Melinda Watpool

Melinda Watpool is a Canadian professional boxer who has challenged for the WBO female super-middleweight title. As an amateur she represented her country at two World Championships.

Career

After an amateur career featuring more than 60 bouts including representing Canada at two World Championships, Watpool turned professional in 2022.
With a perfect record of six wins from six pro-fights, she defeated Natasha Spence via unanimous decision at Pickering Casino Resort in Pickering, Ontario, to claim the vacant WBA female International middleweight title on 20 September 2024.
Moving up a weight division, she faced Shadasia Green for the vacant WBO female super-middleweight title on the undercard of the Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson contest at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on 15 November 2024. Watpool lost by split decision with one ringside judge scoring the fight 96–94 in her favour, while the other two had it 97–94 and 96–94 respectively for her opponent.

Away from boxing, Watpool co-owns a hardware store in the Pefferlaw community in Georgina, Ontario.

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
8	Loss	7–1	Shadasia Green		10	15 Nov 2024	AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, USA	For vacant WBO female super-middleweight title
7	Win	7–0	Natasha Spence	UD	10	20 Sep 2024	Pickering Casino Resort, Pickering Ontario, Canada	Won vacant WBA female International middleweight title
6	Win	6–0	Adriana Dos Santos Araujo	UD	8	13 Apr 2024	Pickering Casino Resort, Pickering, Ontario, Canada
5	Win	5–0	Natasha Spence	UD	6	2 Dec 2023	Pickering Casino Resort, Pickering,,Ontario, Canada
4	Win	4–0	Patricia Gonzalez	UD	8	9 Sep 2023	Pickering Casino Resort, Pickering, Ontario, Canada
3	Win	3–0	Angelica Lopez Flores		4, 3:00	27 May 2023	CAA Centre, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
2	Win	2–0	Sofia Cervantes Leos		1, 0:47	28 Jan 2023	Pickering Casino Resort, Pickering, Ontario, Canada
1	Win	1–0	Silvia Silva Barraza		4	9 Sep 2022	CAA Centre, Brampton, Ontario, Canada