Former WBC female world super bantamweight champion Jamaican-American Alicia ‘Slick’ Ashley is the oldest woman to ever win a title in the sport, and has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
After receiving the illustrious recognition, Ashley said, “I am still wondering if I am dreaming, and that I will wake up to find that it was all in my imagination or some sort of April Fool’s joke,” said Alicia Ashley when she spoke with The Gleaner yesterday about her induction into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame, at Canastota, New York, on Sunday.
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She is be one of five boxers in the Class of 2023. The International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum announced the members of the Class of 2023 living inductees include champions Timothy Bradley Jr. (USA), Carl Froch (UK) and Rafael Marquez (Mexico) in the men’s Modern category; champions Alicia Ashley (Jamaica) and Laura Serrano (Mexico) in the women’s Modern category.
Ashley, who was inducted into the Female Boxing Hall of Fame in 2021, said that she was still in a daze but is looking forward to the Hall of Fame weekend, which runs from today through to Sunday, and all the activities that have been planned for the inductees, their families, and friends.
Ashley is the former WBC female world super bantamweight champion. Ashley is a Jamaican-American. Born in Jamaica, she moved to the United States at a young age. She is the younger sister of chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley and former world kickboxing champion Devon Ashley.
She began her professional boxing career on January 29, 1999, defeating Lisa Howarth by a six-round split decision, at Atlantic City, New Jersey. On her second professional boxing fight, held at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, she suffered her first defeat, when she was outpointed over six rounds by Doris Hackl on June 20 of that year.
