Ruffled feathers! Baumgardner vs. Linardatou 2

Alycia Baumgardner will defend her undisputed super featherweight world titles against Christina Linardatou, at The Masonic Temple Detroit in Detroit, Michigan on Saturday, July 15, live worldwide on DAZN.

Keen rivals Richardson Hitchins and Montana Love will clash , and Cuban amateur sensation Andy Cruz will make his professional debut.
Baumgardner (14-1, 7 KOs) puts all the 130-pound belts on the line for the second time after a dominating performance over Elhem Mekhaled in New York in February, a first defense coming after a huge victory to claim all the belts in London against her fierce rival Mikaela Mayer in October.

Linardatou (14-2, 6 KOs) is aiming to become a three-time world champion and break Baumgardner’s winning streak spanning five years after scoring a major eight-round split decision win in Louisville against her on 28th July 2018. That is when Baumgardner lost the WBC International title and her undefeated record. Her only loss to date.

That victory for the Greek preceded her claiming her first world title at super lightweight against Kandi Wyatt in March 2019, having previously challenged Delfine Persoon for the world lightweight title in June 2016.

Both fighters were face to face in the final press conference of this highly anticipated encounter.