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Yokasta Valle Successfully Defends Her IBF & WBO World
Championship Titles Against Anabel Ortiz
One of boxing's most active World Champions, Yokasta “Yoka”
Valle (30-2, 9 KOs), successfully defended her IBF and WBO
Minimumweight World Titles against former, two-time World
Champion of Mexico City, Anabel “Avispa” Ortiz (33-6, 4 KOs)
in a 10-round match that went the distance in front of more
than five-thousand fans. Valle used her superior skillset to
offset the aggressive Ortiz, the judges scoring in favor of
Valle with scores of 100-90, 99-92 and 99-91. Valle's
victory marked her ninth overall title defense and her third
as the unified IBF and WBO World Champion. The event
headlined the Golden Boy Fight Night on DAZN show, live from
the Polideportivo de Cartago in Costa Rica and broadcast on
DAZN.
"The fight was very difficult. Anabel Ortiz is a very dirty
fighter, she used her head a lot, but despite that we were
able to get the victory tonight," said Yokasta Valle. "It
was loud, and the energy from the people from Cartago gave
me the will to keep on going. I want Seniesa Estrada for my
next fight. She has the other two titles, and I want to
become the undisputed champion in this division. Thank you,
Costa Rica! Pura Vida!"
In the co-main event, Santiago “Somer” Dominguez (26-0, 19
KOs) of Ciudad Obregon, Mexico kept his undefeated record
intact against Kelvinyer Salazar (19-3-1, 12 KOs) of
Caracas, Venezuela in an eight-round welterweight that only
made it to the second round. Dominguez used a solid uppercut
to end the fight at 0:44 in the second round.
Also on the DAZN undercard, Jose Alvarado (11-1, 6 KOs) of
Ensenada, Mexico and gym stablemate to Yokasta Valle
dispatched Moises Garcia (11-11-1, 5 KOs) of Managua,
Nicaragua in the third round. Alvarado stopped Garcia at the
1:22 mark with a left uppercut.
Opening the DAZN undercard, Julio Miranda (10-0, 9 KOs) went
the distance in the first time in his career and kept his
undefeated status in an eight-round bantamweight fight
against Dennis Espinoza (9-7, 5 KOs) of San Ignacio, Costa
Rica. The judges scored the card 78-74, 78-74 and 78-74.
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