Alycia Baumgardner Challenges IBF Lightweight Champion for Two-Weight Title

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Alycia Baumgardner Challenges IBF Lightweight Champion for Two-Weight Title
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  1. Alycia Baumgardner will challenge IBF lightweight champion Elif Nur Turhan on November 8 in a bid to become a two-weight world champion; victory would move unified super featherweight champion closer to a blockbuster unification showdown with WBC and WBO champion Caroline Dubois

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    BBC Sport

    It will be headlined by Elif Nur Turhan's IBF lightweight defence against Alycia Baumgardner.

  2. Victory for Baumgardner would see her become a two-weight world champion in the same division as Dubois, who holds the WBC and WBO titles.

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    BBC Sport

    WBA, WBO and IBF super-featherweight champion Baumgardner will also be seeking to become a two-division champion when she steps up to lightweight.

  3. The co-main event on November 8 will see England's Ellie Scotney fight the undefeated Tiara Brown over 10 rounds for the WBC featherweight world title.

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    Published Briton Ellie Scotney will face WBC featherweight champion Tiara Brown in Arlington, Texas on 8 November.

  4. Former undisputed super bantamweight champion Scotney will step up to 126lbs as she bids to become a two-weight world champion.

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    Scotney, 28, vacated her undisputed super-bantamweight champion status in April and is stepping up a division in pursuit of becoming a two-weight world champion.

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  1. 01 Sky Sports

    Baumgardner, the reigning unified WBO, WBA and IBF super featherweight world champion, will jump up five pounds to the 135lbs division to face the undefeated Turhan in the headline bout of MVPW-07 at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.

  2. 02 BBC Sport

    "It's time to make more history and become a two-weight world champion." Scotney, 28, boasts a perfect record of 12 victories, with each of those wins coming via decision.

  3. 03 SMH Sport

    Tszyu fiery before 'life or death' fight Nikita Tszyu and Benny Mahoney's face off became fiery as the two got into each other's faces before their blockbuster fight.

  4. 04 AP Sports

    CHICAGO (AP) — The rematch was no big deal. There were no major issues for Sophie Cunningham and DiJonai Carrington in Indiana’s 113-90 victory over Chicago on Sunday night. Cunningham scored three points for the Fever in 11 minutes, and Carrington had seven points for the Sky in 18 minutes.

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Original Articles (4)

UK Baumgardner to face undefeated Turhan as blockbuster Dubois showdown nears — Sky Sports
UK Scotney to face WBC featherweight champion Brown — BBC Sport
Australia Tszyu fiery before 'life or death' fight — SMH Sport
US No issues for Sophie Cunningham and DiJonai Carrington as Fever beat Sky in rematch - AP News — AP Sports