Guadalupe Martínez Guzmán (born 5 April 1992) is a Mexican

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who held the WBC female

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title from 2017 to December 2020.

Professional career

Guzmán made her professional debut on 7 July 2012, scoring a four-round

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(UD) over Maria Munos at the Palenque de la Feria in

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, Mexico. All three judges scored the bout 39–37. After compiling a record of 4–2 (3 KOs), she faced Daniela Romina Bermúdez (12–2–2, 2 KOs) for the WBA interim female

title on 12 April 2013, at the Centro Cosmopolita Unión y Progreso in Roldán, Argentina. Guzmán suffered the third defeat of her career by UD (100–91.5, 100–91, 100–90.5). Her next fight was against Ana Arrazola (17–9–2, 13 KOs) for the vacant WBF female light flyweight title against on 17 August at the Hotel Paraiso Caxcan in

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, Mexico. Guzmán again lost by UD with all three judges scoring the bout 100–90. After winning her next two fights, both by UD, she faced undefeated IBF female super flyweight champion

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(14–0, 4 KOs) on 20 December at the Club Social y Cultural El Cruce in Malvinas Argentinas, Argentina. Guzmán lost by UD with all three judges scoring the bout 100–90. For her next fight she moved down in weight to challenge IBF female junior flyweight champion Naoko Shibata (11–3, 3 KOs) on 3 March 2014 at the

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, Japan. Guzmán lost in her fourth world title attempt by UD with the scorecards reading 98–92, 98–93 and 99–91. She won her next fight by

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(SD) before making a second attempt at the WBA interim female super flyweight title, this time against

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on 30 August at the Complejo Deportivo "El Cancherín" in Huarochirí, Peru. Guzmán lost by UD with all three judges scoring the bout 100–90. Her next fight was against

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(12–2–3, 5 KOs) for the WBC International female

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title. The fight took place on 13 November at Washington Hilton & Towers in

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, Guzmán again lost by UD, with all three judges scoring the bout 100–90. After a UD win the following month, she captured the

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female super flyweight title against Judith Rodriguez (8–7, 5 KOs) on 24 April 2015 at Foro Polanco in

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, Mexico. Two judges scored the bout 99–91 and the third scored it 98–92. After securing three more wins, defending her WBC Silver title once, she lost a fifth-round technical decision (TD) to Jasseth Noriega (17–4–2, 5 KOs) in October 2016. Guzmán bounced back with two UD wins before facing WBC female super flyweight champion

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(48–1–2, 28 KOs) on 13 May 2017 at the Grand Oasis Arena in

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, Mexico. In what was described as a "huge upset", Guzmán defeated the long-reigning champion via UD, with two judges scoring the bout 96–93 and the third scoring it 95–94. In her fifth defense, Guzmán lost her title on 12 December 2020, suffering a unanimous decision defeat against

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at Studios Televisa, Mexico City, Mexico. The ringside judges' scores were 97-93, 97-93 and 96-93.

Professional boxing record

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