| 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.
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]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | Draw | 17–7–2 |  Lilian Dolores Silva | MD | 4 | 19 August 2023 | |||
| 27 | Loss | 17–8–1 |  Adelaida Ruiz | KO | 8 (8) | 2 June 2023 | |||
| 26 | Win | 17–7–1 | Eliana VanesaOrecchia | UD | 6 | 11 Nov 2022 | |||
| 25 | Loss | 16–7–1 | Ellie Scotney | UD | 10 | 21 May 2022 | |||
| 24 | Loss | 16–6–1 |  Ebanie Bridges | UD | 10 | 26 Mar 2022 | |||
| 23 | Win | 16–5–1 | Daniela Barbara Rivero | UD | 10 | 26 Nov 2021 | |||
| 22 | Loss | 15–5–1 | Melissa Odessa Parker | MD | 8 | 20 Feb 2021 | |||
| 21 | Win | 15–4–1 | Julieta Cardozo | UD | 10 | 16 Aug 2019 | |||
| 20 | Win | 14–4–1 |  Valeria Perez | UD | 10 | 15 Mar 2019 | |||
| 19 | NC | 13–4–1 | Vanesa Lorena Taborda | 2 (10) | 21 Dec 2018 | ||||
| 18 | Win | 13–4–1 | Carolina Duer | SD | 10 | 4 Aug 2018 | |||
| 17 | Win | 12–4–1 |  Ana Maria Lozano | UD | 10 | 14 Apr 2018 | |||
| 16 | Win | 11–4–1 | Ana Maria Lozano | 2 (10) | 15 Dec 2017 | ||||
| 15 | Win | 10–4–1 | Carolina Duer | SD | 10 | 4 Aug 2017 | |||
| 14 | Win | 9–4–1 | Anahi Yolanda Salles | UD | 10 | 10 Sep 2016 | |||
| 13 | Win | 8–4–1 | Adriana Maldonado | UD | 6 | 7 Jul 2016 | |||
| 12 | Win | 7–4–1 | Lilian Dolores Silva | UD | 4 | 22 Apr 2016 | |||
| 11 | Win | 6–4–1 | Marta Soledad Juncos | UD | 6 | 23 Mar 2016 | |||
| 10 | Win | 5–4–1 | Marta Soledad Juncos | 4 | 18 Sep 2015 | ||||
| 9 | Win | 4–4–1 | Gloria Yancaqueo | 4 | 21 Aug 2015 | ||||
| 8 | Win | 3–4–1 | Alejandra Morales | UD | 4 | 10 Jul 2015 | |||
| 7 | Win | 2–4–1 | Johana Sanchez | UD | 4 | 27 Mar 2015 | |||
| 6 | Draw | 1–4–1 | Marta Juncos | 4 | 20 Dec 2014 | ||||
| 5 | Loss | 1–4 | Julieta Cardozo | 4 | 18 Jul 2014 | ||||
| 4 | Loss | 1–3 | Julieta Cardozo | UD | 4 | 19 Apr 2014 | |||
| 3 | Loss | 1–2 | Vanesa del Valle Calderon | UD | 4 | 17 Aug 2012 | |||
| 2 | Loss | 1–1 | Carolina Rodriguez | UD | 6 | 20 Aug 2011 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Yessika Munoz | 4 | 13 May 2011 |