Kandi Renae Wyatt (born 26 March 1991) is a Canadian professional boxer who has challenged for world championships in two weight classes on four separate occasions.
Professional career Wyatt made her professional debut on 5 December 2014, scoring a fourth-round technical knockout (TKO) victory against Christina Barry at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
After compiling a record of 8–0 (3 KOs), she faced Christina Linardatou for the vacant WBO female light welterweight title on 24 March 2019 in Athens, Greece. In what was the first world championship boxing match to be held in Greece, Wyatt was knocked down three times in the sixth round en route to the first defeat of her career, losing via sixth-round TKO.
After two more victories she faced Kali Reis for the vacant WBA female light welterweight title on 6 November 2020 at the Marriott Clearwater in St. Petersburg, Florida. In her second world championship attempt Wyatt suffered a ten-round unanimous decision (UD) loss, with the judges' scorecards reading 96–94, 97–93 and 97–92.
Following a UD defeat against Alma Ibarra in August 2021, Wyatt faced reigning champion Jessica McCaskill for the undisputed female welterweight title on 4 December at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Wyatt suffered the third defeat of her career, losing via seventh-round TKO.
Wyatt won a split decision against Kirstie Bavington to claim the vacant WBA female welterweight Intercontinental title in Wolverhampton, England, on 10 March 2023.
In her next fight on 1 July 2023, she challenged for the vacant IBF female welterweight World title at Manchester Arena in England but was stopped in the eighth-round by Natasha Jonas.
Wyatt returned to the ring on 2 February 2024, suffering a unanimous decision loss in a six-round contest against Maricela Cornejo at Caribe Royale Orlando.
She got back to winning ways on 4 May 2024, defeating Angelika Oles by unanimous decision in another six-rounder held at River Cree Resort Casino in Edmonton, before following that up with a last round stoppage success over Jaime Clampitt in an eight-round contest at Mohegan Sun Casino on 15 June 2024.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes19Win13–6Jaime ClampittTKO8 (8)15 June 202418Win12–6Angelika OlesUD64 May 202417Loss11–6Maricela CornejoUD82 Feb 202416Loss11–5Natasha JonasTKO8 (10)1 Jul 202315Win11–4Kirstie BavingtonSD1010 Mar 202314Loss10–4Jessica McCaskillTKO7 (10), 4 Dec 202113Loss10–3Alma IbarraUD820 Aug 202112Loss10–2Kali ReisUD106 Nov 202011Win10–1Beatriz AguilarUD615 Feb 202010Win9–1Dayanna GonzálezUD628 Sep 20199Loss8–1Christina LinardatouTKO6 (10)24 Mar 20198Win8–0Dalila VelazquezUD619 Jan 20197Win7–0Zsofia BedöTKO2 (8), 3 Nov 20186Win6–0Guadalupe Lincer OrtizUD68 Sep 20185Win5–0Erika Jeanette HernándezUD626 May 20184Win4–0Heidy MartinezUD414 Oct 20173Win3–0Maria GuzmanTKO1 (4), 24 Jun 20172Win2–0Lita Mae Button420 Mar 20151Win1–0Christina Barry4 (4), 5 Dec 2014
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