Shelly Vincent (born 11 April 1979) is an American former professional boxer who held the Universal Boxing Federation and International Boxing Association female super-bantamweight titles. She also challenged for the WBO female featherweight title. Vincent was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in 2025.
Career After winning a United States Golden Gloves Championship as an amateur in July 2011, Vincent turned professional later that year.
With a perfect record of 12 wins from 12 pro-fights, she defeated Jackie Trivilino by majority decision to claim the vacant Universal Boxing Federation female super-bantamweight title at Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island, on 7 November 2014, with two of the ringside judges scoring the fight 98–92 and 96–94 respectively in her favour, while the third had it a 95–95 draw.
Returning to the same venue on 3 April 2015, Vincent added the vacant International Boxing Association female super-bantamweight title to her collection with a unanimous decision win over Christina Ruiz.
On 21 August 2016 at Ford Amphitheater in Coney Island, New York, she faced Heather Hardy for the vacant WBC female featherweight International title in the first women's boxing bout televised on NBCSN. Vincent lost the fight, and her unbeaten record, via majority decision with two of the judges' scorecards reading 99–91 and 97–93 respectively for her opponent, overruling the third who saw the contest as a 95–95 tie.
In November 2016, she was named Fighter of the Year at the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame Gala.
Vincent met Hardy in a rematch at Madison Square Garden Theater in New York on 27 October 2018, with the vacant WBO female featherweight title on the line. She again lost the bout, this time by unanimous decision.
Following this defeat, she won three fights in succession in 2019 before taking a break from the ring, returning to secure a unanimous decision success against Shelly Barnett over eight rounds at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, on 27 November 2021.
In 2023, Vincent became the first female fighter to be inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame and two years later she entered the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes29Win27–2Shelly BarnettUD827 November 202128Win26–2Karen DulinUD617 August 201927Win25–2Simone Aparecida da SilvaUD829 June 201926Win24–2Edina KissUD823 February 201925Loss23–2Heather HardyUD1027 October 201824Win23–1Calista SilgadoMD821 July 201823Win22–1Edina KissMD105 May 201822Win21–1Calista SilgadoUD828 October 201721Win20–1Angel GladneyUD815 September 201720Win19–1Marquita LeeUD82 December 201619Loss18–1Heather HardyMD1021 August 201618Win18–0Christina RuizMD821 July 201617Win17–0Elizabeth AndersonUD616 April 201616Win16–0Renata DomsodiUD627 January 201615Win15–0Brittany CruzUD812 September 201514Win14–0Christina RuizUD103 April 201513Win13–0Jackie TrivilinoMD107 November 201412Win12–0Nydia FelicianoMD42 July 201411Win11–0Lakeysha WilliamsUD631 May 201410Win10–0Alisah McPheeTKO4 (6), 2 November 20139Win9–0Angel GladneyUD817 May 20138Win8–0Mikayla NebelUD41 March 20137Win7–0Nydia FelicianoUD619 January 20136Win6–0Sherine ThomasUD629 November 20125Win5–0Ivana ColemanUD418 October 20124Win4–0Ivana ColemanUD421 July 20123Win3–0Carmen CruzUD424 May 20122Win2–0Karen DulinUD430 March 20121Win1–0Karen DulinUD47 October 2011
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