Yamileth Mercado

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Yamileth Mercado
Statistics
Nickname(s)La Yeimi
Weight(s)Super bantamweight
NationalityMexican
BornAlmendra Yamileth Mercado Duarte
(1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 (age 23)
Cuauhtémoc,Chihuahua,México
Boxing record[1]
Total fights21
Wins18
Wins by KO5
Losses3
Draws0
No contests0

Almendra Yamileth Mercado Duarte (born 16 March 1998) is a Mexican professional boxer who has held the WBC female super bantamweight title since 2019. As of April 2021, she is ranked as the world's second best active female super bantamweight by BoxRec.[2]

Professional career[]

Mercado made her professional debut on 19 July 2014, scoring a first-round unanimous decision (UD) victory over Yoatzin Meraz at the Gimnasio Municipal in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico.[3] She had one more fight in 2014–a UD win against Susana Uribe in December[4]–before securing three more wins in 2015; technical knockout (TKO) wins over Karla Valenzuela in March[5] and Estefania Talamantes in August;[6] followed by an eight-round UD win over Lesly Morales in November.[7]

She had two wins over Diana Gutierrez in 2016–a third-round TKO in March[8] and a six-round UD in an August rematch[9]–before going on to fight Jessica Munoz for the vacant WBC FECOMBOX female super bantamweight title. The bout took place on 3 March 2017 at the Gimnasio Municipal in Nuevo Casas Grandes. Mercado suffered her first professional defeat via UD over ten rounds, with the three judges scoring the bout 100–90, 99–91 and 98–92 in favour of Munoz.[10] Mercado bounced back with two more wins at the end of 2017; a UD against Milagros Diaz in November[11] and a corner retirement (RTD) victory over Juana Felix in December.[12]

She competed four times in 2018, securing UD wins over Marisol Corona in January;[13] Debani Balderas in March;[14] and Beatriz Arangure in June.[15] Her final fight of the year was a world title shot against reigning WBC female super bantamweight champion Fatuma Zarika. The bout took place on 8 September at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Mercado lost in her first attempt at world honours via split decision (SD), with two judges scoring the bout 99–91 and 97–93 in favour of Zarika, while the third scored it 96–94 to Mercado.[16]

Her first fight of 2019 was on 16 February at the Poliforum in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Mexico. Mercado defeated Alys Sanchez via UD over ten rounds with the three judges scoring the bout 100–90, 99–91 and 96–93, awarding Mercado the vacant WBC International title.[17] She successfully defended her title by UD against Karina Fernandez on 28 June, with all three judges scoring the bout 97–91.[18] Her final fight of 2019 was a rematch against WBC world champion Fatuma Zarika. The bout took place on 16 November at the Poliforum in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc. Mercado captured the WBC super bantamweight title via UD over ten rounds. Two judges scored the bout 98–92 while the third scored it 99–91.[19]

In 2020 Yamileth defeated Irasema Rayas by TKO on the round number 4. Then she defended her super bantamweight title against Alejandra Guzmán and Angelica Rascón winning both fight via unanimious decision.

In 2021 Yamileth went up to featherweight to face the champion [[Amanda Serrano]] for both of her titles on the [[Jake Paul vs. Tyrone Woodley]] undercard, however after a close match Amanda took the victory via unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record[]

Professional record summary
21 fights 18 wins 3 losses
By knockout 5 0
By decision 13 3
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
21 Loss 18–3 Puerto Rico Amanda Serrano UD 10 29 Aug 2021 United States Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. For WBC, WBO, and IBO female featherweight titles
20 Win 18–2 United States Angelica Rascon UD 10 26 Jun 2021 Mexico Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua City, Mexico Retained WBC female super bantamweight title
19 Win 17–2 Mexico Alejandra Guzmán UD 10 6 Feb 2021 Mexico Jardines del Pedregal, Hermosillo, Mexico Retained WBC female super bantamweight title
18 Win 16–2 Mexico Irasema Rayas TKO 4 (8), 1:36 25 Sep 2020 Mexico Grand Hotel, Tijuana, Mexico
17 Win 15–2 Kenya Fatuma Zarika UD 10 16 Nov 2019 Mexico Poliforum, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Mexico Won WBC female super bantamweight title
16 Win 14–2 Mexico Karina Fernandez UD 10 28 Jun 2019 Mexico Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua City, Mexico Retained WBC International female super bantamweight title
15 Win 13–2 Venezuela Alys Sanchez UD 10 16 Feb 2019 Mexico Poliforum, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Mexico Won vacant WBC International female super bantamweight title
14 Loss 12–2 Kenya Fatuma Zarika SD 10 8 Sep 2018 Kenya Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya For WBC female super bantamweight title
13 Win 12–1 Mexico Beatriz Arangure UD 6 1 Jun 2018 Mexico Gimnasio Solidaridad, Hermosillo, Mexico
12 Win 11–1 Mexico Debani Balderas UD 6 10 Mar 2018 Mexico Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua City, Mexico
11 Win 10–1 Mexico Marisol Corona UD 6 27 Jan 2018 Mexico Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Mexico
10 Win 9–1 Mexico Juana Felix RTD 1 (6), 2:00 29 Dec 2017 Mexico Gimnasio Municipal Luis Estrada Medina, Guasave, Mexico
9 Win 8–1 Mexico Milagros Diaz UD 6 11 Nov 2017 Mexico Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua City, Mexico
8 Loss 7–1 Mexico Jessica Munoz UD 10 3 Mar 2017 Mexico Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico For vacant WBC FECOMBOX female super bantamweight title
7 Win 7–0 Mexico Diana Gutierrez UD 6 13 Aug 2016 Mexico Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
6 Win 6–0 Mexico Diana Gutierrez TKO 3 (6) 5 Mar 2016 Mexico Centro Civico, Ascensión, Mexico
5 Win 5–0 Mexico Lesly Morales UD 8 14 Nov 2015 Mexico Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
4 Win 4–0 Mexico Estefania Talamantes TKO 4 (6), 2:10 15 Aug 2015 Mexico Arena Coliseo, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
3 Win 3–0 Mexico Karla Valenzuela TKO 1 (6) 21 Mar 2015 Mexico Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
2 Win 2–0 Mexico Susana Uribe UD 4 20 Dec 2014 Mexico Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Geandes, Mexico
1 Win 1–0 Mexico Yoatzin Meraz UD 4 19 Jul 2014 Mexico Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico

References[]

  1. ^ "Boxing record for Yamileth Mercado". BoxRec.
  2. ^ "BoxRec: Female super bantamweight ratings". boxrec.com. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  3. ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Yoatzin Meraz". boxrec.com. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Susana Uribe". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Karla Valenzuela". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  6. ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Estefania Talamantes". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  7. ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Lesly Morales". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  8. ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Diana Gutierrez I". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  9. ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Diana Gutierrez II". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  10. ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Jessica Munoz". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  11. ^ ""Chema" gana en Chihuahua". BoxeoMundial. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  12. ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Juana Felix". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  13. ^ Chavira, Efrén (31 January 2018). "Gana Yamileth a Marisol Corona por decisión". El Heraldo de Chihuahua. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  14. ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Debani Balderas". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  15. ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Beatriz Arangure". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  16. ^ Vidija, Patrick (8 September 2018). "Fatuma Zarika beats Mexican Yamileth Mercado to retain WBC title". The Star. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Yamileth Mercado Captures the WBC International Super Bantamweight Championship by Decision over Alys Sanchez". WomenOfBoxing. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  18. ^ "WBC International Super Bantamweight Champion Yamileth Mercado Moves Through Karina Fernandez, Targets Champion Fatuma Zarika". WomenOfBoxing. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  19. ^ Ayodi, Ayumba (17 November 2019). "Fatuma Zarika loses world title". Daily Nation. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

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Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Yazmín Rivas 		WBC International female super bantamweight champion
16 February 2019 – October 2019
Vacated 		Vacant
World boxing titles
Preceded by WBC super bantamweight champion
16 November 2019 – present 		Incumbent
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