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Source: Most Valuable Promotions
09/11/2026
Alycia Baumgardner W10 Elif Turhan ... Alycia Baumgardner is now a two-division champion. Fighting in Arlington, Texas in an ESPN-televised main event, Baumgardner shut out Elif Turhan to capture Turhan's IBF lightweight bout. All three scorecards read 100-90. Now 19-1, Baumgardner controlled the distance from the opening bell with her jab and straight punches. She had Turhan (14-1) hurt late in the third before the action was halted when the ten-second clapper was mistaken for the bell. Turhan had her best moments with hooks and uppercuts in the fifth and ninth, but Baumgardner kept beating her to the punch and swept all three cards. Baumgardner is the world champion at junior lightweight, still holding three of the four major belts in that division.
The other two lightweight champions, Caroline Dubois (14-0-1, 5 KOs) and Stephanie Han (13-0, 3 KOs), will clash in a three-belt unification showdown on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2027.