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Melinda Watpool enters women's middleweight top five after stoppage win
Melinda Watpool beat Maria Dolores Hernandez Garcia in a boxing match in Brampton, Canada.
Watpool moved down from super middleweight to make her debut at middleweight.
She knocked Hernandez Garcia down in the second round, then the referee stopped the fight 23 seconds into the third.
It was Watpool's second straight win by stoppage.
She had lost a split decision to Shadasia Green in November 2024 while challenging for the WBO super middleweight title.
The win puts Watpool at No.
4 in the women's middleweight rankings.
The rankings are updated every Tuesday and take recent fights, opponents and head-to-head results into account.
Melinda Watpool entered the women’s middleweight rankings at No. 4 after a third-round stoppage win.
She defeated Maria Dolores Hernandez Garcia in her middleweight debut on Saturday.
Watpool dropped Hernandez Garcia in Round 2, and referee Floyd Porter stopped the fight 23 seconds into Round 3.
The bout was the main event of a boxing card in Brampton, Canada.
It was Watpool’s second consecutive stoppage victory after moving down from super middleweight.
- Who
- Melinda Watpool and Maria Dolores Hernandez Garcia.
- What
- Watpool won by third-round stoppage and entered the middleweight rankings at No. 4.
- When
- Saturday; the exact date is not stated.
- Where
- Brampton, Canada.
- Why
- Watpool’s victory led to her entering the middleweight rankings.
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Watpool lost a split decision to Shadasia Green while challenging for the WBO super middleweight title.
Watpool defeated Maria Dolores Hernandez Garcia by third-round stoppage in her middleweight debut.
- Ranking
- No. 4 in the women’s middleweight rankings
- Opponent
- Maria Dolores Hernandez Garcia
- Stoppage
- 23 seconds into Round 3
- Venue city
- Brampton, Canada
- Prior title bout
- Watpool lost a split decision to Shadasia Green in November 2024
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