Chantal Liseth Martínez Rodriguez (born 28 December 1990) is a
Panamanian
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former
professional boxer
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who competed from 2006 to 2023. She held the
WBA female
super-bantamweight
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There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanct ...
title from 2011 to 2012 and challenged once for the
WBC female super-bantamweight title in 2013.
Professional career
Martínez began her professional career at 15 on 15 July 2006 in
El Valle de Antón
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, where she lost her first fight to
Carolina Alvarez of
Venezuela
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and again on 29 December. On 27 April 2007, she won her first fight against Juseth Araúz in
Panama City
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.
In April 2011, Martínez won the 122-pound super bantamweight championship of the World Boxing Association after defeating Trinidadian
Lisa Brown. In June of that year, she made her defense of the title and defeated fellow Panamanian Paulina Cardona. In September, she again successfully defended her title by defeating Dominican
Marilyn La Cachorrita Hernández
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, a fight that
Romina Arroyo
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of
Argentina
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refereed.
After a two-year and three month hiatus starting on 20 April 2013 (that day being defeated by
Alicia Ashley
Alicia Ashley (born August 23, 1967) is a Jamaican-American professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2018. She held the World Boxing Council (WBC) female super bantamweight title twice between 2011 and 2016. Ashley was inducted into the Inter ...
), Martínez returned to the boxing scene to challenge
Liliana Palmera
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.
References
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1990 births
Living people
Panamanian women boxers
People from David District
Sportspeople from Chiriquí Province
Featherweight boxers