Beatriz Iasmin Soares Ferreira (; born 9 December 1992) is a Brazilian professional

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, who has held IBF lightweight title since April 2024. She won the gold medal at the

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, and the 2021 Moscow Military World Games in the up to 60 kg category. She represented Brazil at the

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, winning the silver medal in the women's lightweight event, the best performance by a Brazilian female boxer. Ferreira returned in the

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, winning the bronze. Ferreira won the vacant IBF female lightweight title with a technical knockout win over Yanina del Carmen Lescano on 27 April 2024. She is the eldest of three daughters by a fellow boxer, Raimundo Ferreira, known as "

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" and twice Brazilian champion and three times champion of their home state of Bahia. A fan of boxing from childhood, by the age of 15 she was already teaching the fight. As part of the Olympic Experience (Vivência Olímpica in Portuguese) program, Beatriz was the sparring of eventual medalist Adriana Araújo at the

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in Rio.

Medals and awards

National

* 2x Open Games of the Interior (2014 and 2015) * 2x Paulista Champion (2016 and 2018) * 4x Brazilian Champion (2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022)

International

* 2x Gold — World Championship (2019 and 2023) * 1x Silver — World Championship (2022) * 1x Silver — Olympic Games (2020) * 3x Gold — Strandja Tournament (2019, 2021 and 2023) * 2x Gold — Belgrade Winner Tournament (2017 and 2018) * 1x Gold — Continental Elite Women (2017) * 1x Gold — XI South American Games (2018) * 1x Gold — Continental Elite Women (2018) * 1x Gold — Balkan Tournament (2018) * 1x Gold — Feliks Stamm Tournament (2019) * 1x Gold — Grand Prix Ustí Nad Laben (2019) * 1x Gold — Pan American Games (2019) * 1x Gold — Selesian Tournament (2019) * 1x Gold — Balkan Tournament (2020) * 1x Gold — Cologne Worldcup (2021) * 1x Gold — Military World Championship (2021) * 1x Gold — Bosckai Tournament (2022) * 1x Gold — Continental AMBC Elite (2022) * 1x Gold — Grand Prix-Brazil (2022) * 1x Silver — Elimination Pan American Games (2019) * 1x Silver — 69th Strandja Tournament (2018) * 1x Silver — Feliks Stamm Tournament (2018) * 1x Bronze — Magomed-Salam Mackhachkala Tournament (2017)

Individual awards

* 2x Best Athlete in Brazil (2019 and 2023) * Best athlete in the world by Aiba (2019) * 3x Best Boxing Athlete by COB (2017, 2018 and 2019)

Professional career

IBF lightweight champion

On 27 April 2024 at Exhibition Centre Liverpool in Liverpool, England, Ferreira defeated Yanina del Carmen Lescano via sixth-round technical decision to become a new IBF female lightweight champion. Ferreira was scheduled to make the first defense of her title against Licia Boudersa in Monte-Carlo, Monaco on 14 December 2024. Ferreira won the fight by unanimous decision. Ferreira made the second defense of her title against Maria Ines Ferreyra at Caribe Royale Orlando, Florida, on 7 June 2025. She won by unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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