Jamie Mitchell Retains WBA
Bantamweight Title
Source/Press Release
Photos by Ed Mulholland
/ Matchroom Boxing
February 7, 2022
(FEB 7) NEW YORK - This past
Saturday night, Jamie Mitchell defended the WBA Bantamweight
title with a four round destruction over Carly Skelly at The
Footprint Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.
Mitchell is managed by Split-T
Management under the guidance of Brian Cohen's Empire Boxing.
At the end of round one, Mitchell
dropped Skelly with a hard left hook. Mitchell scored another
knockdown in round two with a big right hand. In round four,
Mitchell landed a vicious flurry of punches that included flush
rights hands that snapped Skelly’s head back, and the fight was
stopped at 1:32. Mitchell of Las Vegas is 8-0-2 with five
knockouts. Skelly of Liverpool, ENG is 4-1-1.
“It was cool, my first defense
and my most precious fight as a pro,” said Mitchell. “Shout out
to Claressa Shields for getting the win in the UK tonight, we
had great sparring in the build-up so thank you to her for that.
She’s truly the GWOAT and an inspiration.
“If you are going to run at me, I’m going to stop you in your
tracks and that’s what happened.
I am only going to get better, we train all year round, people
are sleeping on me but I’m going to slowly wake them up.”
