Maribel Ramírez (born Maribel Ramírez de Jesús on 28 June 1986) is a Mexican

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. She has held the WBA female

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title since 2018 and has challenged twice for the WBC female super flyweight title in 2012 and 2013.

Early life

Maribel Ramírez de Jesús was born on 28 June 1986. She made her boxing debut in July 2009, achieving a win by TKO over Tanzet Ramirez. Her boxing nickname is "Pantera," which is Spanish for "Panther."

Professional career

With a record of six wins and a draw from her first seven fights, in November 2010 Ramírez faced

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for the interim

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World Female Flyweight Title, losing by knockout. Following this she achieved a points victory over Guadalupe Bautista in February 2011, before losing to Esmeralda Moreno for the

Silver Female Light Fly Title in November 2011. Her next three fights saw mixed results – a loss, a win, and a draw. In November 2012, Ramírez was a late replacement for Shondel Alfred to fight

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for the vacant WBC female

title, after Alfred was found to be pregnant. Munoz won by

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, with all three judges scoring the contest 96–94 in her favour. Ramírez lost again to Munoz for the title in August 2013, being knocked out in the first round. After a defeat of Esmeralda Moreno in February 2014, Ramírez lost three successive fights for the interim

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World Female Light Fly Title, against

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in November 2014, Joselyn Arroyo Ruiz in March 2015, and Dayana Cordero in May 2016. Ramírez became WBA female

world champion by defeating Lecca by

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in May 2018. She made a successful defence against former world champion Aniya Seki in October 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramirez, Maribel 1986 births Living people Mexican women boxers Bantamweight boxers World Boxing Association champions