Who is Alycia Baumgardner?
Facts you need to know about 'The Bomb'
Photo credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing
Ahead of Terri Harper's (11-0-1, 6KOs) WBC and IBO World super-featherweight title defence to Alycia Baumgardner (10-0-1, 6KOs) on November 13 in Sheffield Arena, on the same card as Kid Galahad's (28-1, 17KOs) IBF featherweight world title defence to challenger Kiko Martinez (42-10-2, 29KOs), BBN decided to find out as many interesting facts about the visiting fighter from Michigan below:
The 27-year-old American was born on May 24, 1994, in Fremont, Ohio but now lives in Bingham Farms, Michigan.
She started wrestling aged five, then was introduced to boxing by her father when she was eight. she has boxed out of Fremont Wreckers; Glass City Boxing in Toldeo; and MuckCity Boxing in Pahokee, Florida.
Alycia had 165 bouts in the amateurs and was a National PAL champion and Ringside World champion. In 2014, she reached the USA Women's National Golden Gloves final, but lost to Megan Karcher.
After her dreams of being an Olympian in 2016 were shattered, she decided to turn pro.
Her alias is 'The Bomb', which she acquired after knocking out her first four opponents within five months in 2017.
She is managed by Nelson Lopez Jr, of Raynelo Management, who also guides unbeaten welterweight Harold Calderon (26-0, 17KOs) and Chinese Olympian Kanat Islam (28-0, 22KOs). Her promoter is Marshall Kauffman of King's Promotions, the father of former heavyweight champion Travis Kauffman (32-4, 23KOs), who also promotes WBA Interim World Super-Bantamweight champion Raeese Aleem (18-0, 12KOs). Spearheaded by Andrew Foy, Alycia signed with Kings Promotions in 2019, who promised her world title shots and delivered.
Her sole career defeat was a narrow split decision loss to Christina Linardatou (13-2, 6KOs), who went on to become a two-time WBO World super-lightweight champion.
She has previously trained in Telido, Ohio, alongside Adrian Broner, Robert Eastern, Montana Love, Devon Vargas and many top prospects at the time.
Nelson Lopez Jr and his partner Eddie Ramirez discovered Alycia long before Kings Promotion signed her. Her manager said, "We noticed her long before anyone even considered her to be this big in the game, to even be in the position to fight for a world title. In the gym she worked hard along all the big names but all the attention was just on her looks and not her skills, or her motivation, her drive, and just her as a person with a dream. I met her then and told her, God First, this will not be easy, this will be a very slick and hard road, you will meet people to push and pull in directions you thought you would never go. I was dedicated to help her just based on the fact that she was determined and willing to face all the obstacles ahead and she has so far and has remained focused and has keep the same team that started everything."
She is a sponsored Adidas athlete.
In May this year, she signed to Ford Models and appeared in Vogue Magazine.
Articulate and intelligent, she writes a motivational lifestyle blog for her local newspaper.
Her ambition in boxing is to become a world champion, then a pound-for-pound champion.
During the COVID-19 lockdowns, she dealt with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her knee, which required surgery.
Stats
Height: 5" 6'
Reach: 66"
Bouts: 11
Rounds: 42
Wins: 10
KOs: 6
KO Ratio: 54.55%
Losses: 1
Draws: 0
BoxRec Rating: #2 (USA)
BoxRec Rating: #8 (World)
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