| Érica Farías | |
| Nickname: | La Pantera |
| Weight: | |
| Birth Date: | 13 July 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 35 |
| Wins: | 27 |
| Ko: | 10 |
| Losses: | 8 |
Érica Anabella Farías (born 13 July 1984), known as "La Pantera", is an Argentine professional boxer. She is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBC female lightweight title from 2011 to 2014 and the WBC female super lightweight title from 2014 to 2018. She also challenged once for the undisputed welterweight championship in 2017.[1] As an amateur, she won a silver medal at the 2006 World Championships.[2]
Farias made her competitive debut as an amateur on 10 December 2005, against Carolina Lopez. She won a gold medal at the 2006 Pan American Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and silver at the 2006 World Championships in New Delhi, India, losing to Katie Taylor of Ireland in the final, both in the lightweight division.
Farias made her professional debut on 25 July 2009, at Estadio F.A.B. in Buenos Aires. She won a four-round unanimous decision over Betiana Patricia Viñas. Farias won her fight against Ann Saccurato in 2011, after it was stopped in the eighth round due to an accidental clash of heads.[3]
On 4 April 2014, Farias made the tenth defense of her WBC lightweight title against Delfine Persoon. She lost in a ten-round unanimous decision.[4]
Farias won her second world title, WBC super lightweight, on 15 November 2014, defeating Alejandra Oliveras by split decision.[5] On 2 May 2015, she made the first defense of her title against Klara Svensson.[6] She won by unanimous decision.[7]
On 9 June 2017, Farias challenged undisputed welterweight champion Cecilia Brækhus, but lost by unanimous decision.
Farías lost her WBC super-lightweight title to Jessica McCaskill at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, USA, on October 6, 2018, by unanimous decision.[8]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Loss | 27–8 |  Karla Ramos Zamora | TKO | 5 (8) | 3 Nov 2023 | | ||
| 34 | Loss | 27–7 | Maira Moneo | UD | 10 | 30 Dec 2022 |  | ||
| 33 | Loss | 27–6 | Sandy Ryan | UD | 10 | 6 Aug 2022 | |||
| 32 | Win | 27–5 | Sandy Ryan | SD | 10 | 12 Mar 2022 | |||
| 31 | Loss | 26–5 |  Mikaela Mayer | UD | 10 | 19 Jun 2021 | | ||
| 30 | Loss | 26–4 | Jessica McCaskill | MD | 10 | 12 Oct 2019 | |||
| 29 | Loss | 26–3 | Jessica McCaskill | UD | 10 | 6 Oct 2018 | |||
| 28 | Win | 26–2 | Yamila Esther Reynoso | UD | 10 | 19 May 2018 | |||
| 27 | Win | 25–2 | Ana Laura Esteche | UD | 10 | 29 Dec 2017 | |||
| 26 | Loss | 24–2 |  Cecilia Brækhus | UD | 10 | 9 Jun 2017 | |||
| 25 | Win | 24–1 | Marisa Gabriela Nunez | UD | 10 | 19 Nov 2016 | |||
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | Victoria Bustos | UD | 10 | 30 Jul 2016 | |||
| 23 | Win | 22–1 |  Klara Svensson | UD | 10 | 2 May 2015 | |||
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Alejandra Oliveras | SD | 10 | 15 Nov 2014 | |||
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Roxana Beatriz Laborde | TKO | 3 (6), | 23 Aug 2014 | |||
| 20 | Loss | 19–1 |  Delfine Persoon | UD | 10 | 20 Apr 2014 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Maria Eugenia Lopez | UD | 10 | 1 Mar 2014 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Mary McGee | UD | 10 | 4 Oct 2013 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 |  Chika Mizutani | UD | 10 | 15 Jun 2013 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 |  Liliana Palmera | KO | 3 (10) | 9 Mar 2013 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Victoria Bustos | UD | 10 | 17 Nov 2012 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 |  Irma Balijagic Adler | TKO | 1 (10), | 16 Jun 2012 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Liliana Palmera | RTD | 6 (10), | 25 Feb 2012 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Melissa Hernandez | UD | 10 | 16 Dec 2011 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Ann Saccurato | TD | 8 (10), | 6 Aug 2011 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Jessica Villafranca | RTD | 6 (10), | 25 Feb 2011 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Nicole Woods | TKO | 2 (10), | 17 Sep 2010 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Darys Esther Pardo | KO | 8 (10) | 8 May 2010 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 |  Vannessa Guimaraes | TKO | 1 (10), | 28 Nov 2009 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Silvia Beatriz Lescano | KO | 1 (8), | 31 Oct 2009 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Maria Eugenia Quiroga | UD | 6 | 11 Oct 2009 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Maria Elena Maderna | UD | 8 | 26 Sep 2009 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Paula Andrea Morales | UD | 6 | 12 Sep 2009 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Marcela Fernanda Mamani | TKO | 1 (4), | 15 Aug 2009 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Betiana Patricia Vinas | UD | 4 | 25 Jul 2009 |