Shannon Courtenay makes the first defense of her WBA bantamweight title against Jamie Mitchell on Saturday, October 9 at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool. The scheduled for ten rounds world championship bout is featured on Smith vs Fowler undercard live stream on DAZN.
Courtenay and Mitchell were initially set to square off at the Fight Camp event in August. The bout was postponed due to an injury the champion suffered in training camp.
Courtenay (7-1, 3 KOs), who has dreams of unifying the bantamweight division, earned WBA belt by decision against “The Blonde Bomber” Ebanie Bridges in April. In her first championship defense “The Baby Face Assassin” faces “The Miracle” Mitchell (6-0-2, 4 KOs) – the former amateur standout, who trains at the Mayweather Gym in Las Vegas under the tutelage of former professional boxer Dewey Cooper.
Shannon Courtenay: I’m proud, but not content
“To be honest with you, after Rachel Ball pulled out we could have taken a nice easy defense,” said Courtenay (via the press release sent out by Matchroom Boxing). “We picked someone who was ranked number one in America. I’m not here to play games. I want good defences because I know it’s only going to get harder. Mark my words, that World Title is staying in England.”
“She’s from the Mayweather Gym so she has that nice slick defensive movement about her. She’s got a lovely jab. She had a good amateur career. She’s a big name in America. Her name carries a bit of weight. She starts sharp and has good torso and head movement. Physically she has the same structure as me. It’s going to be a good fight. We both hit quite hard.”
“I’m proud of what I’ve achieved, but I’d be lying if I said I was content, because I’m not content. I thought I would wake up after winning the world title feeling content, but I didn’t. I want more now; I want more titles and I want to go on and unify the division. I’m happy and I’m proud but I’m not content – I want more!”
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“You’ve seen the power that I have, I can cause concussive one-punch knockouts, which not many women can do. Of course I believe I can do that to anyone in the division. And still! That belt is coming home with me. Nobody is taking it off me. I respect any fighter, especially someone that can get ranked in America. You know that they’re going to bring fire, so I’m just prepared for a good fight.”
The event is headlined by former WBO super welterweight champion Liam Smith (29-3-1, 16 KOs) up against 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medalist and Rio 2016 Olympian Anthony Fowler (15-1, 12 KOs). Among other bouts, Ted Cheeseman (17-2-1, 10 KOs) defends his British super welterweight title against Troy Williamson (16-0-1, 12 KOs), and Kieron Conway (16-2-1, 3 KOs) takes on James Metcalf (21-1, 13 KOs).
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