Cecilia Comunales (born 4 December 1988 in
Paysandú
Paysandú () is the capital of Paysandú Department in western Uruguay.
Location
The city is located on the banks of the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina. It lies northwest of Montevideo via Route 1 and Route 3, on the ju ...
,
Uruguay
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) is a
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. She has a professional record of 14-1 and was the
WBA women's
lightweight
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Boxing
Professional boxing
The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing.
Notable lightweight boxe ...
champion of the world.
Early life
At age seven she won a beauty contest during the cosmopolitan city's annual "Beer Week", and has since been known as "La Reina", i.e. "The Queen". Initially inspired by the
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women's boxing movie "
Million Dollar Baby
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", Comunales began her boxing training at age 16. She compiled a 14-4-2 record as an amateur, competing mostly in
Argentina
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.
Before taking up contact sports, Comunales had practiced skating and gymnastics. She has said that her mother did not want her to get into boxing after she saw "Million Dollar Baby", so she first told her that she was training in gymnastics.
Professional career
Comunales made her professional debut on January 10, 2009 and quickly won her first 6 fights before losing in early 2010. Since that sole loss she has gone on to win her last 8 fights. On this run of wins she has picked up both the UBO and
WBA lightweight titles. Apart from one fight in Panama in 2012 all of her fights have taken place in either Argentina or Uruguay.
She won the
WBA's female world lightweight championship in 2012 by defeating the
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's
Maribel Santana by first-round technical knockout when the Caribbean boxer had to retire due to injury on May 30, 2012 in
Panama City, Panama
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. She was welcomed by 22,000 fans, including Paysandu's mayor, upon returning with the world championship belt.
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Professional boxing record
See also
*
List of Uruguayans
References
1988 births
Sportspeople from Paysandú
World boxing champions
Living people
Uruguayan women boxers
World lightweight boxing champions
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