Baumgardner moves up to challenge IBF champion Turhan in Texas
The gist
American unified super-featherweight champion Alycia Baumgardner challenges unbeaten IBF lightweight titlist Elif Nur Turhan on Sunday in Arlington.
A win makes her a two-division champion and sets up a Dubois showdown.
How it unfolded
- Dec 2025Elif Nur Turhan won the IBF lightweight title with a fifth-round knockout of Beatriz Ferreira, having also floored her in the first round.
- Aug 2026After Caroline Dubois retained her titles at The O2 Arena in London, Baumgardner grabbed the microphone to criticize the performance; Dubois later branded her a "coward" following a feisty exchange in Birmingham.
- Nov 5, 2026Baumgardner told Bleacher Report her prediction for the Turhan fight was "a knockout."
Key terms
- IBF
- One of four major organizations that sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.
- unified
- In boxing, a champion who simultaneously holds world titles from all major sanctioning organizations.
- super-featherweight
- A professional boxing weight division contested between 126 and 130 pounds.
Source: Wikipedia