Carolina Duer

Carolina Raquel Duer (born 5 August 1978) is an Argentine boxer and former world champion.[1][2][3]

Carolina Raquel Duer
Statistics
Weight(s)Bantamweight
NationalityArgentine
Born (1978-08-05) 5 August 1978
Buenos Aires, Argentina
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights24
Wins19
Wins by KO6
Losses4
Draws1

She formerly held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight and earlier the WBO super flyweight championship.[1] Her record as of January 2018 was 19–4–1.[1][2]

Early life and personal

Duer was born 5 August 1978, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2] She is the daughter of Syrian immigrants.[1]

She is Jewish, attended a Jewish day school and Maccabi club, and celebrated her Bat Mitzvah in the Iona Hebrew Center, a Conservative synagogue.[1][2][4] She attended the Jaim Najman Bialik Primary School in Buenos Aires.[1]

Boxing career

Duer won 19 of 20 fights as an amateur, and turned pro in 2007.[5]

Duer became the WBO world super flyweight champion (fighters weighing 112 pounds to 115 pounds) in December 2010, and defended that title six times.[1][5][6][7]

She won the WBO world bantamweight title in July 2013, and in July 2014, Duer defeated Ana Maria Lozano of Venezuela by unanimous decision in Lanus, Argentina, in her second defense of the crown in the bantamweight 115- to 118-pound class.[1] Her record as of September 2014 was 17–3–1.[1][2]

She is the eighth Argentine woman to hold a WBO boxing championship, and the first Jewish one.[8]

On August 26, 2016, and after a pause in her career due to her maternity, Duer won for the third time the[9] IBF world bantamweight after defeating the Brazilian boxer Aline Scaranello by technical knockout. She lost the title in her first defense, to Maria Cecilia Roman, by split decision.[10]

Television

In 2013 Duer took part in the reality TV show Celebrity Splash! (Argentina), which teaches celebrities the art of diving.[11]

Duer began to announce boxing in 2014 on National Public Television.[1]

Professional boxing record
19 Wins (6 knockouts), 3 Losses, 1 Drawn
Res. Record Opponent Type Round
Time		 Date Location Notes
Loss19-4-1 María Cecilia Román SD 10 2017-08-04 Salon Tattersall, San Isidro, Argentina
Win19-3-1 Aline de Casia Scaranello TKO 7 2016-08-26 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win18-3-1 Vanesa del Valle Calderón UD 6 2016-04-15 Polideportivo Cooperativa Tortuguitas, Tortuguitas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win17-3-1 Ana Lozano UD 10 2014-07-18 Club Atletico Lanus, Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female bantamweight title
Win16-3-1 Estrella Valverde UD 10 2013-12-13 Polideportivo La Patriada, Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female bantamweight title
Win15-3-1 Mayra Alejandra Gomez UD 10 2013-07-26 Club Social Alejandro Korn, Alejandro Korn, Buenos Aires, Argentina Won vacant WBO female bantamweight title
Draw14-3-1 Sabrina Maribel Perez SD 10 2013-05-24 Instituto San Isidro, Veronica, Buenos Aires, Argentina For vacant WBO female bantamweight title
Win14-3 Marcela Acuña UD 10 2012-12-21 Club Universitario, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female super flyweight title
Win13-3 Marisa Johanna Portillo UD 10 2012-10-26 Tecnópolis, Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female super flyweight title
Win12-3 Corina Carlescu TKO 5 2012-07-06 Club Universitario, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female super flyweight title
Win11-3 Milena Tronto TKO 2 (10) 2012-03-03 Anfiteatro Verónica, Veronica, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female super flyweight title
Win10-3 Maria Jose Nunez TKO 3 (10) 2011-11-11 Club Atletico Lanus, Lanus, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female super flyweight title
Win9-3 Djendji Fleis TKO 1 (10) 2011-07-15 Salon Tattersall, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female super flyweight title
Win8-3 Aziza Oubaita UD 10 2011-03-26 Club Unión Progresista, Villa Angela, Chaco Retain WBO female super flyweight title
Win7-3 Loredana Piazza UD 10 2010-12-17 Casino Victoria, Victoria, Entre Rios Won vacant WBO female super flyweight title
Win6-3 Silvia Fernanda Zacarias UD 10 2010-07-16 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
Win5-3 Anahi Yolanda Salles UD 6 2010-05-14 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
Win4-3 Yanina Natalia Acuna SD 4 2009-10-03 Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
Win3-3 Yanina Natalia Acuna SD 4 2009-04-04 Club Social y Deportivo Mar de Ajó, Mar de Ajo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss2-3 Yanina Natalia Acuna MD 4 2008-11-29 Club Social y Deportivo 12 de Octubre, Benavídez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss2-2 Natalia del Pilar Burga MD 4 2008-09-27 Estadio Municipal, Jovita, Cordoba, Argentina
Loss2-1 Ivonne Anahi Cordoba UD 4 2008-08-08 Club Huracán, Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win2-0 Agustina del Valle Aybar KO 3 (4) 2007-12-14 Polideportivo Carlos Cerutti, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Win1-0 Agustina del Valle Aybar UD 4 2007-09-15 Estadio U.P.C.N., Los Hornos, Buenos Aires, Argentina

See also

References
  1. "Argentine boxer Carolina Duer defends bantamweight crown". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  2. "Carolina Raquel Duer – Boxer". boxrec.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  3. "Argentine boxer Carolina Duer defends bantamweight crown; First Jewish woman to hold a WBO crown has retained it six times". The Times of Israel. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  4. "Argentinian Jewish boxer defends her title; Carolina Raquel Duer, the World Boxing Organization's super flyweight champion, steps back into the ring". The Jerusalem Post. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  5. Daniel Koren (29 July 2013). "Carolina Duer, First Jewish Woman To Win WBO Title; The Argentinian boxer, and former kibbutznik, known as 'The Turk,' has won 15 of 18 professional matches". Shalom Life. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  6. "Argentine Jewish boxer wins first bantamweight title; Carolina Duer becomes 8th Argentine woman - and first Jewish one - to hold World Boxing Organization championship". Haaretz. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  7. "Interview: The ‘Iron Barbie’, Carolina Duer | Jonathan Gilbert". jonathan-gilbert.com. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-09-06. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  8. "Jewish Boxer Retains Championship Belt". The Forward. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  9. La porteña Carolina Duer conquistó el título mundial gallo de la FIB
  10. Maria Roman Upsets Champ Carolina Duer in Argentina, The Sweet Science
  11. Carolina Duer y Ariel Ortega, eliminados de Celebrity Splash Archived 2014-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, 23 July 2013, ar.celebridades.yahoo.com
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