Latest update November 5th, 2024 1:00 AM
It’s a girl!!!…Shondell ‘Mystery Lady’ Alfred delivers bouncing baby girl
-World Championship Hope?
Approximately eight months ago, Women World Boxing Council (WIBC) bantamweight champion, Shondell ‘Mystery Lady’ Alfred journeyed to Mexico City, Mexico to engage Mexican, Zulina Muñoz for the World Boxing Council (WBC) female Super/flyweight title. Her confidence was high and she had given all assurance that she would have ‘brought home the bacon.’ Her ambitions crumbled when she was diagnosed pregnant and the bout had to be cancelled.
FUTURE WORLD CHAMP? Alfred portrays the kind of joy only mothers could understand as she lovingly gazes at the new addition to her family. Also in photo is her son, Cameron, and her mother, Ingrid.
Alfred was denied the world title, but yesterday morning received a prize that may be considered just as delectable when she delivered a 7 ½ lbs baby girl at the Maternity ward of the Public Hospital Georgetown. Kaieteur Sport paid a visit to the world champion at the medical institution and found her surrounded by family members, in a bubbly and relaxed mood. She revealed that her daughter was born just around 12:15hrs yesterday morning with absolutely no complications.
Alfred said that she is thankful to the almighty for piloting her through her pregnancy and the deliverance of her baby girl. She also said that she has been advised by medical practitioners that she may be able to resume her boxing career within three months and she would plan to commence training as soon as she receives the all clear from medical experts.
At the time of the aborted bout, Alfred was rated #8 by the WBC but had to shelve all boxing activity even as her future in the sport hung in the balance. President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control, Peter Abdool had been instrumental in procuring the fight for Alfred and despite the grim prognosis, had sought to represent her cause at the WBC conference in Cancun, Mexico, late last year.
That apart, Alfred’s coaches, Joseph Murray and Sebert Blake had accompanied her to Mexico and had said that her reputation had preceded her and she had created a stir in Mexico. The coaches also said that despite the disappointment experienced by Alfred’s inability to keep her ring date, the promoters extended benevolence and paid her a part of her purse.
Discussing Alfred’s future, Joseph Murray said that President of the WBC, Jose Suleiman, has indicated that Alfred will retain her rating (#8 in the super/flyweight division) until her issue is sorted out. With luck, the ‘Mystery Lady’ should be back in the ring later this year and better yet, she might just manage to clinch the title which has slipped through her grasp approximately ten months ago.
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