Alicia Ashley

Alicia Ashley, born August 23, 1967, is a Jamaican-American professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2018 and held the WBC female super bantamweight title twice between 2011 and 2016. Born in Jamaica, she moved to the United States at a young age and is the younger sister of the chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley and the former world kickboxing champion Devon Ashley. She began her professional career on January 29, 1999, beating Lisa Howarth by a six-round split decision in Atlantic City, and suffered her first defeat in her second fight, outpointed by Doris Hackl in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on June 20 of that year. After a seven-month hiatus she returned in February 2000 and lost to Mexico's Laura Serrano. She was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2023.