By Fatma Younis
Alycia Baumgardner will move up to lightweight this weekend to challenge unbeaten IBF champion Elif Nur Turhan in an all-women’s fight card headlined by four world-title bouts in Arlington, Texas.
Fight time and venue
The main event takes place on Sunday 8 November at College Park Center. The first fight begins around 10:30 pm GMT (2:30 pm PT / 4:30 pm CT / 5:30 pm ET), with the main card starting at 1:30 am GMT on Monday (5:30 pm PT / 7:30 pm CT / 8:30 pm ET on Sunday).
TV and streaming
The event will air live on Sky Sports Main Event in the United Kingdom and on ESPN in the United States.
Main event
Baumgardner, a former undisputed super-featherweight champion, aims to become a two-weight champion and set up a future fight with Britain’s Caroline Dubois. Nur Turhan enters as the unbeaten IBF lightweight titleholder. Baumgardner is the betting favourite at 2/9, while Nur Turhan is 10/3 and a draw is 16/1.
Undercard world titles
Three other world-title fights feature on the card: Irma Garcia defends her IBF super-flyweight belt against Nataly Delgado; Ramla Ali and Mikiah Kreps contest the vacant IBF and WBO super-bantamweight titles; and Skye Nicolson puts her WBC super-bantamweight title on the line against Miyo Yoshida.
Full card
The remaining bouts, subject to change, include Brittany Sims vs Shera Mae Patricio (bantamweight), Natalie Dove vs Nayeli Rodriguez (flyweight), Fernando Garcia vs Alexander Castellano (featherweight), Jocelyn Camarillo vs Nazarena Serra (strawweight), Javier Guerrero Cruz vs Aiden Anderson (welterweight), and Albina Moldazhanova vs Kirstie Bavington (super-lightweight).
