The United States’ Andrecia Wasson Wins World Championships Gold in Barbados

September 18th, 2010

(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Eighteen-year-old Andrecia Wasson (Center Line, Mich.) claimed the first women’s world title nearly a decade for the United States with a victory in final round action on Saturday in Bridgetown, Barbados. Wasson closed her first ever World Championships with a nail biter victory over familiar foe, Savannah Marshall of England. Marshall was a member of the Great Britain squad that participated in the preparatory training camp with the United States in Hollywood, Fla., prior to the teams traveling to Barbados.

The two boxers closed the tournament in a low scoring welterweight championship bout, but Wasson pulled used her outstanding defense to pull out a 5-4 decision over Marshall. The bout started slowly with Wasson holding a 2-0 victory after two rounds of boxing. Marshall picked up her output in the third round, but Wasson managed to hold on to a one point lead as the bout moved into final round action with the scoreboard reading 4-3. Wasson held on to her razor-thin one minute lead in the final to win the 5-4 final decision and World Championships gold.

The World Championships gold is the second for Wasson in the last two years following a silver medal at the 2009 Women’s Continental Championships. It is the first for Women’s World Championships title for the United States since Devonne Canady won a heavyweight title in the first-ever event in 2001 in Scranton, Pa. Wasson will be joined on the medal stand by U.S. lightweight bronze medalist Queen Underwood (Seattle, Wash.) and light welterweight bronze medalist Cashmere Jackson (Cleveland, Ohio).

The 2010 World Champions represented nine different nations with only Russia winning claiming two gold medalists in Barbados.

U.S. Results

152 lbs: Andrecia Wasson, Center Line, Mich./USA dec. Savannah Marshall, ENG, 5-4

USA Boxing, as the national governing body for Olympic-style boxing, is the United States’ member organization of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) and a member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).

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