Yesica Bopp
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Yesica Yolanda Bopp, born April 11, 1984 in Villa Domínico
(Buenos Aires
, Argentina
) is women's boxing champion in the light flyweight division. Nicknamed "Tuti," Bopp stands 5'0" tall and has a perfect professional record of 18-0.
She won the interim WBA Female light flyweight
title on December 4, 2008 after defeating Ana Fernandez, and she has made eight successful defenses. Bopp is also the reigning WBO Female light flyweight titleholder, having won that belt on November 6, 2009. She successfully defended it against Carina Moreno on January 29, 2011.
Bopp is the top ranked female minimumweight
fighter in the world, according to Boxrec.
Villa Domínico
Villa Domínico is a district of the Avellaneda Partido. Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It belongs to the Greater Buenos Aires urban agglomeration....
(Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
) is women's boxing champion in the light flyweight division. Nicknamed "Tuti," Bopp stands 5'0" tall and has a perfect professional record of 18-0.
She won the interim WBA Female light flyweight
Light flyweight
- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...
title on December 4, 2008 after defeating Ana Fernandez, and she has made eight successful defenses. Bopp is also the reigning WBO Female light flyweight titleholder, having won that belt on November 6, 2009. She successfully defended it against Carina Moreno on January 29, 2011.
Bopp is the top ranked female minimumweight
Minimumweight
Minimumweight is a weight class division in combat sports. The most notable of which is in professional boxing where boxers may weigh no more than . This is a relatively new weight category for professionals, first inaugurated by the major boxing sanctioning bodies between 1987 and 1990...
fighter in the world, according to Boxrec.