María Cecilia Román

Mariá Cecilia Román (born 21 January 1983) is an Argentine professional boxer who has held the IBF female bantamweight title since 2017. As of September 2020, she is ranked as the world's third best active female bantamweight by BoxRec[2] and fourth by The Ring.[3]

Mariá Cecilia Román
Statistics
Weight(s)Bantamweight
NationalityArgentine
Born (1983-01-21) 21 January 1983
Villa Mallea, San Juan, Argentina
Boxing record[1]
Total fights21
Wins15
Wins by KO0
Losses4
Draws1
No contests1

Professional career

Román made her professional debut on 13 May 2011, scoring a four-round unanimous decision (UD) victory over Yessika Munoz at the Estadio Aldo Cantoni in San Juan, Argentina.[4]

After compiling a record of 9–4–1, Román faced Anahi Yolanda Salles for the vacant Argentine female bantamweight title, with the bout taking place on 10 September 2016 at the Club Social y Deportivo Aberastain in Pocitos, Argentina. Román defeated Salles via UD over ten rounds, with the judges' scorecards reading 99.5–96.5, 99–96 and 98–95.[5]

Her next fight came on 4 August 2017 at the Salon Tattersall in San Isidro, against Carolina Duer for the IBF female bantamweight title. Román captured the title via split decision (SD), with two judges scoring the bout 96–94 and 95–94 in favour of Román, while the third scored it 96–94 to Duer.[6]

The first defence of her newly acquired title came four months later in December against Ana Maria Lozano. Román scored a disqualification (DQ) win in the second round after she suffered a cut on her forehead following a headbutt from Lozano in the opening round.[7] She defeated Lozano via UD in an April 2018[8] rematch before defeating Duer for a second time in August via SD.[9] Her final fight of 2018 was a six-round non-title bout against Vanesa Taborda in December at the Estadio Aldo Cantoni in San Juan. The referee called a halt to the fight in the second round after Román suffered a cut to her forehead resulting from an accidental clash of heads. The fight was ruled a no contest (NC).[10]

She defended her title twice in 2019, scoring UD wins over Valeria Perez in March[11] and Julieta Cardozo in August.[12]

Professional boxing record

Professional record summary
21 fights 15 wins 4 losses
By knockout 0 0
By decision 15 4
Draws 1
No contests 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
21 Win 15–4–1 (1) Julieta Cardozo UD 10 16 Aug 2019 Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina Retained IBF female bantamweight title
20 Win 14–4–1 (1) Valeria Perez UD 10 15 Mar 2019 Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina Retained IBF female bantamweight title
19 NC 13–4–1 (1) Vanesa Lorena Taborda NC 2 (10) 21 Dec 2018 Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina Retained IBF female bantamweight title;
Fight stopped after Román cut from accidental head clash
18 Win 13–4–1 Carolina Duer SD 10 4 Aug 2018 Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina Retained IBF female bantamweight title
17 Win 12–4–1 Ana Maria Lozano UD 10 14 Apr 2018 Club Julio Mocoroa, San Juan, Argentina Retained IBF female bantamweight title
16 Win 11–4–1 Ana Maria Lozano DQ 2 (10) 15 Dec 2017 Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina Retained IBF female bantamweight title;
Lozano disqualified after Román cut from headbutt
15 Win 10–4–1 Carolina Duer SD 10 4 Aug 2017 Salon Tattersall, San Isidro, Argentina Won IBF female bantamweight title
14 Win 9–4–1 Anahi Yolanda Salles UD 10 10 Sep 2016 Club Social y Deportivo Aberastain, Pocito, Argentina Won vacant Argentine female bantamweight title
13 Win 8–4–1 Adriana Maldonado UD 6 7 Jul 2016 San Juan, Argentina
12 Win 7–4–1 Lilian Dolores Silva UD 4 22 Apr 2016 Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina
11 Win 6–4–1 Marta Soledad Juncos UD 6 23 Mar 2016 Club Sportivo Unión, Altos de Sierra, Argentina
10 Win 5–4–1 Marta Soledad Juncos PTS 4 18 Sep 2015 Club Sportivo Palmira, San Juan, Argentina
9 Win 4–4–1 Gloria Yancaqueo MD 4 21 Aug 2015 Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina
8 Win 3–4–1 Alejandra Morales UD 4 10 Jul 2015 Club Sportivo Palmira, San Juan, Argentina
7 Win 2–4–1 Johana Sanchez UD 4 27 Mar 2015 Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina
6 Draw 1–4–1 Marta Juncos MD 4 20 Dec 2014 Sociedad Española, San Luis, Argentina
5 Loss 1–4 Julieta Cardozo SD 4 18 Jul 2014 Club Social y Cultural El Cruce, Malvinas Argentinas, Argentina
4 Loss 1–3 Julieta Cardozo UD 4 19 Apr 2014 Club Social y Cultural El Cruce, Malvinas Argentinas, Argentina
3 Loss 1–2 Vanesa del Valle Calderon UD 4 17 Aug 2012 Santiago del Estero, Argentina
2 Loss 1–1 Carolina Rodriguez UD 6 20 Aug 2011 Gimnasio Club Mexico, Santiago, Chile
1 Win 1–0 Yessika Munoz UD 4 13 May 2011 Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina

References

  1. "Boxing record for Mariá Cecilia Román". BoxRec.
  2. "BoxRec: Female bantamweight ratings". boxrec.com. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. "The Ring Women's Ratings". The Ring. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. "BoxRec: Mariá Cecilia Román vs. Yessika Munoz". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. "BoxRec: Mariá Cecilia Román vs. Anahi Yolanda Salles". boxrec.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. "BoxRec: Mariá Cecilia Román vs. Carolina Duer". boxrec.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  7. Nigrelli, Gustavo (21 December 2017). "La vergüenza tiene cara". Diario Popular (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  8. "BoxRec: Mariá Cecilia Román vs. Ana Maria Lozano II". boxrec.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  9. Passehl, Johannes (6 August 2017). "Carolina Raquel Duer verliert IBF-Titel an Maria Cecilia Roman". boxwelt.com (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  10. "Rápido nocáut de Jeremías Ponce". www.diariodemocracia.com. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  11. "Cecilia Román retuvo la corona Gallo FIB en el Cantoni". sisanjuan.gob.ar. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  12. "Julieta Cardozo no pudo arrebatarle el cetro a Román". www.eltribuno.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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