out of Brooklyn, NY who doesn’t take a backward step. Though she was outgunned in her 2 fights in opposition to Serrano, Hardy by no means stopped making an attempt to win in opposition to one of many greatest punchers in ladies’s boxing. A bout in opposition to Clampitt is bound to be an all-action brawl.
“I believe we might be a fantastic match up as a result of we each throw so many punches,” opines ‘The Hurricane’. “She loves to return ahead. I believe I’m extra of a technical boxer, however she doesn’t cease and I do know that I must be in phenomenal form for that combat.”
Whereas these are all charming matchups, they’d be even higher with a world title on the road. Alycia Baumgardner is at present the undisputed tremendous featherweight champion, however the Michigan native not too long ago examined optimistic for banned substances following a homecoming victory in July over Christina Linardatou. Relying on the result of the following investigation, some or all of Baumgardner’s titles could grow to be vacant.
“We haven’t heard something because the take a look at outcomes got here out and individuals are simply ready to see what is going to occur,” says Clampitt. “Clearly, Alycia needs to be cleared of every thing and I hope that occurs for her. Within the meantime, there could also be some choices which can be made concerning the titles.”
All Jaime Clampitt can do to stay within the combine is to maintain on successful.
