María Cecilia Román Explained

Mariá Cecilia Román
Weight:Bantamweight
Birth Date:1983 1, df=y
Birth Place:Villa Mallea, San Juan, Argentina
Style:Orthodox
Boxrec:570987
Total:28
Wins:17
Ko:0
Losses:8
Draws:2
No Contests:1

Mariá Cecilia Román (born 21 January 1983) is an Argentine professional boxer who held the IBF female bantamweight title between 4 August 2017 and 26 March 2022.

Professional career

Román made her professional debut on 13 May 2011, scoring a four-round unanimous decision (UD) victory over Yessika Munoz at the Estadio Aldo Cantoni in San Juan, Argentina.[1]

After compiling a record of 9–4–1, Román faced Anahi Yolanda Salles for the vacant Argentine female bantamweight title, with the bout taking place on 10 September 2016 at the Club Social y Deportivo Aberastain in Pocitos, Argentina. Román defeated Salles via UD over ten rounds, with the judges' scorecards reading 99.5–96.5, 99–96 and 98–95.[2]

Her next fight came on 4 August 2017 at the Salon Tattersall in San Isidro, against Carolina Duer for the IBF female bantamweight title. Román captured the title via split decision (SD), with two judges scoring the bout 96–94 and 95–94 in favour of Román, while the third scored it 96–94 to Duer.[3]

The first defence of her newly acquired title came four months later in December against Ana Maria Lozano. Román scored a disqualification (DQ) win in the second round after she suffered a cut on her forehead following a headbutt from Lozano in the opening round.[4] She defeated Lozano via UD in an April 2018[5] rematch before defeating Duer for a second time in August via SD.[6] Her final fight of 2018 was a six-round non-title bout against Vanesa Taborda in December at the Estadio Aldo Cantoni in San Juan. The referee called a halt to the fight in the second round after Román suffered a cut to her forehead resulting from an accidental clash of heads. The fight was ruled a no contest (NC).[7]

She defended her title twice in 2019, scoring UD wins over Valeria Perez in March[8] and Julieta Cardozo in August.[9]

Román lost her title to Ebanie Bridges suffering a unanimous decision defeat at the First Direct Arena, Leeds, England on 26 March 2022 in what was her eighth championship defense.[10]

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
28Draw17–7–2 Lilian Dolores SilvaMD419 August 2023
27Loss17–8–1 Adelaida RuizKO8 (8)2 June 2023
26Win17–7–1 Eliana VanesaOrecchiaUD611 Nov 2022
25Loss16–7–1 Ellie ScotneyUD1021 May 2022
24Loss16–6–1 Ebanie BridgesUD1026 Mar 2022
23Win16–5–1 Daniela Barbara RiveroUD1026 Nov 2021
22Loss15–5–1 Melissa Odessa ParkerMD820 Feb 2021
21Win15–4–1 Julieta CardozoUD1016 Aug 2019
20Win14–4–1 Valeria PerezUD1015 Mar 2019
19NC13–4–1 Vanesa Lorena Taborda2 (10)21 Dec 2018
18Win13–4–1 Carolina Duer SD104 Aug 2018
17Win12–4–1 Ana Maria LozanoUD1014 Apr 2018
16Win11–4–1 Ana Maria Lozano2 (10)15 Dec 2017
15Win10–4–1 Carolina DuerSD104 Aug 2017
14Win9–4–1 Anahi Yolanda SallesUD1010 Sep 2016
13Win8–4–1 Adriana MaldonadoUD67 Jul 2016
12Win7–4–1 Lilian Dolores SilvaUD422 Apr 2016
11Win6–4–1 Marta Soledad Juncos UD623 Mar 2016
10Win5–4–1 Marta Soledad Juncos418 Sep 2015
9Win4–4–1 Gloria Yancaqueo421 Aug 2015
8Win3–4–1 Alejandra MoralesUD410 Jul 2015
7Win2–4–1 Johana SanchezUD427 Mar 2015
6Draw1–4–1 Marta Juncos420 Dec 2014
5Loss1–4 Julieta Cardozo418 Jul 2014
4Loss1–3 Julieta Cardozo UD419 Apr 2014
3Loss1–2 Vanesa del Valle CalderonUD417 Aug 2012
2Loss1–1 Carolina Rodriguez UD620 Aug 2011
1Win1–0 Yessika Munoz 413 May 2011

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BoxRec: Mariá Cecilia Román vs. Yessika Munoz. boxrec.com. 16 March 2020.
  2. Web site: BoxRec: Mariá Cecilia Román vs. Anahi Yolanda Salles. boxrec.com. 17 March 2020.
  3. Web site: BoxRec: Mariá Cecilia Román vs. Carolina Duer. boxrec.com. 17 March 2020.
  4. Web site: La vergüenza tiene cara. Nigrelli. Gustavo. 21 December 2017. Diario Popular. es-AR. 17 March 2020.
  5. Web site: BoxRec: Mariá Cecilia Román vs. Ana Maria Lozano II. boxrec.com. 17 March 2020.
  6. Web site: Carolina Raquel Duer verliert IBF-Titel an Maria Cecilia Roman. Passehl. Johannes. 6 August 2017. boxwelt.com. de-DE. 17 March 2020.
  7. Web site: Rápido nocáut de Jeremías Ponce. 23 December 2018. www.diariodemocracia.com. 17 March 2020.
  8. Web site: Cecilia Román retuvo la corona Gallo FIB en el Cantoni. 16 March 2019. sisanjuan.gob.ar. 17 March 2020.
  9. Web site: Julieta Cardozo no pudo arrebatarle el cetro a Román. www.eltribuno.com. 17 March 2020.
  10. Web site: Smale . Simon . Ebanie Bridges slams critics after beating Mariá Cecilia Román to claim IBF bantamweight world title . abc.net.au . 17 May 2024 . 27 March 2022.