# Jessica Barry

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{{Short description|English boxer (born 1994)}}
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'''Jessica Barry''' (born 14 June 1994) is an English [professional boxer](/source/Professional_boxing). As of March 2025 she holds the English and [Commonwealth](/source/Commonwealth_Boxing_Council) Silver female [featherweight](/source/featherweight) titles.

== Career ==
After an amateur career with Christ the King ABC in [Coventry](/source/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](/source/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](/source/featherweight) champion on 1 December 2024, claiming the vacant title with a unanimous decision win over Chelsey Arnell at Holiday Inn, [Birmingham Airport](/source/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](/source/Commonwealth_Boxing_Council) Silver featherweight title at the Excelsior Sporting Club in [Cannock](/source/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](/source/Irish_diaspora).<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](/source/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](/source/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 ==
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== External links ==

* Interview with [https://www.youtube.com/@BoxingMediaHub BoxingMediaHub] - via ''[YouTube](/source/YouTube).''

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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

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