Jessica Barry

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Banshee Barry
Statistics
Weight classsuper featherweight
Weight(s)9.1 st (127 lb; 58 kg)
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Boxing record
Total fights7
Wins6
Losses1
Medal record

Midlands Area super-featherweight champion

Jessica Barry (born 14 June 1994) [1] is a professional super featherweight boxer known as "the Celtic Banshee" or "Banshee Barry". [2] [3]

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Career

Barry was born in Warwick, Warwickshire in 1994. She had a successful amateur boxing career with Christ the King ABC in Coventry, winning 18 of 19 fights, before turning professional in 2022. [4] Whilst studying computer science at Coventry University she won the Universities Elite Cup. [5]

Barry previously boxed out of Fitzpatrick's gym in Leamington Spa and was trained by Derek Fitzpatrick. [5] She currently boxes out of Birmingham’s Eastside gym. [6]

In 2024 she won the Midlands Area super-featherweight title against Beccy Ferguson in six rounds. [7]

She has Irish heritage and has represented Ireland at boxing events. [3] [8]

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References

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  2. "Jessica Barry". BoxRec. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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