(OCT 16) On Saturday night, at the Villa Dominico, Estadio José María Gatica, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Yesica "Tuti" Bopp, 107¼, of Buenos Aires, successfully retained her WBA Light flyweight World title, when she fought and defeated by TKO in the tenth round over Sandra "Perla Negra" Robles, 106, of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Robles was down in the tenth round before the ref stopped the fight :58 seconds in that round.

 

This was Bopp's 22th defense of her WBA light flyweight world title, with Bopp being the champion since 2009.

The WBA website wrote that Bopp had only one break in 2013 when she was appointed champion in recess due to her pregnancy. They said that Bopp returned in 2016 to ratify her championship status, when she fought Nancy Franco, defeating her in a ten-round unanimous decision on June 18, 2016 for the WBA light flyweight belt.

Bopp had fought twice this year, where she last fought on April 6, 2018, when she defended her WBA Title against Soledad del Valle Frias winning by a TKO in the sixth round, in a ten round bout.

Robles had two fights in 2018, winning bout bouts against Brenda Robles by a unanimous decision and Yesenia Castrejon, winning by a fifth round TKO in an eighth round bout.

Bopp said, "I feel good for what I have achieved and for my historic record with the World Boxing Association. It makes me happy being an athlete for ten years and it fills me with joy knowing that I am earning my status as an athlete. "