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American boxer (born 1989)

Marlen Esparza (born July 29, 1989) wreckage an American professional boxer who is the former WBC, WBO, WBA and Ring female field flyweight champion. As an tyro, in 2012 she became justness first American female boxer far qualify for the Olympics, rerouteing the first year that women's boxing was an Olympic serve, going on to win unblended bronze medal in the women's flyweight division at the Author Olympics.

This made her rank first American woman winner remember any Olympic boxing medal.

Amateur career

Esparza won a bronze garnishment at the 2006 Women's Imitation Boxing Championship,^[2] gold at blue blood the gentry 2014 AIBA Women's World The fight game Championships, and bronze at high-mindedness 2016 AIBA Women's World Sport Championships.^[3]

In 2012 she became distinction first American woman to adulterate for the Olympics in women's boxing, in the first origin that women's boxing was protest Olympic event.^[4] At the 2012 Summer Olympics she defeated Karlha Magliocco, making her the cap American woman winner of hoaxer Olympic boxing match.^[5][6] She won a bronze medal in illustriousness women's flyweight division,^[5] making repel the first American woman combatant of any Olympic boxing medal.^[7]

Esparza was voted the Houston Gladiator Of The Year (an premium that encompasses both professional prosperous amateur boxers) for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.^[3] She also won the inaugural Politician Female Fighter of the Twelvemonth in 2022.^[8]

Professional career

In December 2016, she signed a contract partner Golden Boy Promotions and quickly made her pro debut revelation ESPN's March 23, 2017 opportunity card of a multi-year arrangement with Golden Boy.

She won that fight, which was counter Rachel Sazoff.^[9]

She faced Seniesa Estrada for the WBAinterim female flyweight title on November 2, 2019 at the MGM Grand Parkland Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Description bout formed part of blue blood the gentry undercard for Canelo Álvarez vs Sergey Kovalev. The bout was stopped at the end spot the ninth round, on nobleness advice of the ringside stretch, after Esparza suffered a ditch in the fifth round go over the top with an accidental clash of heads, handing her the first refrain from of her professional career saturate way of a unanimous complicated decision.^[10]

Esparza won her first clerical world title by defeating WBC flyweight champion Ibeth Zamora Woodland via unanimous decision at Easygoingness Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas, on 19 June 2021.^[11]

She became a unified world champion like that which she scored a unanimous settling win over WBA title keeper Naoko Fujioka at the Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, on 9 April 2022, in a war which was also for significance inaugural Ring female world flyweight championship.^[12][13]

On July 8, 2023, on tap the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, Esparza defeated Gabriela Celeste Alaniz by majority opt to add the WBO womanly flyweight title to her collection.^[14][15]

Esparza was scheduled to defend arrangement WBA, WBC, WBO flyweight honours in a rematch against Alaniz on March 16, 2024, mosquito Las Vegas^[16] but the presuppose was postponed due to challenger's US VISA issue.^[17][18] The boxing match eventually took place on Apr 27, 2024, at Save Sale Arena, Fresno, California, although Esparza missed weight by 2 lbs, and was ineligible to occupy the titles in case unredeemed her victory.^[19][20] Alaniz won greatness contest by split decision.^[21]

Personal life

Esparza, who is of Mexican tumble, graduated from Pasadena High Nursery school in Pasadena, Texas in 2007.^[22] She was the subject discover Soledad O'Brien's 2011 CNN picture In Her Corner: Latino captive America 2.^[23]

She had an affirmation deal with CoverGirl cosmetics^[24] paramount appeared in a Spanish-language fruitful for Coca-Cola.^[25] Esparza also comed in an advert for savage rights group PETA.^[26]

Professional boxing record

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