Nora Leticia Cardoza Vazquez (born 16 April 1983) is a Mexican
professional boxer
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. She has challenged for world titles on three occasions; the
WBC female
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Boxing
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title in 2013;
WBA female atomweight title in 2019; and the
WBA (Regular)
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female
light flyweight
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Professional boxing
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title in December 2020. At regional level she held the
NABF female
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Boxing
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title in 2014.
Professional career
Cardoza made her professional debut on 23 February 2007, scoring a second-round
technical knockout
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(UD) victory against Magaly Avalos at the Palacio de los Combates in
Durango City
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, Mexico.
After compiling a record of 7–3–2 (4 KO) she fought for her first championship—the vacant
WBC Silver
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female
atomweight Atomweight (also referred to as light minimumweight, junior strawweight, junior mini-flyweight and pinweight) is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
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title—against Ivoon Rosas on 3 May 2013, at the Palenque de la Feria in Durango City. Cardoza lost the bout via ten-round
unanimous decision
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(UD).
She bounced back from defeat with an eight-round UD victory against Claudia Elizalde in August, before challenging reigning champion
Momo Koseki
is a Japanese former professional boxer. She is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBC female atomweight title from 2008 to 2015; the WBA female atomweight title in 2015; and the WBC female strawweight title in 2017. Koseki has made ...
for the
WBC female atomweight title
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Stand: June 3, 2020.
r – Champion relinquished title.
s – Champion stripped of title.
On July 30, 2011, Ana María Torres won the first f ...
on 14 November at the
Korakuen Hall
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History
On April 16, 1962, the Korakuen Hall was officially opened with ...
in
Tokyo
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, Japan. Cardoza failed in her first attempt to capture a world title, losing via UD with two judges scoring the bout 97–91 and the third judge scoring it 96–92.
In her next fight she defeated Lorena Mendoza by fourth-round stoppage via UD to capture the vacant
NABF female atomweight title on 17 May 2014, at the Plaza de Toros Alejandra in Durango City.
Following five more wins, two by stoppage, Cardoza challenged
Monserrat Alarcón
Monserrat Alarcón (born 7 March 1994) is a Mexican professional boxer. She is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBA female light minimumweight title since 2018 and previously the WBO female flyweight title from 2017 to ...
for the
WBA female atomweight title on 20 April 2019, at the Plaza Principal in
Atotonilco El Alto
Atotonilco El Alto is a town and municipalities of Jalisco, municipality, in Jalisco in Los Altos (Jalisco) region in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 638.15 km.
Atotonilco (pronounced ah-toh-toh-NEAL-co) means "plac ...
, Mexico. Cardoza was defeated in her second attempt at a world title, losing via UD with two judges scoring the bout 100–90 and the third judge scored it 99–91.
After a UD defeat against
Kim Clavel
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Professional career
Clavel made her professional debut on Dec ...
in June and a TKO victory against Ana Paola Guerva n August, she made a third attempt at a world championship, facing
Guadalupe Bautista
María Guadalupe Bautista Hernández (born 19 April 1988) is a Mexican professional boxer. She is a two-time world light flyweight champion, having held the WBA (Regular) female title since December 2020 and previously the IBF female title in ...
for the vacant
WBA (Regular) female light flyweight title on 12 December 2020, at the Salon de Fiestas Figlos Stase in
Culiacán
Culiacán, officially Culiacán Rosales, is a city in northwestern Mexico, the capital and largest city of both the Culiacán Municipality and the state of Sinaloa. The city was founded on 29 September 1531, by the Spanish Conquistadores, con ...
, Mexico. Cardoza suffered the eighth defeat of her career, losing via shutout UD with all three judges scoring the bout 100–90.
Professional boxing record
References
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Living people
1983 births
Mexican women boxers
Boxers from Chihuahua (state)
Atomweight boxers
Light-flyweight boxers
People from Parral, Chihuahua