Ashleyann Lozada will make her pro boxing debut and Caroline Veyre will also fight on February 2 in Michigan.
Puerto Rican Olympian Ashleyann Lozada will make her pro debut and featherweight Caroline Veyre will also be in action on Claressa Shields’ next undercard on Sunday, Feb. 2, in Flint, Mich.
Lozada was Puerto Rico’s first-ever Olympic female boxer in the 2024 Games from Paris, losing in the featherweight quarterfinal to eventual silver medalist Julia Szeremeta of Poland. The 33-year-old will now test the waters as a professional.
She will face Denise Moran (3-0) in her debut.
“I have worked my whole life for this moment,” said Lozada. “I can’t wait to step into the ring as a pro and show my fans in Puerto Rico and everyone watching around the world that nothing will stop this Boricua from reaching my dream of becoming a world champion.”
The 36-year-old Veyre (8-1), based in Montreal but born in France, suffered an upset loss to Joan Chavarria Lopez last September in Mexico, but bounced back to shut out Gabriela Bouvier over 10 rounds and claim a regional WBC title in December, because women’s boxing opportunities often wind up being about who you’re affiliated with, so basically the loss might as well have never happened as it did not push Veyre back in line or anything.
Ranked super lightweight contender Sammy “The Heat” Worthington (10-0, 7 KO) will also fight on the show, facing Lithuania’s Vaid Masiokaite (10-26-6, 1 KO), a true journeywoman of the pro ranks.
The 29-year-old Worthington says her “ultimate goal” is indeed fighting Katie Taylor, undisputed champ at 140, which would be an enormous step up from her competition thus far.
The main event will see Shields (15-0, 3 KO) take on 42-year-old Danielle Perkins (5-0, 2 KO) for the undisputed heavyweight title of women’s boxing, which is not really a division that actually exists but Shields has run out of real accomplishments to do, so now we’re playing Calvinball.
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