Shannon Courtenay First Defence vs Jamie Mitchell

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/784083

That's who will be fighting Shannon Courtenay for the WBA Bantamweight belt. Mitchell, 36 years old, 6-0-2 has 5 wins, two against debutants, 3 against fighters without a win and a combined record of 0-8 and a win against Noemi Bosques, who was 12-15 at the time of the fight.

It's great to see Eddie Hearn really pushing the female fighters and getting Courtenay the biggest tests. Jamie Mitchell is currently rated the 4th best American Female Bantam, not the best, the second best or the third best, fourth best, World Title Shot. Women's Boxing, don't question it, just go with it.

 

Unfortunately she's not Jack Ryder, that would be a decent scrap though, Shannon Courtenay vs Jack Ryder in an East End greasy spoon, winner gets double on everything for their fry up, 20 Lambert & Butler thrown in for a KO.

Super bantamweight 32- year old Jamie “The Miracle” Mitchell, as of 2017, who now presently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, came from the amateurs with 40 fights under her belt, and as an amateur she was ranked with USA as #1 in the nation in 2016. She was also ranked in 2012 #2 with USA Boxing nationwide

The Miracle, indeed.

 

I tell you what though, she's got Courtenay beat on the backstory, this is a Matchroom wet dream...

Jamie’s entire life has been centered around a single word: perseverance. Growing and learning in order to withstand adversity in her life has been instilled since the beginning of her existence. At just ten days old, she was abandoned by her mother due to her crippling cocaine addiction. There was no effort made to stay in contact with Jamie, and there is no known information about her father.

https://prevailathletics.com/ for more

 

I've only just looked, the top 12 WBA rankings, Mitchell isn't in them, am I missing something? Mitchell has done more than Bridges, although that's not hard, but is nowhere to be seen in the top 12. Honestly, I want to like women's boxing but this is just ridiculous, it's like getting a promotion at work just for turning up most of the time, actually I've seen quite a few promotions at work that have gone down the Bridges route!