Undisputed tremendous featherweight champion Alycia Baumgardner is on her approach again to the ring. Two days after information broke that the Affiliation of Boxing Commissions (ABC) lifted her suspension, the WBC has ordered her to face obligatory challenger Delfine Persoon, scheduling a handbag bid for this coming Friday.
Baumgardner (15-1, 7 KO) hasn’t fought since avenging her lone profession defeat to Christina Linardatou final July, as a pre-fight pattern examined constructive for 2 banned substances. She maintained her innocence all through, and after “a number of points” emerged regarding the dealing with of the unique take a look at, she’s cleared to make her second undisputed protection.
That’s simpler mentioned than performed. Although she turned 39 in January, Persoon (49-3, 19 KO) is way and away essentially the most noteworthy remaining challenger at 130. Her solely losses within the final 13 years had been razor-thin selections to Katie Taylor and her nonstop aggression poses a really fascinating problem to Baumgardner’s stop-and-go fashion.
Let’s see how the purse bid performs out.