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FIGHTS!
 | May 27, 1999 - Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, Mississippi:
1998/1997 Women's U.S. National Amateur 125-lb Champion Alicia Ashley
staked her claim to a place near the top of the featherweight division with an eight-round
unanimous decision over IFBA featherweight champion Bonnie Canino of Fort Lauderdale,
Florida. Alicia is now 2-1. Alicia has knocked off two big names (Canino and Britain's
World Kickboxing champion Lisa Howarth). |
| May 20, 1999 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada:
1998/1997 Women's U.S. National Amateur 125-lb Champion Alicia Ashley lost a
hard-fought majority decision (57-57, 58-56, 58-56) to 1999/1998 Canadian National Amateur
Champion Doris Hackl in a six-round fight. Alicia, who beat Lisa Howarth of England in her
own pro debut, fell to 1-1 in what was reportedly a "razor-close battle that had the
Halifax fans on their feet"! |
| 1998 Women's USA Boxing National Amateur 125-lb titlist Alicia
Ashley from Westbury, New York earned a six-round split decision over highly-favored
English boxer Lisa Howarth. Both were making their pro boxing debuts, but Howarth
is an outstanding world champion kickboxer returning to the ring after having a baby,
while Ashley is coming off a promising amateur career. Skills honed by Ashley as an
amateur boxer won out over the ring experience of a stellar kickboxer (who had been
renowned for the power in her fists) in this bout. See Photo Gallery for pictures on the
fight. |
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