Ruth Ashdown (born 13 September 1978)[6] is an English retired Muay Thai kickboxer who competed professionally from 2007 to 2018.
[citation needed] She is the former World Muaythai Council European flyweight and the former International Combat Organisation Muay Thai champion.
[8] In 2018 the UK Muay Thai Awards voted her the Best Female Fighter of the Year,[9] and in 2020 World Boxing Council inducted her into the Hall of Fame.
[17] In 2013 she won her first world title, the WBC Muaythai 118 lbs belt, after defeating Lailla Akounad by way of TKO.
[19] In 2016 she won a unanimous decision against Sveva Melillo to clinch her second world title, the WBC Muaythai 122 lbs championship.