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Shondell ‘Mystery Lady’ Alfred cops Most Inspirational Boxer of the year award

Jan 07, 2011 Sports

Every year top boxing analysts and experts convene to evaluate the performances of female boxers worldwide and place these performances in their proper perspective. Over the years, many top notch boxers have graced the stage to collect various accolades after they would have outshone their counterparts in a particular field.
Despite their best efforts, Guyanese female boxers were unable to break any of the prestigious categories until last year when Shondell ‘Mystery Lady’ Alfred copped the award for the Most Inspirational Boxer of the year after the selection of the Women’s Boxing Archive Network (WBAN) elite list of performers of the year.  Alfred’s knockout victory over Corrine Van Ryck DeGroot was largely responsible for her copping the award in front of a glamorous line up of boxers worldwide. The journalist present at the ceremony that proclaimed Alfred the unanimous winner described the event this way:
As we say often in this sport—-You have come a long way Baby! Shondell Alfred, of Guyana, grew up in the depressed community of Albouystown where she took to athletics and later karate while in school. Her father Cecil and her uncle, Morris had been amateur boxers. The Guyanese fighter said that she began boxing as a pastime before encouragement from her family and friends turned her hobby into a career.
After a relatively short professional career, Alfred has accumulated a 13-5-0 (4KO) record, and is currently a WIBA World Bantamweight champion. She stopped Corrine Van Ryck DeGroot last year which in itself was quite a feat. Shondell said after the fight, “I hope my victory is seen as a boost for women in Guyana for I see myself as their ambassador and will always strive to be a good role model to young women in sport,”  It was this statement coupled with the Van Ryck victory that has caused the panel of judges to say that Alfred is definitely one of the most inspirational boxers this year!

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