Alycia Baumgardner vs. Leila Beaudoin Keys to Victory: Breaking down tactics of each fighter

Alycia Baumgardner fully embraced Jake Paul calling her the future of women’s boxing.

To close the year, Baumgardner will look for another highlight victory Friday night when she defends her unified super featherweight world championship against a rugged Leila Beaudoin at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. The fight will be the co-feature to Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua.

Over the summer, Baumgardner (16-1, 7 KOs) had her first fight under Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions banner and delivered an exciting unanimous decision over Jennifer Miranda. Her Canadian opponent Beaudoin (13-1, 2 KOs) produced an impressive TKO win over Elhem Mekhaled in June.

Will Baumgardner dazzle in another action-packed win? Or will Beaudoin land the right shots to seize the moment and snatch the crown?

With plenty of eyes converging onto this bout, DAZN News analyzes the Keys to Victory for both the WBA/WBO/IBF super featherweight champ Baumgardner and Beaudoin.

Alycia Baumgardner’s Keys to Victory

Jab, bend the hook around the guard

Alycia Baumgardner has the ability to turn on her jab and bend a solid hook around opponents’ guards.

This should be a useful tactic to deploy against Leila Beaudoin who could be susceptible to the shot due to her stalking style and sometimes lack of head movement.

Pound the body with combinations

Go back and watch the July 2023 rematch between Baumgardner and Christina Linardatou.

Baumgardner was able to change the complexion of the fight by battering the body with hard lefts and rights as combinations.

This could definitely be a weapon to impede Beaudoin’s forward progress Friday night, leaving the Canadian ripe for a defeat.

Don’t overindulge in a fire fight

Baumgardner will happily oblige opponents who want a fire fight with her. And most times she engages, ‘The Bomb’ gets the better of the exchanges.

But overindulging in the phone booth can lead to opponents clipping her and that is something Baumgardner has to be cautious of with Beaudoin who possesses a stinging right hook.

After all, Beaudoin did knock out the same Elhem Mekhaled who Baumgardner needed the distance to defeat.

Leila Beaudoin’s Keys to Victory

Keep a disciplined guard

In many sequences over numerous fights, Leila Beaudoin has a tendency of lowering her guard to chest level. Opponents have made her pay for this, lasering jabs and crosses, landing them flush.

Alycia Baumgardner, with her hand speed and accuracy, would definitely exploit this bad habit, putting the onus on the challenger to maintain a disciplined guard.

If she slacks in this regard, ‘The Bomb’ is going to tick, tick boom.

Make early deposits to the body

Like Baumgardner, Beaudoin is capable of banging the body, too.

Making early deposits to the body could possibly slow Baumgardner down a bit or force her to lower her arms just enough for Beaudoin to do more damage upstairs.

Time the right hook in traffic

As aforementioned, Baumgardner can sometimes overzealously stay in the pocket and trade fire.

If Beaudoin sees the champion willing to do this, the challenger should look to line Baumgardner up with a right hook.

The shot is a weapon Beaudoin sits on very well. Can she use it to spark an upset?

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