Anahí Ester Sánchez (born 21 July 1991) is an Argentine professional boxer. She is a three-weight world champion, having held the IBF female super-featherweight title in 2016; the WBA female lightweight title in 2017; and the WBA female super lightweight title in 2019. She also held the WBA interim female featherweight title in 2015 and the WBA interim female super-lightweight title from 2018 to 2019, and challenged for the WBC and IBF female super-featherweight, and WBC female super-lightweight titles between 2016 and 2019.

Anahí Ester Sánchez
Born (1991-07-21) 21 July 1991 (age 33)
Pergamino, Argentina
Other namesLa Indiecita
Statistics
Weight(s)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights30
Wins24
Wins by KO13
Losses6

Professional career

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Sánchez made her professional debut on 15 November 2013, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory against Lorena Noemi Gomez at the Gimnasio Municipal in Pergamino, Argentina.[2]

After compiling a record of 6–0 (2 KOs) she faced Maria Soledad Capriolo for the vacant South American super featherweight title on 15 May 2015, at the Gimnasio Municipal. Sánchez defeated Capriolo via first-round knockout (KO) to capture her first professional title.[3]

Featherweight

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After three more wins, one by stoppage, she faced former IBF female featherweight and reigning WBA interim female featherweight champion Dahiana Santana on 14 August 2015 at the Club Comunaciones in Pergamino. Sánchez captured her first title from a major sanctioning body, albeit an interim version, after defeating Santana by a wide unanimous decision (UD) over ten rounds. One judge scored the bout 99–91 while the other two scored it 97–93.[4]

Super featherweight

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She successfully defended her interim title with a third-round TKO against Ana Maria Lozano in November,[5] before facing Areti Mastrodouka for the vacant IBF female super featherweight title on 19 March 2016 at the Club Comunicaciones. Sánchez captured her first full world title, scoring a fifth-round stoppage victory via corner retirement (RTD) after Mastrodouka informed her corner that she no longer wished to continue at the end of the round.[6]

After defending her IBF title with a majority decision (MD) victory against Tamara Marianela Nuñez in July,[7] Sánchez was stripped of the title after it was revealed the promoter of the fight failed to obtain the necessary licences.[8]

In her next fight she challenged WBC female super featherweight champion Eva Wahlström on 17 December 2016 at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. Sánchez suffered the first defeat of her professional career, losing by UD with judges' scorecards reading 98–92 and 97–94 twice.[9]

She bounced back from defeat with a first-round TKO victory against Verena Crespo in March 2017,[10] before attempting to regain the IBF title, she was stripped of, facing reigning champion Maïva Hamadouche on 18 May at the Cirque d'hiver in Paris, France. Sánchez failed in her attempt, losing by fourth-round TKO.[11]

Lightweight

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Following her second professional defeat she moved up a division to lightweight, defeating Maria Carina Brito via first-round knockout (KO). Sánchez' second fight at her new weight came against Cecilia Sofia Mena for the vacant WBA female lightweight title on 9 September 2017 at the Club Defensores de Villa Lujan in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Sánchez defeated Mena via sixth-round TKO, capturing the WBA title to become a two-weight world champion.[12]

Two days after capturing the WBA title, British promoter Eddie Hearn announced that a deal had been made for Sánchez to face 2012 Olympic gold medalist Katie Taylor on 28 October 2017 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, live on Sky Sports Box Office as part of the undercard for Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev (Pulev was later replaced by Carlos Takam).[13] Before the fight, Sánchez was stripped of her title for failing to weigh in under the lightweight limit, meaning the WBA title would only be on the line of Taylor.[14] In a fight which saw Sánchez dropped to the canvas from a left hand to the ribs in the second round, she went on to suffer her third professional defeat, losing by a wide UD with all three judges scoring the bout 99–90.[15]

Super lightweight

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Following the defeat to Taylor, Sánchez once again moved up in weight to the super lightweight division. Her first fight at the weight was a fifth-round KO victory against Ruth Stephanie Aquino in February 2018.[16] Sánchez next fought former world title challenger Diana Ayala for the vacant WBA interim female super lightweight title on 20 April at the Club Comunicaciones. Sánchez defeated Ayala via first-round KO to capture a title in a third division.[17]

After being elevated from interim to full WBA female super lightweight champion,[18] Sánchez faced WBC champion Jessica McCaskill in a unification bout on 25 May 2019 at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. After having success in the first half of the fight, Sánchez went on to lose by a wide UD, with the judges' scorecards reading 98–91, 98–92, and 96–94.[19]

Her next fight was a WBC final eliminator—with the winner securing a shot at former conqueror Jessica McCaskill—against former IBO female lightweight champion Chantelle Cameron on 9 November 2019 at the York Hall in London, England. Sánchez suffered a knockdown in the ninth round en route to a wide UD defeat, with two judges scoring the bout 100–89 and the third scoring it 99–90.[20]

Professional boxing record

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30 fights 24 wins 6 losses
By knockout 13 1
By decision 11 5
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
30 Win 23–6   Estefania Karen

Alaniz

UD 10 19 April 2024   Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Argentina Won South American super-lightweight title
29 Win 24–6   Marisa Joana

Portillo

UD 10 11 November 2023   Club Deportivo y Social Sportsmen Unidos, Rosario, Argentina
28 Win 22–6   Yamila Reynoso UD 10 15 July 2023   Club Atletico Paracao, Parana, Argentina
27 Loss 21–6   Sandy Ryan UD 10 26 Nov 2022   The SSE Arena, London, England For WBC International super lightweight title
26 Win 21–5   Natalia Alejandra Zulema Juarez TKO 2 (6), 1:20 9 Sep 2022   Club Compania, Pergamino, Argentina
25 Win 20–5   Maria Soledad Capriolo TKO 3 (6), 2:55 18 Dec 2020   Club Atlético Sports, Pergamino, Argentina
24 Loss 19–5   Chantelle Cameron UD 10 9 Nov 2019   York Hall, London, England
23 Loss 19–4   Jessica McCaskill UD 10 25 May 2019   MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland, US Lost WBA female super lightweight title;
For WBC female super lightweight title
22 Win 19–3   Diana Ayala KO 1 (10) 20 Apr 2018   Club Comunicaciones, Pergamino, Argentina Won vacant WBA interim female super lightweight title
21 Win 18–3   Ruth Stephanie Aquino KO 5 (6) 9 Feb 2018   Olimpia BBC, Venado Tuerto, Argentina
20 Loss 17–3   Katie Taylor UD 10 28 Oct 2017   Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
19 Win 17–2   Cecilia Sofia Mena TKO 6 (10) 9 Sep 2017   Club Defensores de Villa Lujan, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina Won vacant WBA female lightweight title
18 Win 16–2   Maria Carina Brito KO 1 (6) 14 Jul 2017   Club Comunicaciones, Pergamino, Argentina
17 Loss 15–2   Maïva Hamadouche TKO 4 (10) 18 May 2017   Cirque d'hiver, Paris, France For IBF female super featherweight title
16 Win 15–1   Verena Crespo TKO 1 (6) 3 Mar 2017   Club Comunicaciones, Pergamino, Argentina
15 Loss 14–1   Eva Wahlström UD 10 17 Dec 2016   Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland For WBC female super featherweight title
14 Win 14–0   Tamara Marianela Nuñez MD 10 15 Jul 2016   Club Comunicaciones, Pergamino, Argentina Retained IBF female super featherweight title
13 Win 13–0   Areti Mastrosdouka RTD 5 (10), 2:00 19 Mar 2016   Club Comunicaciones, Pergamino, Argentina Won vacant IBF female super featherweight title
12 Win 12–0   Ana Maria Lozano TKO 3 (10), 1:59 14 Nov 2015   Gimnasio Municipal, Pergamino, Argentina Retained WBA interim female featherweight title
11 Win 11–0   Dahiana Santana UD 10 14 Aug 2015   Club Comunicaciones, Pergamino, Argentina Won WBA interim female featherweight title
10 Win 10–0   Johana Estefania Sanchez TKO 1 (4) 17 Jul 2015   Club Argentino Rancagua, Rancagua, Argentina
9 Win 9–0   Tamara Marianela Nuñez SD 4 4 Jul 2015   Club Atlético Béccar, Béccar, Argentina
8 Win 8–0   Natalia Vanesa del Valle Aguirre UD 6 12 Jun 2015   Gimnasio Municipal, Pergamino, Argentina
7 Win 7–0   Maria Soledad Capriolo KO 1 (10) 15 May 2015   Gimnasio Municipal, Pergamino, Argentina Won vacant South American female super featherweight title
6 Win 6–0   Silvia Fernanda Zacarias UD 4 20 Feb 2015   Gimnasio Municipal, Pergamino, Argentina
5 Win 5–0   Betina Gabriel Garino UD 6 14 Nov 2014   Gimnasio Municipal, Pergamino, Argentina
4 Win 4–0   Gloria Elena Yancaqueo UD 4 22 Aug 2014   Club Juan Anchorena, Urquiza, Argentina
3 Win 3–0   Johana Estefania Sanchez UD 4 25 Jul 2014   Club Argentino de Rancagua, Rancagua, Argentina
2 Win 2–0   Romina Lopez KO 1 (4) 6 Jun 2014   Buenos Aires, Argentina
1 Win 1–0   Lorena Noemi Gomez TKO 1 (4) 15 Nov 2013   Gimnasio Municipal, Pergamino, Argentina

References

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  1. ^ "Boxing record for Anahí Ester Sánchez". BoxRec.
  2. ^ "BoxRec: Anahí Ester Sánchez vs. Lorena Noemi Gomez". BoxRec. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  3. ^ "BoxRec: Anahí Ester Sánchez vs. Maria Soledad Capriolo". BoxRec. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Anahí Esther Sánchez se coronó campeona mundial interina pluma - LA NACION". La Nacion (in Spanish). 15 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ^ "BoxRec: Anahí Ester Sánchez vs. Ana Maria Lozano". BoxRec. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  6. ^ "La argentina Anahí Sánchez se coronó campeona del mundo". Boxeo de Colombia (in Spanish). 19 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  7. ^ "La Indiecita Sánchez retuvo su título mundial superpluma ante Tamara Núñez - LA NACION". La Nacion (in Spanish). 16 July 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Photos: Edis Tatli, Robert Helenius Ready - Official Weigh-In". Boxing Scene. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  9. ^ Munukka, Jouni (18 December 2016). "Wahlström joutui turvautumaan C-suunnitelmaan: "Olin että ei saakeli"". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  10. ^ "BoxRec: Anahí Ester Sánchez vs. Verena Crespo". boxrec.com. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Anahí Sánchez no pudo contra Maiva Hamadouche - TyC Sports". TYC Sports (in European Spanish). 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Anahí Sánchez obtuvo su tercer título mundial de boxeo en Tucumán". www.eltiempodepergamino.com.ar. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  13. ^ Casey, Gavan (11 September 2017). "TheJournal.ie - Katie Taylor has world title fight confirmed versus two-weight champ from Argentina". www.the42.ie. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  14. ^ Dunne, William (28 October 2017). "Anahi Esther Sanchez v Katie Taylor LIVE: Updates from the world title fight". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  15. ^ Mitchell, Kevin (28 October 2017). "Katie Taylor too good for Anahi Esther Sánchez and takes WBA title". The Guardian. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  16. ^ "BoxRec: Anahí Ester Sánchez vs. Ruth Stephanie Aquino". BoxRec. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  17. ^ "BoxRec: Anahí Ester Sánchez vs. Diana Ayala". BoxRec. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  18. ^ Toro, Carlos (23 April 2019). "Jessica McCaskill vs. Anahi Sanchez For Unified WBA/WBC Titles Set For Usyk vs. Takam Undercard | Fightful Boxing". www.fightful.com. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  19. ^ Rold, Cliff (25 May 2019). "Jessica McCaskill Decisions Sanchez To Unify WBC, WBA Belts". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  20. ^ Euan-Smith, Simon (14 November 2019). "Cameron sets up WBC title bid by outclassing Sanchez". Retrieved 18 August 2020 – via PressReader.
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Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Inaugural champion South American female super featherweight champion
15 May 2015 – July 2015
Vacant
Title next held by
Lizbeth Crespo
World boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Dahiana Santana
WBA female featherweight champion
Interim title

14 August 2015 – February 2016
Vacant
Title next held by
Marcela Acuña
Vacant
Title last held by
Betiana Patricia Vinas
IBF female super featherweight champion
19 March 2016 – October 2016
Vacant
Title next held by
Maïva Hamadouche
Vacant
Title last held by
Cecilia Comunales
WBA female lightweight champion
9 September 2017 – 28 October 2017
Succeeded by
Vacant
Title last held by
Svetlana Kulakova
WBA female super lightweight champion
Interim title

20 April 2018 – January 2019
Promoted to full champion
Vacant
Vacant
Title last held by
Ana Esteche
WBA female super lightweight champion
January 2019 – 25 May 2019
Succeeded by