| Shannon Courtenay | |
| Nickname: | The Baby Face Assassin[1] |
| Weight: | |
| Nationality: | British |
| Birth Date: | 1993 7, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England[2] |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Boxrec: | 868063 |
| Total: | 9 |
| Wins: | 7 |
| Ko: | 3 |
| Losses: | 2 |
Shannon Courtenay (born 3 July 1993) is a British professional boxer who held the WBA female bantamweight title between April and October 2021.
Courtenay made her professional debut on 23 March 2019, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory over Cristina Busuioc at the Copper Box Arena in London. The fight was televised live on Sky Sports[3] as part of the undercard for Charlie Edwards' world title defense against Angel Moreno.[4]
One month later she defeated Roz Mari Silyanova via four-round points decision on 23 April.[5] The fight was streamed live on Sky Sports' Facebook page as part of the preliminary undercard for Dave Allen vs. Lucas Browne at The O2 Arena, London.[6] [7] In June, she stopped Valerija Sepetovska by technical knockout (TKO) at 1 minute 16 seconds in the second-round of a scheduled six-round bout held at the York Hall.[8] Her next fight was a four-round points win over Jasmina Nad on 26 October as part of the undercard for the Josh Taylor vs. Regis Prograis world title fight, held at The O2 Arena.[9] Courtenay's final fight of 2019 came on 19 December, scoring a fifth-round TKO over Buchra El Quaissi at the York Hall.[10]
Her first fight of 2020 came against Rachel Ball on 14 August at the Matchroom Sport headquarters in Brentwood, Essex. In a fight which saw Courtenay dropped to the canvas by a left hook in the first round, she went on to suffer her first professional defeat, losing on points over eight rounds, with the referee scoring the bout 77–75.[11]
She bounced back from defeat with a TKO victory against Dorota Norek in December,[12] before facing Ebanie Bridges for the vacant WBA female bantamweight title. The bout took place on 10 April 2021 at the Copper Box Arena. In a fight which saw Courtenay hurt her opponent with a right hand in the fifth round while also causing Bridges' eye to close through swelling by the ninth, Courtenay emerged victorious via ten-round unanimous decision (UD). Two judges scored the bout 98–92 and the third judge scored it 97–94.[13]
In July it was announced that Courtenay will make the first defence of her title against Jamie Mitchell on 14 August at the Matchroom Sport Headquarters.[14] The fight was postponed after Courtenay suffered an injury in training and was forced to withdraw.[15] The fight was rescheduled for October 9, 2021 on Smith vs Fowler card in Liverpool, England.[16]
On 8 October 2021, Courtenay failed to make weight for her fight with Jamie Mitchell and was stripped of her WBA Bantamweight World Title.[17]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Win | 8–2 | Gemma Ruegg | PTS | 8 | 10 Dec 2022 | |||
| 9 | Loss | 7–2 |  Jamie Mitchell | MD | 10 | 9 Oct 2021 | |||
| 8 | Win | 7–1 |  Ebanie Bridges | UD | 10 | 10 Apr 2021 | |||
| 7 | Win | 6–1 |  Dorota Norek | TKO | 7 (8), | 4 Dec 2020 | |||
| 6 | Loss | 5–1 | Rachel Ball | PTS | 8 | 14 Aug 2020 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 |  Buchra El Quaissi | TKO | 5 (6), | 19 Dec 2019 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Jasmina Nad | PTS | 4 | 26 Oct 2019 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Valerija Sepetovska | 2 (6), | 21 Jun 2019 | ||||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Roz Mari Silyanova | PTS | 4 | 20 Apr 2019 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Cristina Busuioc | 4 | 23 Mar 2019 |