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Baumgardner wins IBF lightweight title and moves closer to Dubois fight
Alycia Baumgardner beat Elif Nur Turhan by unanimous decision in Arlington, Texas, to win the IBF lightweight title.
All three judges scored every round for Baumgardner, who moved up from super-featherweight and became a world champion in a second division.
Nur Turhan lost her title and unbeaten record in her first professional defeat.
The win brings Baumgardner closer to a possible unification fight with Britain’s Caroline Dubois, who holds the WBC lightweight title.
Dubois called out Baumgardner after the fight, but first she is scheduled to face WBA champion Stephanie Han in February.
Dubois and Han will put their titles on the line in that bout, and both are unbeaten.
If Dubois wins, a fight with Baumgardner could bring more of the lightweight titles together.
Alycia Baumgardner defeated Elif Nur Turhan by unanimous decision to win the IBF lightweight title and become a two-division world champion.
All three judges scored the 10-round bout 100-90 for Baumgardner.
The loss ended Nur Turhan’s unbeaten record and her reign as IBF champion.
After the fight, WBO lightweight champion Caroline Dubois called for a unification bout with Baumgardner.
Dubois is scheduled to face WBA champion Stephanie Han in February before a potential fight with Baumgardner.
- Who
- Alycia Baumgardner defeated Elif Nur Turhan.
- What
- Baumgardner won the IBF lightweight title by unanimous decision, becoming a two-division world champion.
- When
- Sunday; the articles were published on November 9, 2026.
- Where
- College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.
- Why
- Baumgardner was competing for the IBF lightweight championship.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Baumgardner and Dubois exchanged words after Dubois’s win over Amelia Moore.
Baumgardner defeated Nur Turhan by unanimous decision to win the IBF lightweight title.
Dubois confronted Baumgardner ringside and called for a unification fight.
Dubois is scheduled to defend her WBC and WBO titles against Stephanie Han, whose WBA title will also be at stake.
- Result
- Baumgardner won by unanimous decision
- Scorecards
- All three judges scored the bout 100-90
- Venue
- College Park Center, Arlington, Texas
- Title
- IBF lightweight championship
- Baumgardner record
- 19-1, with 7 KOs
- CompuBox total strikes
- Baumgardner 195; Nur Turhan 50
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