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.
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.
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.
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. She defeated Lozano via UD in an April 2018 rematch before defeating Duer for a second time in August via SD. 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).
She defended her title twice in 2019, scoring UD wins over Valeria Perez in March and Julieta Cardozo in August.
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.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes28Draw17–7–2 Lilian Dolores SilvaMD419 August 202327Loss17–8–1 Adelaida RuizKO8 (8)2 June 202326Win17–7–1 Eliana Vanesa OrecchiaUD611 Nov 202225Loss16–7–1 Ellie ScotneyUD1021 May 202224Loss16–6–1 Ebanie BridgesUD1026 Mar 202223Win16–5–1 Daniela Barbara RiveroUD1026 Nov 202122Loss15–5–1 Melissa Odessa ParkerMD820 Feb 202121Win15–4–1 Julieta CardozoUD1016 Aug 201920Win14–4–1 Valeria PerezUD1015 Mar 201919NC13–4–1 Vanesa Lorena Taborda2 (10)21 Dec 201818Win13–4–1 Carolina Duer SD104 Aug 201817Win12–4–1 Ana Maria LozanoUD1014 Apr 201816Win11–4–1 Ana Maria Lozano2 (10)15 Dec 201715Win10–4–1 Carolina DuerSD104 Aug 201714Win9–4–1 Anahi Yolanda SallesUD1010 Sep 201613Win8–4–1 Adriana MaldonadoUD67 Jul 201612Win7–4–1 Lilian Dolores SilvaUD422 Apr 201611Win6–4–1 Marta Soledad Juncos UD623 Mar 201610Win5–4–1 Marta Soledad Juncos418 Sep 20159Win4–4–1 Gloria Yancaqueo421 Aug 20158Win3–4–1 Alejandra MoralesUD410 Jul 20157Win2–4–1 Johana SanchezUD427 Mar 20156Draw1–4–1 Marta Juncos420 Dec 20145Loss1–4 Julieta Cardozo418 Jul 20144Loss1–3 Julieta Cardozo UD419 Apr 20143Loss1–2 Vanesa del Valle CalderonUD417 Aug 20122Loss1–1 Carolina Rodriguez UD620 Aug 20111Win1–0 Yessika Munoz 413 May 2011
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