
Alycia Baumgardner: ‘Every fight, I have a chip on my shoulder’
You’ll have to forgive Alycia Baumgardner if, many years from now, she doesn’t look back on the stretch from August 2023 to September 2024 as the happiest time in her life.
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You’ll have to forgive Alycia Baumgardner if, many years from now, she doesn’t look back on the stretch from August 2023 to September 2024 as the happiest time in her life.

Victor Conte gives his perspective to the Alycia Baumgardner drug test cast.

Undisputed super featherweight world champion Alycia Baumgardner (15-1, 7 KOs) is seemingly no longer suspended by the Association of Boxing Commissions and is now able to resume her career.

Alycia Baumgardner is cleared to fight. Sort of. A ruling from the World Boxing Council (WBC) determined that the undisputed junior lightweight champion was “not guilty of intentional ingestion or consumption of a banned substance for performance enhancement purposes” following a lengthy investigation. Baumgardner tested positive for the banned substance Mesterolone surrounding her revenge-fueled, points win over Christina Linardatou last July 15 in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan.

Alycia Baumgardner is prepared to go the distance to clear her name. The undisputed junior lightweight queen has professed her innocence in the wake of a recent drug testing scandal. As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, Baumgardner tested positive for two banned substances a sample collected July 12—three days ahead of her win over Christina Linardatou in her Detroit hometown.

Alycia Baumgardner’s championship reign is now in jeopardy. BoxingScene.com has learned that a pre-fight drug testing “A” sample provided by the undisputed junior lightweight champion tested positive for Mesterolone and Androsterone surrounding her July 15 unanimous decision win over Christina Linardatou. According to a report obtained by Boxing Scene, a urine sample collected on July 12 by testers contracted through Drug Free Sport showed an adverse analytical finding of the banned substance.

Baumgardner, Linardatou Fight Photos Gallery - Alycia Baumgardner is hunting the biggest names in the sport after she completed a revenge mission in style. She retained her undisputed super featherweight crown with a ten round unanimous decision over old foe Christina Linardatou at the Masonic Temple in Detroit on Saturday night. (photos by Ed Mulholland)

Alycia Baumgardner got her lick-back. The undisputed junior lightweight champion used a homecoming headliner to avenge her lone career defeat with a dominant ten-round, unanimous decision win over Christina Linardatou. Judges Katealia Chambers (99-91), Fred Fluty (98-92) and Rose Gross (98-92) all scored for Baumgardner, who prevailed in their DAZN main event Saturday evening from Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan.

Ever the visionary, Alycia Baumgardner knew that her shot at revenge would come when the time was right. Five years later, that time has arrived. Baumgardner was just six wins into her pro career when she dropped an eight-round split decision to Christina

Alycia Baumgardner is hunting the biggest names in the sport – but only when she completes a revenge mission in style as she defends her undisputed Super-Featherweight title against old foe Christina Linardatou at the Masonic Temple in Detroit on Saturday night, live worldwide on DAZN.