(FEB 14)  Lucia Alfaro, a boxer from Mexico, was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos.  When Lucia was 15 years old, and at the time studying theatre, her brother had gotten into training in boxing to defend himself.  Lucia began accompanying him to the gym, and two weeks into going she decided to also get into boxing to protect herself from bullying.

At that time women’s boxing had been legalized in Mexico for only seven years, and in several places outside of Mexico City there was no women training and no coach willing to do so.

Due to that dilemma, her father began to take her to a gym near Cuernavaca’s market with coach Teo Perez.

At first, Lucia only trained to learn how to defend herself, but in early 2007, she wanted to know what it was like to get in the ring.

Sadly, her coach did not want to train her to fight, so she changed coaches, and the one who took her under his wing was Narciso Gonzalez, a former boxer who participated in the Olympic Games in Barcelona ´92.

For her preparation she had to spar with men since there were no women at the time still training in boxing.

She had her first amateur fight in Tlaxcala in August of 2007, in order to participate in the National Women’s Boxing Open in October of that year to be held in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, winning a bronze medal in the 48 kg category. This was being the first medal in women’s boxing for Morelos, being triggered interest of women’s boxing in her state.

After the result obtained in Tamaulipas, she had a few more fights until she fought in Cuernavaca in mid.2008 causing an injury in her neck during the fight.  The injury was a cause for her to become inactive while her rehabilitation lasted for the rest of 2008 and most of 2009.

At the end of 2009, she began training again---preparing very hard for her returning to the ring, which was in a Dual Meet between Mexico City and Morelos in early 2010.

By March of that year, she participated in the Regional Championships in Tlaxcala, winning a gold medal.  For this reason, she obtained the classification for the National Olympic Games in May, to be held in Guadalajara, Jalisco, in which she obtained a bronze medal.

For September of that year she participated in the Bicentennial Games in Queretaro, also obtaining a bronze medal.

In 2011, she returned to participate in the Regional and National Olympics, however her sights were focused on making her pro debut, which took place on September 9, 2011, against a 4-0 boxer,  Victoria Argueta that took place at the Gimnasio Carlos Zárate, Cuautla in Cuautla, Morelos, Mexico.  She lost by a close decision by a four-round unanimous decision.

Although she started with a setback for her defeat--- that did not discourage Lucia from continuing as a professional boxer. Since that time she had fought two more times, with winning her last bout against Andrea Morales by a four-round unanimous decision which took place in January of 2012.

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