Yokasta Galeth Valle Álvarez (born 28 August 1992) is a Costa Rican

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. She is a world champion in two

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, having held the

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female mini flyweight title since 2019 and previously the IBF female junior mini flyweight title in 2016. She has also challenged once for the

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female

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title in 2017 and once for the WBC female mini flyweight title in 2018. As of May 2020, she is ranked as the world's fourth best active female mini flyweight by

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Early life

Born on 28 August 1992 in

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, and later moved to

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due to her father's influence. Her first fight was when she was 13 years old.

Professional career

Valle debuted on 26 July 2014 in

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, defeating Mexican boxer Guadalupe "La Fiera" Atilano by

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. On 1 December 2017, Valle fought for the

female

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title against Japanese

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, but she lost by unanimous decision in ten rounds. This was also Valle's first defeat in her professional career. In 2018, Valle was named Tina Rupprecht's rival for the vacant WBC minimumweight world championship, after reigning champion

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retired. Valle lost against the German, in a fight taking place in Munich on 16 June 2018 by unanimous decision, this was her second career loss. On 4 August 2019, Valle fought

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for the

mini flyweight world championship title, in a bout held at

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. Valle won the fight by split decision, becoming the new mini flyweight female world champion.

Professional boxing record

Personal life

Valle participated in the 2018 Costa Rican version of ''

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''.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valle, Yokasta 1992 births Living people Mini-flyweight boxers Costa Rican women boxers International Boxing Federation champions Costa Rican people of Nicaraguan descent Nicaraguan emigrants to Costa Rica