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Peruvian junior featherweight Linda Laura "Triple L" Lecca
was born on July 13 1988 in Trujillo, Peru. She began boxing at age 16
following a family tradition. "It's
in my blood. My father and grandfather practised the sport and in
my house there was no passion for football ... at age 12 they gave me a
boxing bag and a pair of gloves", she says.
Linda Laura Lecca made her professional
boxing debut on 5 June 2010 at Estadio F.A.B. in Buenos Aires, Distrito
Federal, Argentina. She weighed in at 125 lbs and won a
four-round split (39½-38, 38½-40, 39½-38½) decision over Roxana Baron
(123¾ lbs) of Buenos
Aires, who fell to 2-2 (1 KO) with the loss.
On August 14, 2010 at Club Deportivo
Libertad in Sunchales, Santa Fe, Argentina, Linda Lecca (124½ lbs) won
a four-round unanimous decision over Veronica Orecchia (124¾ lbs) of
San Justo, Santa Fe, Argentina. Orrechia fell to 1-3-1 (0 KO's) and has
not fought again.
On September 17 2010 at Ce.De.C Nº 1 in San
Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina Linda Lecca (125¼ lbs)
won a four-round unanimous (40-36,40-37,40-37½) decision over
Natalia Vanesa "La Princesa" Lopez (126 lbs) of Tandil, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, whose record moved to 1-1 (0 KO's) with this
result.
On November 6 2010 at Estadio F.A.B. in
Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina, Linda Lecca and Marisa
Gabriela Nunez of Tandil, Buenos Aires fought to a four round split
draw. Nunez's ecord moved to 1-0-1 with the result.
On January 29 2011 at Polideportivo
Municipal in Monte Hermoso, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Linda Lecca (122¼
lbs)
lost a four-round split (38½-39, 39-38½, 38-39½) decision to Marisa
Gabriela Nunez (123½ lbs) in a rematch of their November fight.
Nunez moved her record to 3-1-1 with the win.
On March 26 2011 at Poliforum Mezoamericano
in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, México, Linda Lecca defeated Karina
Hernandez of Ciudad Neza, México over six rounds as part of the TV
reality show "Todas Contra México". The result is not part of her
official record.
On April 2 2011 at Poliforum Mezoamericano
in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, México, Linda
Lecca defeated Cynthia "Pantera Negra" Munoz of México City over six
rounds as part of the TV reality show "Todas Contra México". The result
is not part of her official record.
On April 9 2011 at Poliforum Mezoamericano
in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, México, Yazmin Rivas of Torreon, Coahuila
de Zaragoza, México defeated Linda
Lecca over six rounds as part of the TV reality show "Todas Contra México". The result is not part of her official record.
On April 14 2012 at Estadio Ruca Che,
Neuquen, Argentina, Linda Lecca returned to the ring after a year's
absence and won a ten-round decision over Mayra Gomez of Rincon de los
Sauces, Neuquen, Argentina who fell to 9-2 (2 KO's).
Linda Lecca recalls that she gave some thought to
giving up boxing at this
time, but she decided to return to her dream of winning a title belt
with the flag of Peru.
On March 16 2013 Linda Lecca made her
professional debut in her home country at Coliseo Miguel Grau in
Callao, Peru with a four-round unanimous decision over Valeria Mejia of
Peru who fell to 0-3.
On May 25 2013 at Coliseo Cerrado Mauro
Mina in Chincha, Peru, Linda Lecca TKO'd Gleydis Jimenez of Colombia at
1:30 in the second round of a scheduled six-rounder. Jimenez fell to
0-2.
On July 13 2013 at Coliseo Miguel Grau in
Callao, Peru, Linda Lecca TKO'd Lina Palmera of Colombia at the end of
the third round of a scheduled six-rounder. Palmera fell to 0-2-2.
On September 28 2013 at Mega Plaza Norte in
Lima, Peru, Linda Lecca TKO'd Vanesa Medrano of Colombia in the third
round of a scheduled six-rounder. Medrano fell to 1-8 with
the loss.
On January 4, 2014 at Piso de los Deportes
in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Daniela Bermúdez (114 lbs)
of Galvez, Santa Fe, Argentina scored an eighth-round TKO over Linda
Lecca (114¾ lbs) for the vacant WBO Junior Bantamweight title. The
fight took a
different course than some of Bermúdez's other outings because
Lecca demonstrated an ability to counter Bermúdez's forward rushes with
sharp, accurate counters as well as the ability to brawl with her at
close quarters on more even terms than her previous opponents. Bermúdez
was forced to box more carefully and be more wary of what was coming
back her way despite her size advantage over her Peruvian opponent.
Some of the toe to toe exchanges ended with Bermúdez backing up as
Lecca did her share of dishing out punishment. The fight took a
bizarre turn at the end of the fifth round when the referee went to
Leccas's corner and began pointing to the sequins on Lecca's top.
Several minutes elapsed and Lecca looked upset as it became clear that
the referee was insisting that she remove the sequined top and replace
it with something less likely to cause injury. Lecca stated
after the fight that
she was humiliated by being required to disrobe and that cooling down
during the long delay impaired her
performance in the following rounds. Bermúdez had waited for the same
time in a neutral corner while Lecca's top was changed but she seemed
unaffected by the delay (and may have been rested by
it). The sixth round ended with Lecca taking punishment against the
ropes. Bermúdez poured on the pressure in the seventh with Lecca unable
to slow her down with counter shots. The seventh ended with
Lecca eating leather against the ropes and throwing desperately to keep
Bermúdez off of her. A fired-up Bermúdez had Lecca
reeling in the eighth when the Peruvian corner threw in a towel to end
the
fight. Bermúdez improved her record to 16-2-2 (5
KO's).
On March 8 2014 at Coliseo Dibos Dammert in
Lima, Peru, Linda Lecca captured the vacant WBA Fedalatin junior
featherweight title with an eight-round unanimous (79-73, 80-72½,
79½-74) decision over previously undefeated Maria "Mina" Vega of Quito,
Ecuador who fell to 7-1 (4 KO's). This was Vega's first fight outside
Ecuador.
Linda says that her greatest inspiration to
carry on her professional boxing career is Peruvian-born world champion Kina Malpartida.
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last updated: Saturday, April 12, 2014
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