(SEPT 29) On Friday night in a mainliner, Alycia “The Bomb” Baumgardner of Toledo, Ohio retained the WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF, and IBO super featherweight world titles after her fight against top-ranked contender Delfine Persoon of Belgium was declared a "no contest".  In the fourth round there was an accidental clash of heads with 27 seconds remaining in the round.  It caused a gash to gush blood above Persoon’s right eye.

The ringside doctor examined the cut and decided that Persoon could not continue. The fight was ruled a "no contest" because four rounds had not been completed. If four rounds had been completed, then the judges’ scorecards would have determined the outcome. Baumgardner is still the undisputed world super featherweight champion.  Even though it states on the fight poster that this was for the WBC Super Featherweight Championship, the other four sanctioning bodies decided to sanction this fight as well. Their records remain the same except for one no contest added for Baumgardner (15-1, 7 KOs, 1 NC) and Persoon (49-3, 19 KOs, 2 NC).

Persoon had a previous bout in 2022 that ended in a no contest against Ikram Kerwat. Two of Persoon’s three losses were by close decisions against Katie Taylor. Taylor is currently the undisputed world super lightweight champion.In addition to her boxing career, Persoon is a full-time police officer in Belgium.

In the co-main event, Rosalinda Rodriguez of Pompano Beach, Florida faced Amy Naert of Belgium for the vacant WBC International bantamweight title which is a secondary title of the WBC. Rodriguez is a former North American Boxing Federation (NABF) bantamweight champion and a former Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) world bantamweight champion. Ada Velez was one of the people in Rodriguez’s corner. Velez is a 2017 inductee of the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame (IWBHF) and won multiple world titles at bantamweight and super bantamweight throughout her pro boxing career. Velez owns a boxing gym in South Florida where she is a trainer. It was a fast paced and evenly matched fight for ten rounds between Rodriguez and Naert. Naert did better than expected against Rodriguez. The total scores of the judges were 97-93 for Naert, 97-93 for Rodriguez, and 99-91 for Rodriguez. Therefore, Rodriguez won by split decision. Rodriguez remains undefeated at 14-0, 3 KOs whereas Naert is 10-4, 3 KOs.

Natalie “No Love” Dove (4-0, 0 KOs) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania remains unbeaten after winning by unanimous decision in the bantamweight division against Laddy Mejia of Peru (0-1-1, 0 KOs). Mejia was knocked down in round two by a right hook to the head. After four rounds, the total scores of the judges were 40-35, 40-35, and 39-36.

Nicole Schafer of Germany (3-0-2, 3 KOs) remains unbeaten after fighting to a draw in the lightweight division against Mariya Agapova of Kazakhstan (0-0-1, 0 KOs) who was making her pro debut. After six rounds, the total scores of the judges were 57-57, 57-57, and 57-57.

Agustina “Princesa” Vazquez (4-2-2, 0 KOs) of Argentina won by unanimous decision in the minimumweight division against Sabrina “The Animal” Persona (3-3, 1 KO) of San Diego, California. After six rounds, the total scores of the judges were 59-55, 58-56, and 58-56.

Yvonne Flores (1-0, 0 KOs) of Orlando, Florida won her pro debut by unanimous decision in the welterweight division against Katharina “German Gypsy” Lehner (1-2, 0 KOs) of Germany.After four rounds, the total scores of the judges were 40-36, 40-36, and 39-37. At 19 years of age, Flores was the youngest boxer in this event.

Samantha Ginithan (1-0, 1 KO) of Las Cruces, New Mexico won her pro debut by TKO at 1:46 of the first round against Kayla Williams (0-1, 0 KOs) of Andover, Kansas who was also making her pro debut. The bout was in the super lightweight division. Williams was knocked down twice in the first round. Williams got up after each knockdown, but was unable to continue after the second knockdown.

Stephanie Simon (1-0, 0 KOs) of Atlanta, Georgia won her pro debut by unanimous decision in the super lightweight division against Claudia Zamora (0-1, 0 KOs) of Miami, Florida who was also making her pro debut.After four rounds, the total scores of the judges were 40-36, 40-36, and 40-36.

Isabel “La China” Vasquez (1-0, 0 KOs) of Orlando, Florida won her pro debut by unanimous decision in the bantamweight division against Crystal “The Lovely” Van Wyk (0-1, 0 KOs) of Cape Town, South Africa who was also making her pro debut.After four rounds, the total scores of the judges were 40-36, 40-36, and 40-36.

This all-female boxing event with nine bouts was at the Lux Stage at Trilith Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. This event titled “Hit Like a Girl, Fight Like a Champion” was presented by Brinx.TV and was sponsored by Ninja Pirate Misfits in association with Global Combat Collective. The event can still be watched for free on Brinx.TV.

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