Layla Eveleen McCarter (born April 19, 1979) is an American

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. She has held multiple world titles across five weight divisions, having held the WIBF

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title since 2018 and previously the IFBA

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title in 2000; the WIBF

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title in 2003; the WBA female

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title twice between 2007 and 2009; and the WBA female

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title in 2012. In 2016 January Ring magazine considered Layla McCarter the 10th best female boxer of all time. She was also awarded by the Nevada and California Boxing Hall of Fame, and recently in February 2017 she was signed by Mayweather Promotions, as its second female boxer. ring TV

Public challenge to Ronda Rousey

On July 31, 2015,

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's trainer,

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, expressed the belief that his fighter "can win the boxing world title" while discussing a potential fight with

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. After noting that "Ronda spars with boxing world champions that punch way harder than Cyborg", Tarverdyan claimed that she "has never lost a round in the gym. A round. With boxing world champions". Layla McCarter is the current Big Knockout Boxing female champion and immediately challenged Ronda Rousey to boxing match. Alongside Amanda Serrano went on to criticize Rousey's

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technique stating in

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“She’s very good at what she does, but she needs to stay in her lane because boxing takes a lot of experience to reach the top level. “She better just stay in her lane because she’s going to get hurt.”.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCarter, Layla 1978 births Sportspeople from Alameda, California World boxing champions World welterweight boxing champions Welterweight boxers Lightweight boxers Living people American women boxers American female kickboxers Kickboxers from California 21st-century American women