Kayla Allen Signs With Zuffa Boxing as First Woman — SkimNews
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- Kayla Allen became Zuffa Boxing’s first female signing, moving from the GB squad and an international amateur tournament win into the professional ranks.
- Kayla Allen began boxing at 18 in her back garden during the pandemic lockdown, learning from YouTube videos and studying Mayweather, Mike Tyson and AJ before entering a local gym.
- Kayla Allen won the Golden Girl, her first international amateur tournament, in Sweden after joining a local gym and contesting a couple of white-collar fights.
- Kayla Allen reached the England squad within six months and the GB squad within eight months, after performing well at the national championships.
- Kayla Allen will make her second professional fight on November 7 on Sky Sports, with the broadcast’s main event pitting Chris Billam-Smith against Cheavon Clarke.
- Kayla Allen credited her coaches and the GB and England systems for her rapid ascent, while saying her signing shows other women coming through that “nothing is impossible.”
Why it matters: Zuffa Boxing gains a GB-selected fighter with an international amateur tournament win, while Allen gains a professional platform eight months after reaching the GB squad. Her second fight, on November 7, places that rapid rise and the promotion’s first female signing before a Sky Sports audience.
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