Almendra Yamileth Mercado Duarte (born 16 March 1998) is a Mexican professional boxer who has held the WBC female super bantamweight title since 2019. As of April 2021, she is ranked as the world's second best active female super bantamweight by BoxRec.[2]
Yamileth Mercado | |
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| Born | 16 March 1998 |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Other names | La Yeimi |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Super bantamweight |
| Boxing record[1] | |
| Total fights | 24 |
| Wins | 21 |
| Wins by KO | 5 |
| Losses | 3 |
Professional career edit
Mercado made her professional debut on 19 July 2014, scoring a first-round unanimous decision (UD) victory over Yoatzin Meraz at the Gimnasio Municipal in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico.[3] She had one more fight in 2014–a UD win against Susana Uribe in December[4]–before securing three more wins in 2015; technical knockout (TKO) wins over Karla Valenzuela in March[5] and Estefania Talamantes in August;[6] followed by an eight-round UD win over Lesly Morales in November.[7]
She had two wins over Diana Gutierrez in 2016–a third-round TKO in March[8] and a six-round UD in an August rematch[9]–before going on to fight Jessica Munoz for the vacant WBC FECOMBOX female super bantamweight title. The bout took place on 3 March 2017 at the Gimnasio Municipal in Nuevo Casas Grandes. Mercado suffered her first professional defeat via UD over ten rounds, with the three judges scoring the bout 100–90, 99–91 and 98–92 in favour of Munoz.[10] Mercado bounced back with two more wins at the end of 2017; a UD against Milagros Diaz in November[11] and a corner retirement (RTD) victory over Juana Felix in December.[12]
She competed four times in 2018, securing UD wins over Marisol Corona in January;[13] Debani Balderas in March;[14] and Beatriz Arangure in June.[15] Her final fight of the year was a world title shot against reigning WBC female super bantamweight champion Fatuma Zarika. The bout took place on 8 September at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Mercado lost in her first attempt at world honours via split decision (SD), with two judges scoring the bout 99–91 and 97–93 in favour of Zarika, while the third scored it 96–94 to Mercado.[16]
Her first fight of 2019 was on 16 February at the Poliforum in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Mexico. Mercado defeated Alys Sanchez via UD over ten rounds with the three judges scoring the bout 100–90, 99–91 and 96–93, awarding Mercado the vacant WBC International title.[17] She successfully defended her title by UD against Karina Fernandez on 28 June, with all three judges scoring the bout 97–91.[18] Her final fight of 2019 was a rematch against WBC world champion Fatuma Zarika. The bout took place on 16 November at the Poliforum in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc. Mercado captured the WBC super bantamweight title via UD over ten rounds. Two judges scored the bout 98–92 while the third scored it 99–91.[19]
In 2020 Yamileth defeated Irasema Rayas by TKO on the round number 4. Then she defended her super bantamweight title against Alejandra Guzmán and Angelica Rascón winning both fight via unanimous decision.
In 2021 Yamileth went up to featherweight to face the champion Amanda Serrano for both of her titles on the Jake Paul vs. Tyrone Woodley undercard, however after a close match Amanda took the victory via unanimous decision.
Professional boxing record edit
| 24 fights | 21 wins | 3 losses |
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| By knockout | 5 | 0 |
| By decision | 16 | 3 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 24 | Win | 21–3 |  Kudakwashe Chiwandire
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UD | 10 | 18 Mar 2023 |  Chihuahua City, Mexico
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Retained WBC female super bantamweight title |
| 23 | Win | 20–3 | Mariana Juárez
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UD | 10 | 29 Oct 2022 | Mexico City, Mexico
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Retained WBC female super bantamweight title |
| 22 | Win | 19–3 | Isis Vargas
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UD | 10 | 2 Apr 2022 | Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua City, Mexico
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Retained WBC female super bantamweight title |
| 21 | Loss | 18–3 |  Amanda Serrano
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UD | 10 | 29 Aug 2021 |  Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
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For WBC, WBO, and IBO female featherweight titles |
| 20 | Win | 18–2 | Angelica Rascon
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UD | 10 | 26 Jun 2021 | Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua City, Mexico
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Retained WBC female super bantamweight title |
| 19 | Win | 17–2 | Alejandra Guzmán
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UD | 10 | 6 Feb 2021 | Jardines del Pedregal, Hermosillo, Mexico
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Retained WBC female super bantamweight title |
| 18 | Win | 16–2 | Irasema Rayas
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TKO | 4 (8), 1:36 | 25 Sep 2020 | Grand Hotel, Tijuana, Mexico
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| 17 | Win | 15–2 |  Fatuma Zarika
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UD | 10 | 16 Nov 2019 | Poliforum, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
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Won WBC female super bantamweight title |
| 16 | Win | 14–2 | Karina Fernandez
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UD | 10 | 28 Jun 2019 | Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua City, Mexico
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Retained WBC International female super bantamweight title |
| 15 | Win | 13–2 |  Alys Sanchez
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UD | 10 | 16 Feb 2019 | Poliforum, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Mexico
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Won vacant WBC International female super bantamweight title |
| 14 | Loss | 12–2 | Fatuma Zarika
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SD | 10 | 8 Sep 2018 | Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
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For WBC female super bantamweight title |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Beatriz Arangure
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UD | 6 | 1 Jun 2018 | Gimnasio Solidaridad, Hermosillo, Mexico
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| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Debani Balderas
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UD | 6 | 10 Mar 2018 | Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua City, Mexico
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| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Marisol Corona
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UD | 6 | 27 Jan 2018 | Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Mexico
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| 10 | Win | 9–1 | Juana Felix
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RTD | 1 (6), 2:00 | 29 Dec 2017 | Gimnasio Municipal Luis Estrada Medina, Guasave, Mexico
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| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Milagros Diaz
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UD | 6 | 11 Nov 2017 | Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua City, Mexico
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| 8 | Loss | 7–1 | Jessica Munoz
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UD | 10 | 3 Mar 2017 | Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
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For vacant WBC FECOMBOX female super bantamweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Diana Gutierrez
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UD | 6 | 13 Aug 2016 | Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
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| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Diana Gutierrez
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TKO | 3 (6) | 5 Mar 2016 | Centro Civico, Ascensión, Mexico
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| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Lesly Morales
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UD | 8 | 14 Nov 2015 | Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
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| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Estefania Talamantes
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TKO | 4 (6), 2:10 | 15 Aug 2015 | Arena Coliseo, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
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| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Karla Valenzuela
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TKO | 1 (6) | 21 Mar 2015 | Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
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| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Susana Uribe
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UD | 4 | 20 Dec 2014 | Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Geandes, Mexico
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| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Yoatzin Meraz
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UD | 4 | 19 Jul 2014 | Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
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References edit
- ^ "Boxing record for Yamileth Mercado". BoxRec.
- ^ "BoxRec: Female super bantamweight ratings". boxrec.com. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Yoatzin Meraz". boxrec.com. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Susana Uribe". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Karla Valenzuela". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Estefania Talamantes". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Lesly Morales". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Diana Gutierrez I". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Diana Gutierrez II". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Jessica Munoz". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ ""Chema" gana en Chihuahua". BoxeoMundial. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Juana Felix". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Chavira, Efrén (31 January 2018). "Gana Yamileth a Marisol Corona por decisión". El Heraldo de Chihuahua. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Debani Balderas". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Yamileth Mercado vs. Beatriz Arangure". boxrec.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Vidija, Patrick (8 September 2018). "Fatuma Zarika beats Mexican Yamileth Mercado to retain WBC title". The Star. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Yamileth Mercado Captures the WBC International Super Bantamweight Championship by Decision over Alys Sanchez". WomenOfBoxing. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "WBC International Super Bantamweight Champion Yamileth Mercado Moves Through Karina Fernandez, Targets Champion Fatuma Zarika". WomenOfBoxing. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Ayodi, Ayumba (17 November 2019). "Fatuma Zarika loses world title". Daily Nation. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
External links edit
- Boxing record for Yamileth Mercado from BoxRec (registration required)