Shannon Courtenay beat Ebanie Bridges to claim the WBA bantanweight world title. Picture: Action Images Watford boxer Shannon Courtenay has become WBA world bantamweight champion by beating Ebanie Bridges. The Babyface Assassin fought on after getting a cut to the side of her head in the early stages of the bout to pick up a unanimous points decision after ten rounds. In what was a terrific advert for women s boxing, Courtenay and Bridges went the distance, but the Australian ran out of steam in the final two rounds after putting up a good fight, allowing the Watford fighter to finish strongly and seal the victory with a strong ninth round in which she made the most of a swelling to her opponent s left eye.
Shannon Courtenay wins world title with enthralling points victory over Ebanie Bridges
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Rachel Ball overcame late replacement Jorgelina Guanini to claim the vacant interim WBC Super Bantamweight title Photo Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing
Rachel Ball has had an utterly unpredictable rise to mixing it at the top of women’s boxing and that’s by her own admission.
In the space of three years Ball went from fighting for free to the interim WBC world champion and fighting on Sky Sports. 2021, then, was meant to be even bigger than the 12 months beforehand until COVID struck in January.
Ball’s recovery from the long term impacts continues with a return in July tentatively set.
Conor Benn takes on Samuel Vargas.
Conor Benn defends his WBA Continental Welterweight title for a fourth time, and it’s another gradual step up in class as he meets ten stone seven gatekeeper Samuel Vargas over ten rounds at the Copper Box Arena, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN worldwide.
Benn (17-0, 11 KOs) is still only 24, but the comparisons to his illustrious father Nigel have resulted in a lot of expectation placed on him ahead of his clash with Vargas (31-6-2, 14 KOs)
‘The Destroyer’ has been matched well so far in a 17 fight career that began in April 2016, and his only real scare came in a December 2017 six round thriller with Cedrick Peynaud, where he was down twice in the opener, before rallying to drop Peynaud in rounds five and six to secure a disputed points win.