CANADA would not go down as a favourite hunting ground for female bantamweight Shondell `The Mystery Lady’ Alfred. Of the five defeats received so far in her career, three have been in Canada. The first occurred on June 9, 2000 in Nova Scotia. The Guyanese boxer-puncher, undefeated in three fights at the time, faced Austrian-born Doris `The Hammer’ Hackl in a six-rounder. Referee Ken Wood halted the fight at one minute and 14 seconds of the fourth round to save Alfred from ‘The Hammer’.
Lisa Brown picked up from where Hackl left off and TKOed Alfred in round two in September 2000. That fight was held in Ontario, Canada. In May 2006 Alfred lost by unanimous decision to Danielle Bouchard in Montreal, Quebec.
`The Mystery Lady’ only lost once in Guyana the other defeat came at the hands of Brazilian Alexandra Matheus in Aalborg, Denmark on February 28, 2004. However, the Guyanese was able to bounce back and won the vacant WIBA world title in September 2009 following a points-decision win over Corinne Van Ryck DeGroot.
Alfred has not been in the ring since defeating Olga Julio on November 6, 2010 at the Princess Hotel and Casino. The mother of two was set to make a comeback in November 2012 against Mexican, Zulina Muñoz, for the World Boxing Council (WBC) female Super/flyweight title.
However, the fight was cancelled when doctors performing medical checks hours before the bout, discovered that the Guyanese was more than two months pregnant.