Jessica McCaskill

Jessica McCaskill (born September 8, 1984) is an American professional boxer. She is a two-weight world champion, having held the undisputed, and IBO female welterweight titles since August 2020; the WBC female super lightweight title from 2018 to August 2020; and the WBA female super lightweight title from 2019 to August 2020. She also challenged for the WBA lightweight title in 2017. As of September 2020, she is ranked as the world's best active female welterweight by The Ring[2] and BoxRec,[3] and the third best active female, pound for pound, by BoxRec,[4] and fourth by The Ring[2] and ESPN.[5]

Jessica McCaskill
Statistics
Nickname(s)	CasKILLA
Weight(s)	Lightweight Light welterweight Welterweight
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Nationality	American
Born	September 8, 1984 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.[1]
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	11
Wins	9
Wins by KO	3
Losses	2

Early life

Native to Belleville, Illinois (part of Greater St. Louis), McCaskill and was raised by her great aunt and her four sons. As a child her family fell on hard times and lived in the back of a local church. In 2008 McCaskill started her amateur boxing career. In 2012 McCaskill moved to Chicago and started working as an investment banker.[6]

Amateur career

McCaskill started boxing in 2008, just for fitness, and had her first amateur bout in April 2009. After climbing the ranks, she won the 2010 Golden Gloves award. With a 17–1 amateur record, McCaskill won the Golden Glove Championship belts in 2014 and 2015.[7]

Professional career

McCaskill made her professional debut on August 22, 2015 with a technical knockout (TKO) victory against Tyrea Nichole Duncan at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana.[8] In November 2016, McCaskill was signed by Warriors Boxing.[9]

After fighting local boxers, McCaskill challenged Irish Olympic gold-medal boxer Katie Taylor for the WBA female lightweight title. She was defeated by Taylor via unanimous decision (98–91, 97–92, 97–92), in a fight held at the York Hall in London on December 13, 2017.[10]

On October 6, 2018, McCaskill defeated two-weight world champion Érica Farías for the WBC female super lightweight title at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, winning her first world title by unanimous decision, with the judges' scorecards reading 98–92, 97–93 and 96–94.[11]

McCaskill retained her WBC title and won the WBA female super lightweight title against Anahí Ester Sánchez via unanimous decision (99–91, 98–92, 96–94) in a bout held at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland on May 25, 2019.[12]

On October 12, 2019, McCaskill defended her unified titles in a rematch against Érica Farías at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago. She retained her titles with a Majority decision win, with two judges scoring the bout 97–91 and 96–92 in favour of McCaskill, and the third scoring it a draw at 94–94. [13]

McCaskill is trained by Rick Ramos and managed by Warriors Boxing.[14]

Professional boxing record

Professional record summary

11 fights	9 wins	2 losses
By knockout	3	0
By decision	6	2

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
12	N/A	N/A	Cecilia Brækhus	N/A	– (10)	Mar 13, 2021	American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Defending WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring female welterweight titles
11	Win	9–2	Cecilia Brækhus	MD	10	Aug 15, 2020	Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.	Won WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring female welterweight titles
10	Win	8–2	Érica Farías	MD	10	Oct 12, 2019	Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Retained WBA and WBC super lightweight titles
9	Win	7–2	Anahí Ester Sánchez	UD	10	May 25, 2019	MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S.	Retained WBC female super lightweight title; Won WBA female super lightweight title
8	Win	6–2	Érica Farías	UD	10	Oct 6, 2018	Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Won WBC female super lightweight title
7	Loss	5–2	Katie Taylor	UD	10	Dec 13, 2017	York Hall, London, England	For WBA female lightweight title
6	Win	5–1	Natalie Brown	TKO	2 (8), 2:59	Jul 29, 2017	UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
5	Win	4–1	Brenda Gonzales	UD	6	Apr 28, 2017	UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
4	Win	3–1	Carla Torres	UD	4	Jan 21, 2017	UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
3	Win	2–1	Alexandria Williams	TKO	3 (4), 0:45	Oct 1, 2016	UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
2	Loss	1–1	Katonya Fisher	SD	4	Jun 18, 2016	UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
1	Win	1–0	Tyrea Nichole Duncan	TKO	2 (4), 2:37	Aug 22, 2015	Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Indiana, U.S.

See also

• Boxing record for Jessica McCaskill from BoxRec

References

1. Haugh, David. "Chicago investment banker who overcame homelessness savors her shot at WBA title". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
2. "The Ring Women's Ratings". The Ring. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
3. "BoxRec: Female welterweight ratings". BoxRec. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
4. "BoxRec: Female p4p ratings". BoxRec. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
5. "Women's boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Did Katie Taylor do enough to take over the No. 1 spot?". ESPN.com. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
6. Haugh, David (12 December 2017). "Column: Chicago investment banker who overcame homelessness savors her shot at WBA title". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
7. "Exclusive Interview with Jessica McCaskill and her coach Rick Ramos". boxing247.com. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
8. "Event:717556". BoxRec. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
9. "Warriors Boxing Signs Their First Female Fighter, Jessica McCaskill, to a Promotional Contract". boxingnews24.com. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
10. "Taylor vs McCaskill: Katie Taylor retains WBA world title". Sky Sports. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
11. "Jessica McCaskill Upsets Erica Farias to Become the New WBC Super Lightweight Champion of the World". Women of Boxing. WBC. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
12. "Jessica McCaskill Decisions Sanchez To Unify WBC, WBA Belts". boxingscene.com. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
13. "Jessica McCaskill Decisions Erica Farias in Ugly Affair". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
14. "Warriors Boxing Online". warriorsboxing.com. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

External links

• Boxing record for Jessica McCaskill from BoxRec