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Jamie Mitchell became the WBA bantamweight title holder on Saturday afternoon in England after defeating former champion Shannon Courtenay by majority decision.
It was a fight filled with drama before either participant stepped into the ring. Courtenay lost the title on the scales on Friday after missing the 118-pound weight limit by 2.5 pounds – something she said happened due to the unexpected start of her menstrual cycle.
In the ring on Saturday, Mitchell, 36 (7-0-2, 4 KOs) won the fight 96-94, 97-93 while the third judge scored the fight 95-95 to give him the victory over Courtenay ( 7-2, 3 KO).
“It sounds great. It sounds amazing. It feels good,” Mitchell said after the fight, via the Matchroom YouTube channel. “I can’t show too much emotion because I knew I was going to win the fight when I signed the contract.”
Mitchell said even though she won she didn’t agree with the judge’s score – saying she thought the fight wasn’t as close as they had indicated on the scorecards . Meanwhile, Courtenay said after the fight, according to The Mirror, that “I don’t see how I lost, but I have to pay tribute to him.”
She added that she would like a rematch to get her belt back. Mitchell said after the fight that she would grant Courtenay a rematch.
Courtenay promoter Eddie Hearn told a post-fight press conference posted on YouTube that Courtenay will be back. “But she needs to get her knee checked, she needs to have a cool head, she needs to improve,” Hearn said. “If she fights Jamie Mitchell like this again, she won’t beat her.”
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