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5'5" bantamweight Mayerlin
"La Monita" Rivas was born on December 5, 1987 in
Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela. She was a highly competitive athlete and
was twice national champion in wushu. She is managed and trained by
Orangel "Memin" Ramos.
She made her pro debut on
October 8, 2007 at Teatro Roxi in Maracaibo, with a third-round TKO of
Anys Cedillo (118 lbs) of Caracas, Venezuela, who fell to 0-4.
On June 20, 2008 at Centro
Recreacional Las Vegas in Barranquilla, Colombia, Mayerlin (122 lbs)
TKO'd pro debuter Diana Garcia (123 lbs) of Colombia at 0:38 in the
second round of a scheduled four-rounder.
On August 23, 2008 at Centro
Bético Croes in Santa Cruz, Aruba, Mayerlin (121 lbs) won a six-round
unanimous decision over Anys Cedillo (120 lbs) who fell to 1-5 with the
loss.
On February 12, 2009 at
Coliseo Gaira in Santa Marta, Colombia, Mayerlin (122 lbs) knocked out
pro debuter Alejandra Ariza (121½ lbs) of Santa Marta at 2:29 in the
first round of a scheduled six-rounder. Ariza has not fought
again.
On April 17, 2009
at Centro
Recreacional Las Vegas in Barranquilla, Colombia, Mayerlin (119 lbs)
TKO'd Stefany Cassiani (120¼ lbs) of Barranquilla at 2:25 in the second
round of a scheduled six-rounder. Cassiani fell to 1-3 (0 KO's).
On November 14, 2009 at the
Convention Centre
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Sandy
Tsagouris (124 lbs) of Brampton, Ontario won a six-round
unanimous (60-55, 60-54 and 60-53) decision over Mayerlin
Rivas (125¾ lbs) of in a six-round contest. Tsagouris
improved to 10-1 (4 KO's) while Rivas fell to 5-1 (4 KO's).
On April 30, 2010 at Coliseo
Gaira in Santa Marta, Colombia, Mayerlin Rivas (122 lbs) TKO'd
Alejandra Ramirez (123 lbs) at 1:01 in the fourth round of a scheduled
six-rounder. Ramirez fell to 0-7 with this loss.
On July
9, 2010 at the Gran Forúm
in Mexico City, Zulina Muñoz
(117 lbs) of Mexico City controversially retained the
WBC
Youth Bantamweight
title with a majority (93-93-93-93,92-93) draw
against Mayerlin Rivas (116¾ lbs). Rivas sent
Muñoz to
the canvas in the fifth, sixth and seventh rounds. The knockdown in the
fifth came more from a push than a punch, but in the sixth
Muñoz was dropped by
a clean one-two combination. However, Rivas faded in the last three
rounds of the clinch-filled fight while Munoz piled on the
pressure and squared the scorecards with help from a point
that
was deducted from Rivas in the ninth round.
Both
boxers had kept the referee busy throughout a fight that at times
resembled a stand-up wrestling match more than sweet science as Munoz
repeatedly charged into Rivas with her head down to get to close
quarters. The
close result sparked controversy and Rivas' manager Orangel "Memin"
Ramos asked WBC for an immediate rematch between the two boxers.
On January 19, 2011 at Coliseo
Kid Dumlop in Santa Marta, Colombia, Mayerlin (118 lbs) KO'd Francia
Perez (117 lbs) of Colombia at 0:31 in the sixth round of a scheduled
eight-rounder. Perez fell to 0-4.
On September 23, 2017, at the Centro Comercial El Tesoro, in Medellin, Colombia,
Rivas, 122, won by a first round KO over Maria Miranda, 121. The bout was
scheduled for eight rounds.
On November 1, 2017, at the La Macarena, in Medellin, Colombia, Rivas, 117, had a majority draw with Dayana Cordero,
114¾. The two were fighting for the WBA bantamweight title.
Photo Credit: Facebook - Acuna (left) Rivas (right)
On October 19, 2018, at the Estadio Delmi, in Salta,
Argentina, Marcela Acuna, 119¾, won a ten-round split decision over Rivas,
121.5. Acuna was defending her IBF super bantamweight world title.
Final judges scores were 96-94, 94-96, and 97-93. In a second female
bout, super featherweight Brenda Carabajal, 129.5, won a six-round unanimous
decision over Paola Ibarra, 129¼. Final judges scores were 58-56½,
58-56, and 59½-56.
On February 7, 2020, at the Arena Roberto
Duran, in Panama City, Panama, Rivas, 121 3/4, of Maracaibo, Venezuela,
won a ten-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated boxer,
Laura Ledezma, 120.5 of Panama City. The two were fighting for
the vacant WBA Super Bantamweight title. Final judges
scores were 98-92, 94-96, and 93-96. Ledezma is now
14-1-0 (7KO), and Rivas is 16-4-2 (10KO).
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last updated: Thursday, April 7, 2011
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