Jessica Camara (born 18 April 1988) is a Canadian

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

who challenged for the WBA, WBO, and IBO female

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titles in November 2021.

Professional career

Camara made her professional debut on 30 March 2017, scoring a four-round

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(UD) victory against Heidy Martinez at the

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in Canada. After compiling a record of 7–1, she faced Melissa St. Vil for the vacant WBO- NABO female

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title on 8 February 2021 at the

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. Camara lost via ten-round UD with two judges scoring the bout 96–94 and the third scoring it 97–93. After an eight-round UD victory against

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in May 2021, she faced reigning champion

Kali Reis Kali Reis (born August 24, 1986) is an American professional boxer and actress. She is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC female middleweight title in 2016 and the WBA, WBO, and IBO female light welterweight titl ...

for the WBA, IBO, and vacant WBO female light welterweight titles on 19 November at the

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. In her first attempt at a world championship, Camara suffered the third defeat of her career, losing via ten-round

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(SD) with one judge scoring the bout 96–94 in favour of Camara while the other two scored it 97–93 for Reis.

Professional boxing record

References

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