It has been an eventful few months for professional boxer Stacia “The Natural” Suttles. The Bronx native dominated her fights as part of Team Combat League (TCL), helping the New York City Attitude to the championship and being named Most Valuable Fighter of the 2025 TCL postseason.
“I had really good fights; I actually ended up having 15 consecutive wins, two knockouts within the season,” said Suttles. “The NYC Attitude made it into the playoffs by kind of the luck of the draw. … We were out of the playoffs and then the week before the playoffs started, we got a call that a team was eliminated for various reasons, so we were in the playoffs.
“First, we beat a team that beat us twice, then we beat the top team of the league, an undefeated team,” she added. “In the finals, we were fighting Philly, a team that we also lost to twice and we ended up beating them by one point in the finals. It was like a movie moment.”
Suttles hopes that the next scene in the movie involves signing with a promoter and starting to have regular professional fights. TCL has been a fantastic experience and the championship is sweet, but each fighter on the team only fights one round. Undefeated as a professional, 2–0 with one KO, she is eager to see herself on traditional fight cards.
“A goal I had going into TCL was to gain exposure, show promoters who I am, what I’m about, show them my fighting style, and I was able to do that,” said Suttles, 31. “I’m hoping that it turns into a good contract with a big promotional company. That really is my goal.”
Until the ink is dry on a contract, Suttles, who currently lives and trains in Philadelphia, has continued to run her business helping children and adults develop social and emotional skills through boxing. She teaches in after-school programs, summer camps, and does private coaching. One day this summer, she attended a summer camp at the Haverford School for half the day and then went to a weigh-in for a TCL fight.
“I definitely recommend Team Combat League to amateur boxers coming into the pro ranks that want to get that experience,” said Suttles. “Now, I want to continue in the traditional avenue of professional fighting. … Hopefully, by the end of the year we’ll have something set.”