Alycia Baumgardner Vs Leila Beaudoin: Unified Super-Featherweight Champion Defends Title In Dominant Win
Alycia Baumgardner showcased her class with a commanding unanimous decision win over Canada’s Leila Beaudoin in Miami on Friday, retaining her IBF, WBO and WBA super-featherweight crowns. Fighting under the men’s championship format of 12 three-minute rounds, Baumgardner put in a composed performance. The American dropped her Canadian challenger in the seventh with a sharp counter right hook and controlled the pace throughout, outlanding Beaudoin with jabs and body shots. Judges scored it 117-110, 117-110, and 118-109 in favour of Baumgardner.
Lela Beaudoin, left, and Alycia Baumgardner, right, embrace after their super-featherweight fight in Miami. | Photo: AP/Lynne Sladky
Lela Beaudoin spits into a bucket during her super-featherweight fight against Alycia Baumgardner in Miami. | Photo: AP/Lynne Sladky
Lela Beaudoin, left, and Alycia Baumgardner, right, compete during their super-featherweight fight in Miami. | Photo: AP/Lynne Sladky
Lela Beaudoin, left, and Alycia Baumgardner, right, compete during their super-featherweight fight in Miami. | Photo: AP/Lynne Sladky
Lela Beaudoin, left, and Alycia Baumgardner, right, compete during their super-featherweight fight in Miami. | Photo: AP/Lynne Sladky
Alycia Baumgardner, left, and Lela Beaudoin, right, compete during their super-featherweight fight in Miami. | Photo: AP/Lynne Sladky
Lela Beaudoin, left, and Alycia Baumgardner, right, compete during their super-featherweight fight in Miami. | Photo: AP/Lynne Sladky
Alycia Baumgardner walks to the ring before her super-featherweight fight against Lela Beaudoin in Miami. | Photo: AP/Lynne Sladky
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