Joana Pastrana Gallardo (born 29 September 1990) is a Spanish professional boxer who held the IBF female mini-flyweight title from 2018 to 2019. At regional level, she held the European female mini-flyweight title in 2017.

Joana Pastrana
Pastrana in 2018
Born (1990-09-29) 29 September 1990 (age 33)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Statistics
Weight(s)Mini-flyweight
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Boxing record
Total fights20
Wins17
Wins by KO5
Losses3

Career edit

Early career edit

Pastrana started boxing in 2013 in amateur competitions in her hometown Lozoyuela, Madrid. Before boxing, Pastrana practiced Muay Thai and kickboxing, but she did not like them, so she switched to boxing.[2]

Professional career edit

Pastrana debuted professionally on 6 February 2016 defeating Bulgarian fighter Ivana Yaneva by technical knockout at the first round in a bout held at the Restaurante Escuela Taurina in Fuente el Saz de Jarama in the Community of Madrid. At the time, Pastrana became the only professional boxer from Madrid.[3]

In October 2016, Pastrana competed for the vacant WBC silver female minimumweight title against Tina Rupprecht, but lost by unanimous decision after ten rounds. This was also the first loss in her professional career.[4]

In May 2017, Pastrana won the EBU European female minimumweight title, after defeating French Sandy Coget by unanimous decision, in a bout held at the Palacio Vistalegre in Madrid.[5] A few months later, in September, Pastrana made the first defense of her European title against Judit Hachbold, defeating the Hungarian fighter by knockout in the third round.[6]

On 22 June 2018, Pastrana won the IBF world female minimumweight title, her first world title, against German Asiye Özlem Sahin. Pastrana became the second Spanish female boxer to win a world title after María Jesús Rosa Reina, who won an IBF world championship in 2004.[7]

Pastrana made two successful defenses of her world title. One against Siriporn Thaweesuk won by technical knockout and another one against Ana Arrazola won by unanimous decision.[8][9]

On 4 August 2019, Pastrana fought Yokasta Valle from Costa Rica for the mini flyweight world title, in a bout held at Marbella. Pastrana lost the fight by split decision after ten rounds.[10]

Outside Boxing edit

In 2023 Joana Pastrana played the Spanish version of The Traitors. She was a faithful and won with Leo Margets.

Professional boxing record edit

20 fights 17 wins 3 losses
By knockout 5 0
By decision 12 3
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
20 Win 17–3   Anne Sophie Da Costa UD 10 26 Jun 2021   WiZink Center, Madrid, Spain Retained European female mini-flyweight title
19 Win 16–3   Catalina Diaz UD 10 16 Oct 2020   Pabellón Ciudad Deportiva Navafría, Moralzarzal, Spain Won vacant European female mini-flyweight title
18 Loss 15–3   Katia Gutiérrez SD 10 23 Nov 2019   Pabellón Ciudad Deportiva Navafría, Moralzarzal, Spain For vacant WBC Silver female mini-flyweight title
17 Loss 15–2   Yokasta Valle SD 10 4 Aug 2019   Plaza de Toros de Puerto Banús, Marbella, Spain Lost IBF female mini-flyweight title
16 Win 15–1   Ana Arrazola UD 10 9 Mar 2019   Pabellón Ciudad Deportiva Navafría, Moralzarzal, Spain Retained IBF female mini-flyweight title
15 Win 14–1   Siriporn Thaweesuk TKO 7 (10) 5 Oct 2018   Polideportivo José Caballero, Alcobendas, Spain Retained IBF female mini-flyweight title
14 Win 13–1   Asiye Özlem Sahin MD 10 22 Jun 2018   Polideportivo José Caballero, Alcobendas, Spain Won vacant IBF female mini-flyweight title
13 Win 12–1   Claudia Ferenczi UD 6 17 Nov 2017   Pabellón Municipal José Antonio Paraíso, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
12 Win 11–1   Judit Hachbold KO 3 (10) 22 Sep 2017   Polideportivo José Caballero, Alcobendas, Spain Retained European female mini-flyweight title
11 Win 10–1   Claudia Ferenczi UD 6 30 Jun 2017   Recinto Ferial, Colmenar Viejo, Spain
10 Win 9–1   Sandy Coget UD 10 5 May 2017   Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid, Spain Won vacant European female mini-flyweight title
9 Win 8–1   Judit Hachbold UD 6 11 Mar 2017   Gimnasio Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain
8 Loss 7–1   Tina Rupprecht UD 10 7 Oct 2016   Eventcenter, Königsbrunn, Germany For vacant WBC Silver female mini-flyweight title
7 Win 7–0   Katherine Quintana UD 6 25 Jun 2016   Recinto Ferial, Colmenar Viejo, Spain
6 Win 6–0   Melinda Pantis UD 6 27 May 2016   Polideportivo José Caballero, Alcobendas, Spain
5 Win 5–0   Melinda Pantis UD 4 7 May 2016   Gimnasio del Rayo Vallecano, Madrid, Spain
4 Win 4–0   Teodora Bacheva UD 6 9 Apr 2016   Casino Gran Madrid, Torrelodones, Spain
3 Win 3–0   Ana Mariya Simeonova TKO 2 (4) 19 Mar 2016   Polideportivo Municipal, Fuente el Saz de Jarama, Spain
2 Win 2–0   Maribel de Sousa TKO 1 (4) 28 Feb 2016   Gimnasio del Rayo Vallecano, Madrid, Spain
1 Win 1–0   Ivana Yaneva TKO 1 (4) 6 Feb 2016   Restaurante Escuela Taurina, Fuente el Saz de Jarama, Spain

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "BoxRec: Joana Pastrana". BoxRec. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. ^ "La boxeadora Joana Pastrana está enganchada a los golpes" (in Spanish). Vice. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Joana Pastrana: "Me gusta la presión del ring"" (PDF). Diario AS (in Spanish). 11 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Augsburgerin Tina Rupprecht feiert ihren ersten WM-Gürtel" (in German). Augsburger Allgemeine. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Joana Pastrana hace historia y conquista Europa". AEBOX.org (in Spanish). 6 May 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Joana Pastrana gana por KO a Hachbold y retiene el título europeo". Marca.com (in Spanish). 23 September 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Joana Pastrana hace historia: campeona del mundo del peso mínimo". Marca.com (in Spanish). 23 June 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  8. ^ "La genial explicación de Joana Pastrana y el K.O. con el que revalidó su título mundial". Eurosport.es (in Spanish). 10 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Ana Arrazola no puede destronar a Joana Pastrana". Marca.com (in Spanish). 9 March 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  10. ^ "La boxeadora española Joana Pastrana pierde el título mundial de peso mínimo ante la costarricense Yokasta Valle". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.