Alycia Baumgardner dominates Elif Nur Turhan; Ramla Ali, Skye Nicolson also victorious

Alycia Baumgardner, who holds all four belts at junior lightweight, claimed the IBF title up at 135lbs when she dominated Elif Nur Turhan in Arlington, Texas.

Other big winners on the MVP show inside the College Park Center included Ramla Ali, who defeated Mikiah Kreps to win the vacant IBF and WBO junior featherweight titles, Skye Nicolson, who defended the WBC title in that 122lbs division against Miyo Yoshida, and Irma Garcia, the IBF junior bantamweight boss who bested Nataly Delgado.

Alycia Baumgardner dominates as Dubois watches on

Baumgardner, the star of the MVP show, won a shutout (100-90) on all three cards after 10 rounds to inflict the first defeat on Turhan, 14-1 (8 KOs).

Baumgardner, 19-1 (7 KOs), hurt Turhan several times during the bout, most notably in the third round. The defending champion, wobbling while under the cosh, got a reprieve of sorts when the 10-second clapper was mistaken for the bell to end the round.

Turhan, from Turkey, was also uncomfortable in the seventh and did well to last the course.

Ringsider Caroline Dubois could be next for Baumgardner.

Ramla Ali scores knockdown but decision contentious

Mikiah Kreps was favored 98-91 by one judge but Ali, 12-2 (3 KOs), won the WBO and IBF junior featherweight belts after scores of 96-93 and 97-92 went in her favor.

Ali dropped Kreps, 11-1 (3 KOs), with a right hook in the third round. But Kreps was largely in the driving seat thereafter, and the contest ended with both exchanging hurtful blows.

Ali, whose family fled Somalia when she was a child to settle in London, dedicated the triumph to the memory of her father, who passed away earlier this year.

Skye Nicolson looks sharp to defeat Yoshida

Skye Nicolson countered well throughout, as is her customary style, to turn back the spirited Miyo Yoshida of Japan.

The WBC junior featherweight champion was stung in the sixth and eighth rounds but, otherwise, boxed smartly, particularly in the 10th, to claim victory.

Nicolson, 17-1 (3 KOs), won via unanimous scores of 100-90, 99-91 and 98-92.

Yoshida, a former champion at junior bantamweight and bantamweight, fell to 19-6 (1 KO).

Irma Garcia wins again, aged 45

Mexico’s Irma Garcia, 27-5-1 (6 KOs), notched the third successful defense of her IBF junior bantamweight strap against Nataly Delgado, 21-8-2 (5 KOs).

The 45-year-old won by three scores of 97-92.