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Shannon Courtenay (born 3 July 1993) is a British professional boxer who held the WBA female bantamweight title between April and October 2021.

Shannon Courtenay
Statistics
Nickname(s)	The Baby Face Assassin[1]
Weight(s)	Bantamweight Super-bantamweight
Nationality	British
Born	(1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 29) Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England[2]
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record[3]
Total fights	9
Wins	7
Wins by KO	3
Losses	2

Professional career

Courtenay made her professional debut on 23 March 2019, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Cristina Busuioc at the Copper Box Arena in London. The fight was televised live on Sky Sports[4] as part of the undercard for Charlie Edwards' world title defense against Angel Moreno.[5]

One month later she defeated Roz Mari Silyanova via four-round points decision on 23 April.[6] The fight was streamed live on Sky Sports' Facebook page as part of the preliminary undercard for Dave Allen vs. Lucas Browne at The O2 Arena, London.[7][8] In June, she stopped Valerija Sepetovska by technical knockout (TKO) at 1 minute 16 seconds in the second-round of a scheduled six-round bout held at the York Hall.[9] Her next fight was a four-round points win over Jasmina Nad on 26 October as part of the undercard for the Josh Taylor vs. Regis Prograis world title fight, held at The O2 Arena.[10] Courtenay's final fight of 2019 came on 19 December, scoring a fifth-round TKO over Buchra El Quaissi at the York Hall.[11]

Her first fight of 2020 came against Rachel Ball on 14 August at the Matchroom Sport headquarters in Brentwood, Essex. In a fight which saw Courtenay dropped to the canvas by a left hook in the first round, she went on to suffer her first professional defeat, losing on points over eight rounds, with the referee scoring the bout 77–75.[12]

She bounced back from defeat with a TKO victory against Dorota Norek in December,[13] before facing Ebanie Bridges for the vacant WBA female bantamweight title. The bout took place on 10 April 2021 at the Copper Box Arena. In a fight which saw Courtenay hurt her opponent with a right hand in the fifth round while also causing Bridges' eye to close through swelling by the ninth, Courtenay emerged victorious via ten-round unanimous decision (UD). Two judges scored the bout 98–92 and the third judge scored it 97–94.[14]

In July it was announced that Courtenay will make the first defence of her title against Jamie Mitchell on 14 August at the Matchroom Sport Headquarters.[15] The fight was postponed after Courtenay suffered an injury in training and was forced to withdraw.[16] The fight was rescheduled for October 9, 2021 on Smith vs Fowler card in Liverpool, England.[17]

On 8 October 2021, Courtenay failed to make weight for her fight with Jamie Mitchell and was stripped of her WBA Bantamweight World Title.[18]

Professional boxing record

9 fights	7 wins	2 losses
By knockout	3	0
By decision	4	2

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
9	Loss	7–2	Jamie Mitchell	MD	10	9 Oct 2021	Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
8	Win	7–1	Ebanie Bridges	UD	10	10 Apr 2021	Copper Box Arena, London, England	Won vacant WBA female bantamweight title
7	Win	6–1	Dorota Norek	TKO	7 (8), 1:35	4 Dec 2020	The SSE Arena, London, England
6	Loss	5–1	Rachel Ball	PTS	8	14 Aug 2020	Matchroom Headquarters, Brentwood, England
5	Win	5–0	Buchra El Quaissi	TKO	5 (6), 1:20	19 Dec 2019	York Hall, London, England
4	Win	4–0	Jasmina Nad	PTS	4	26 Oct 2019	The O2 Arena, London, England
3	Win	3–0	Valerija Sepetovska	TKO	2 (6), 1:17	21 Jun 2019	York Hall, London, England
2	Win	2–0	Roz Mari Silyanova	PTS	4	20 Apr 2019	The O2 Arena, London, England
1	Win	1–0	Cristina Busuioc	PTS	4	23 Mar 2019	Copper Box Arena, London, England

References

External links

• Boxing record for Shannon Courtenay from BoxRec (registration required)

Sporting positions
World boxing titles
Vacant Title last held by Mayerlin Rivas	WBA female bantamweight champion 10 April 2021 – 8 October 2021 Stripped	Vacant Title next held by Jamie Mitchell

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