Samantha Worthington

Samantha Worthington (née Kinchen) (born November 8, 1995) is an American professional boxer. She held the WBA interim female super-lightweight title from July 2025 until February 2026.

Career As an amateur, she won a bronze medal in the welterweight category at the 2013 Youth and Junior World Boxing Championships in Bulgaria as well as five national titles.

Worthington turned professional in 2019, and won her debut paid fight with a first round knockout.

In her eighth pro-fight, she won the Universal Boxing Organization female super-lightweight title by defeating Yazmín Rivas on a unanimous decision at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, on 20 January 2024.

In June 2024, Worthington became the first boxer to sign for five-weight world champion Claressa Shields' T-Rex Promotions. Worthington won via majority decision with two judges awarding her the bout by scores of 99–91 and 96–94 and the third seeing it as a 95–95 draw.

Back at the same venue for her first defense on 22 February 2026, Worthington lost the title to Edith Soledad Matthysse when she retired on her stool at the end of the eighth round.

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