Tonight women's boxing has a super evening: Puerto Rican
Amanda Serrano
, one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world, will face Mexican
Erika Cruz
in a featherweight title unification fight at Madison Square Garden in New York .
However, another fight arouses an expectation as great or greater than the central fight.
The bout will be the headlining event on a card that will feature other women's bouts, including
Alycia Baumgardner
of the United States and Elhem Mekhaledvel of France, in a super featherweight unification bout.
Alycia Baumgardner, "La Bomba", in the presentation of her fight against Elhem Mekhaledvel.
And Baumgardner - it's about her - blew up social networks in the last few hours, where she
showed another facet beyond sports
: her beauty.
Alycia Baumgardner, "The Bomb", with her WBC belt.
"I feel good.
I'm ready
. I'm ready and excited to be crowned 130-pound queen," said Baumgardner, 28, of Detroit, who has planned a coronation-inspired fight night look.
Alycia Baumgardner, during her fight against Mikaela Mayer in which she upset with a victory to unify three junior lightweight titles.
“I will be wearing purple, white and gold because those colors represent royalty and make a statement.
I always come in a fire suit.
I am a showwoman, the main attraction
”, she added arrogantly to NYP Baumgardner, who is willing to go for everything and who is nicknamed
"La Bomba".
Alycia Baumgardner, "La Bomba", the new darling of the boxing world, has been working for the Ford Models Agency since 2021.
"I'm a beast in the ring and a beauty out of the ring," Baumgardner told The Post, making it clear that she prides herself on possessing a rare combination of beauty and strength, embracing her femininity while making her mark as a boxer.
“I am different in my way of fighting and in how I present myself,” he said.
"
I love being a woman.
I love dressing up and showing that other side of me."
Alycia Baumgardner, "La Bomba", began boxing in the streets, against men and with the help of her cousins in a gym.
The famous Ford Models agency signed her in 2021 and she is already taking her first steps on the catwalks.
The young woman started with her first fights on the streets of Ohio at the age of five
.
Her rivals were boys who bothered her
.
When she turned eight, she was eligible to join a small community boxing gym where her male cousins also trained.
Alycia Baumgardner is a model and boxer.
"My limit is the sky," she says.
“Trust was built.
I was a girl in sports who worked hard and pushed myself and was competing with my male counterparts.
It was motivation
,” she said.
Baumgardner has reached dizzying heights in the ring and hopes to not only take home the unified title tonight, but also use the sport as a means to cross over into other fields, including fashion.
Alycia Baumgardner, "La Bomba", has an imposing physique that has been working since her childhood.
Alycia Baumgardner, during the presentation of her fight at Madison Square Garden in New York, this Saturday, February 4, 2023.
“Boxing is a platform for me.
The sky is the limit
," she said confidently.