Carolina Duer
 | This article needs to be updated. (January 2020) |
| Carolina Raquel Duer | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Bantamweight |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Born | 5 August 1978 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 24 |
| Wins | 19 |
| Wins by KO | 6 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Draws | 1 |
Carolina Raquel Duer (born 5 August 1978) is an Argentine boxer and former world champion.[1][2][3]
She formerly held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight and earlier the WBO super flyweight championship.[1] Her record as of January 2018 was 19–4–1.[1][2]
Early life and personal[]
Duer was born 5 August 1978, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2] She is the daughter of Syrian immigrants.[1]
She is Jewish, attended a Jewish day school and Maccabi club, and celebrated her Bat Mitzvah in the Iona Hebrew Center, a Conservative synagogue.[1][2][4] She attended the Jaim Najman Bialik Primary School in Buenos Aires.[1]
Boxing career[]
Duer won 19 of 20 fights as an amateur, and turned pro in 2007.[5]
Duer became the WBO world super flyweight champion (fighters weighing 112 pounds to 115 pounds) in December 2010, and defended that title six times.[1][5][6][7]
She won the WBO world bantamweight title in July 2013, and in July 2014, Duer defeated Ana Maria Lozano of Venezuela by unanimous decision in Lanus, Argentina, in her second defense of the crown in the bantamweight 115- to 118-pound class.[1] Her record as of September 2014 was 17–3–1.[1][2]
She is the eighth Argentine woman to hold a WBO boxing championship, and the first Jewish one.[8]
On August 26, 2016, and after a pause in her career due to her maternity, Duer won for the third time the[9] IBF world bantamweight after defeating the Brazilian boxer by technical knockout. She lost the title in her first defense, to , by split decision.[10]
Television[]
In 2013 Duer took part in the reality TV show Celebrity Splash! (Argentina), which teaches celebrities the art of diving.[11]
Duer began to announce boxing in 2014 on National Public Television.[1]
Professional boxing record[]
See also[]
- List of select Jewish boxers
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "Argentine boxer Carolina Duer defends bantamweight crown". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Carolina Raquel Duer – Boxer". boxrec.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Argentine boxer Carolina Duer defends bantamweight crown; First Jewish woman to hold a WBO crown has retained it six times". The Times of Israel. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Argentinian Jewish boxer defends her title; Carolina Raquel Duer, the World Boxing Organization's super flyweight champion, steps back into the ring". The Jerusalem Post. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Daniel Koren (29 July 2013). "Carolina Duer, First Jewish Woman To Win WBO Title; The Argentinian boxer, and former kibbutznik, known as 'The Turk,' has won 15 of 18 professional matches". Shalom Life. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Argentine Jewish boxer wins first bantamweight title; Carolina Duer becomes 8th Argentine woman - and first Jewish one - to hold World Boxing Organization championship". Haaretz. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Interview: The 'Iron Barbie', Carolina Duer | Jonathan Gilbert". jonathan-gilbert.com. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-09-06. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ "Jewish Boxer Retains Championship Belt". The Forward. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ La porteña Carolina Duer conquistó el título mundial gallo de la FIB
- ^ Maria Roman Upsets Champ Carolina Duer in Argentina, The Sweet Science
- ^ Carolina Duer y Ariel Ortega, eliminados de Celebrity Splash Archived 2014-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, 23 July 2013, ar.celebridades.yahoo.com
External links[]
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Argentine Jews
- Boxers from Buenos Aires
- World Boxing Organization champions
- World bantamweight boxing champions
- World super-flyweight boxing champions
- Jewish boxers
- Argentine women boxers
- Argentine people of Syrian-Jewish descent
- Jewish Argentine sportspeople
- Conservative Jews