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Shurretta “Chiccn” Metcalf returned to the ring this past weekend in Dallas, Texas – on the Kingdom Boxing inaugural “Royal Roundz” fight card at Gilley’s Dallas.
Metcalf, after a two year layoff due to COVID-related inactivity, won a six round unanimous decision over Karen Dulin.
Metcalf, the formerly ranked #1 USA super bantamweight, currently splits training between Little Rock, Arkansas with Ozell Nelson and Lendrick Nelson and in her hometown gym in Dallas with Jahaziel and Christine Lopez of Texas Select Boxing Gym. Christine Lopez, a High Performance Olympic coach with USA Boxing, was most recently in service at the Tokyo Olympics. She also served as Metcalf’s cutwoman at the fight.
Self-promoted and self-managed, Metcalf has compiled a 10-3-1 record, most notably fighting to a draw against current world champion Jamie Mitchell and a victory over Britain Hart, against whom Mitchell also drew with. Metcalf balances her boxing career along with being a single mother of 2, a personal trainer and an entrepreneur of several businesses.
In attendance ringside at the event were many notables of the DFW fight world, including two-time world champion Paulie Ayala, trainer Derrick James and Dallas mayor Eric Johnson.
Kingdom Boxing presented awards to world champions Curtis Cokes (presented posthumously to family representative Albert August), Donald Curry, Quincy Taylor, Errol Spence Jr, Maurice Hooker and Charles Hatley.
Awards were also presented to trainer Jeff Mayweather and beloved local boxing coach Jesse Montoya of Montoya Boxing Gym.