Johanna Peña-Álvarez (born 6 January 1983) is a Dominican former
professional boxer
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who competed from 2000 to 2004. She challenged once for the
WIBF flyweight
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Boxing
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Professional boxing
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title in 2004.
Early and personal life
Álvarez began boxing at the age of 13 and turned professional at 14 under the tutelage of her father Ruddy Peña.
Career
Álvarez made her professional debut at the age of seventeen, on 29 June 2000, winning a second-round
technical knockout
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(TKO) over Natali Lara. She won her second bout, before losing a six-round
unanimous decision
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to
Gisselle Salandy on 8 August 2000. Álvarez would go 12–0–1 in her next 13 fights, before losing a ten-round decision to
WIBF flyweight champion
Regina Halmich on 17 January 2004 in Germany.
Álvarez would return to the ring on 19 March 2004, fighting to a six-round draw with
Delia Gonzalez.
In her next fight, Álvarez lost a six-round unanimous decision to future
WIBA flyweight champion
Melinda Cooper.
Professional boxing record
References
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1983 births
Living people
Dominican Republic women boxers
Boxers from Santo Domingo
Flyweight boxers
20th-century Dominican Republic women
21st-century Dominican Republic sportswomen