{{Short description|English boxer (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}{{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox boxer |name=Jessica Barry |image= |image_size= |caption= |realname= |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1994|06|14|df=y}}<ref name=jessbarry>{{cite web|url=https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/352462-jess-barry|title=Jess Barry|publisher=tapology.com|accessdate=21 February 2025}}</ref> |birth_place=Warwick, Warwickshire, England<ref name=jessbarry/> |nationality= |nickname=Banshee<ref name=jessbarry/> |weight=Featherweight, Super-featherweight |height=5ft 4ins<ref name=jessbarry/> |reach= |style= |boxrec=1097487 |total=7 |wins=6 |KO=2 |losses=1 |draws= |no contests= }}
'''Jessica Barry''' (born 14 June 1994) is an English professional boxer. As of March 2025 she holds the English and Commonwealth Silver female featherweight titles.
== Career == After an amateur career with Christ the King ABC in Coventry, winning 18 of 19 fights, Barry turned professional in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hastings |first=Dexter |date=2023-03-16 |title=Jessica Barry Female Prospect |url=https://www.bbcolumn.com/post/jessica-barry-female-prospect |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Birmingham Boxing Column |language=en}}</ref>
On 6 June 2024, she won the vacant Midlands Area female super-featherweight title by stopping Beccy Ferguson in round six at Sports Connexion in Coventry.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lockley |first=Mike |date=9 June 2024 |title=Barry blazes her way to six round title win |url=https://www.fightcity.uk/news/barry-blazes-her-way-to-six-round-title-win |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Fight City |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m6sport.co.uk/sport/boxing/barry-sets-sights-higher-after-midlands-title-win/|title=Barry sets sights higher after Midlands title win|publisher=M6 Sport|accessdate=21 February 2025}}</ref>
Barry became English female featherweight champion on 1 December 2024, claiming the vacant title with a unanimous decision win over Chelsey Arnell at Holiday Inn, Birmingham Airport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.womenboxing.com/fightresults2024/fightdecember2024.htm|title=December 2024|publisher=womenofboxing.com|accessdate=21 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fightcity.uk/news/body-snatcher-barry-lifts-the-english-belt|title=Body-snatcher Barry lifts the English belt|publisher=Fight City|accessdate=21 February 2025}}</ref>
She faced Linzi Buczynskyj for the vacant Commonwealth Silver featherweight title at the Excelsior Sporting Club in Cannock on 6 March 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxingnewsonline.net/jessica-barry-promises-entertainment-after-scooping-fight-award/|title=Jessica Barry promises entertainment after scooping fight award|publisher=Boxing News Online|accessdate=21 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m6sport.co.uk/sport/boxing/featherweight-barry-set-for-commonwealth-silver-title-shot-in-cannock-this-march/|title=Featherweight Barry set for Commonwealth silver title shot in Cannock this March|publisher=M6 Sport|accessdate=21 February 2025}}</ref> Barry won by unanimous decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fightcity.uk/news/another-belt-for-jess-after-blistering-battle|title=Another belt for Jess after blistering battle|publisher=Fight City|accessdate=8 March 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== Barry has Irish heritage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-02 |title=Descendant of Cork’s Katty Barry to compete at boxing event in England |url=https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41344025.html |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Echo Live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lockley |first=Mike |date=16 September 2024 |title=Banshee Barry: I’d love Celtic title fight |url=https://www.fightcity.uk/news/banshee-barry-id-love-celtic-title-fight |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Fight City |language=en-GB}}</ref> She studied computer science at Coventry University, is a qualified electrician and works as a building service engineering lecturer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lockley |first=Mike |title=Barry looking to get back on winning trail |url=https://www.fightcity.uk/news/barry-looking-to-get-back-on-winning-trail |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Fight City |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* Interview with [https://www.youtube.com/@BoxingMediaHub BoxingMediaHub] - via ''YouTube.''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barry Jessica}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Warwickshire Category:Sportspeople from Warwick Category:British people of Irish descent Category:Sportspeople of Irish descent Category:Super-featherweight boxers Category:Featherweight boxers Category:Alumni of Coventry University Category:English women boxers