Christina Linardatou Durán (born 4 March 1988) is a Greek

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. She is a two-time WBO female junior-welterweight champion, having held the title since 2020, and previously in 2019. She also challenged once for the WBC female

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title in 2016. As of September 2020, she is ranked as the world's best active female junior-welterweight by ''The Ring'' and third

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Career

Early career

Born in

Santiago de los Caballeros Santiago de los Caballeros (; '' en, James, son of Zebedee, Saint James of the Knights''), often shortened to Santiago, is the second-largest city in the Dominican Republic and the fourth-largest city in the Caribbean by population. It is the cap ...

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, Linardatou moved to

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when she was a kid. Later, she started to practice

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Professional career

After some fights in Greece, Linardatou moved to

to start her professional career. On 4 June 2016, Linardatou made her first attempt at a world championship, challenging

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for the WBC female

title at Sporthal Schiervelde in

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, Belgium, losing by

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. her first championship fight, Linardatou lost for the WBC

title against

. The . On 24 March 2019, Linardatou won the vacant WBO female

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title, after beating

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via

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in round six. This was the first world championship bout held in

. On 7 June 2019, Linardatou made the first defense of her title, defeating Deanha Hobbs by unanimous decision over ten rounds in a bout held at the

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Professional boxing record

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Linardatou, Christina 1988 births Living people Light-welterweight boxers Greek women boxers People from Santiago de los Caballeros World Boxing Organization champions