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Panamanian junior featherweight Shantal “La Fiera” Martínez Rodriguez was born on December 28, 1990 in David, Panama. She trains at the Pedro “Rockero” Alcázar gym, located in Curundú, Panama City. (She is also known as Chantal, Shantel or Chantall Martinez in media reports). Martinez began boxing at age 10 and entered her pro boxing career at age 15 on July 15, 2006 at the Gimnasio Municipal in Anton, Panama, where she lost a three-round unanimous decision to undefeated Carolina Alvarez of Venezuela. Alvarez improved her record to 5-0-1 (2 KO's) with the win. In a return bout with Carolina Alvarez (110½ lbs) on December 29, 2006 at Gimnasio Municipal in Anton, Panama, Shantal (109 lbs) who had just turned 16, was knocked out at 1:28 in the first round while Alvarez progressed to 8-0-1 (4 KO's).
Martinez then proceeded to three straight four-round decisions over Kathia Montuto (118 lbs) of Panama, who began the series with a 1-2 (1 KO) record. For their first fight on September 8, 2007 at Gimnasio del Club de Leones in El Maranon, Panama, Shantal weighed in at 117 lbs and won by a 39-37 margin on all three scorecards. On October 27, 2007 at Centro Recreativo del Educador in Penonome, Panama Shantal (119 lbs) won by a 40-36,40-37,40-37 margin. In their final fight on March 27, 2008 at Centro de Convenciones Atlapa in Panama City, Shantal (115 lbs) won by a 39-37,40-36,40-36 score. On June 14, 2008 at Feria de la Candelaria in Bugaba, Panama, Shantal (112 lbs) won a six-round unanimous (60-63 x 3) decision over Olga Julio (112 lbs) of Barranquilla, Colombia who fell to 4-6-1 (1 KO). On August 30, 2008, at Gimnasio Pandeportes-La Basita in her birthplace of David, Panama, Shantal (118 lbs) won a six-round unanimous decision over Kathia Montuto (118 lbs), dropping Monuto's record to 1-7 (1 KO). On October 18, 2008 at Gimnasio Pandeportes-La Basita in David, Panama, Shantal (120 lbs) won a six-round unanimous (60-55,59-55,60-55) decision over Monica Acosta Siris of Aracataca, Colombia who fell to 7-13-0 (5 KO's).
On July 21, 2009 at Centro de Convenciones Atlapa in Panama City, Shantal (122 lbs) won a very close seven-round split (68½-65,68½-68,67-68) decision over previously undefeated Ogleidis "La Nina" Suarez (122 lbs) of Caracas, Venezuela who fell to 8-1-1 ( 4 KO's). On January 30, 2010 at Restaurante Arroyo in Mexico City, Jackie Nava (122 lbs) of Tijuana, Mexico overcame a pulled muscle in her right leg to win a ten-round unanimous (98-90, 98-90, 97-91) decision over Shantal (122 lbs) for the interim WBC Junior Featherweight title. Martinez sent the always aggressive Nava to the canvas with a right to the head in the sixth round but took a steady beating to the head and body for much of the fight as she fell to 8-4-0 (1 KO). Nava improved to 21-3-2 with this win. On April 22, 2010 at Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City, Shantal (122 lbs) TKO'd Maria Andrea Miranda (121 lbs) of Monitos, Colombia in the sixth round of a scheduled eight-rounder. Miranda fell to 12-4-0 (7 KO's). On August 14, 2010 at Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City, Shantal (123¼ lbs) TKO'd Paola Esther Herrera (120 lbs) of Cartagena, Colombia in the first round of a scheduled eight-rounder, dropping herrera's record to 14-3-2 (6 KO's).
On February 10, 2011 at Centro de Convenciones Atlapa in Panama City, Shantal (123 lbs) TKO'd Angela Marciales (127½ lbs) of Bogota, Colombia at 1:13 in the sixth round of a scheduled eight-rounder. Marciales fell to 5-4-3 (4 KO's). Shantal's efforts and dedication were rewarded with the keys to a new house in Chriqui from Panamanian Housing Minister Carlos Dubuy on 21 February 2011. On April 2, 2011 at Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City, Shantal (122 lbs) won a hotly-contested ten-round unanimous (97-93,95-94,95-94) decision over veteran Lisa Brown (122 lbs) of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada for the WBA Junior Featherweight title. The boxers exchanged solid blows throughout the bout but Martinez appeared to tire in the late rounds and was lnocked down in the eighth. "I give thanks to God, to my coaches who did the job and I am happy to be world champion," Martinez said after her victory, which dropped Brown's record to 18-5-3 (5 KO's).. On July 2, 2011 at Feria de San Jose in David, Chiriqui, Panama, Shantal (120¾ lbs) won by TKO at 1:11 of the eighth round over Paulina Cardona (120 lbs) of Barranquilla, Colombia for the WBA Junior Featherweight title. Martinez was the stronger and more aggressive throughout the fight. Cardona fell to 18-9-4 (7 KO's).
On September 8, 2011 at Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City, Panama, Shantal (122 lbs) defended the WBA Junior Featherweight title with a messy but hard fought ten-round unanimous (98-92,98-94,96-94) decision over Marylin Hernandez (122 lbs) of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Hernandez fell to 20-8-0 (12 KO's).
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On April
25, 2007 at Centro de Convenciones Atlapa in Panama City, Panama,
Shantal (112½
lbs) scored her first professional win with a four-round unanimous
(39-37,39-37,39-38) decision over Juseth Araúz (115 lbs) also of
Chiriquí,
Panama who
fell to 1-1 and has not fought again. WBAN 
On December 6, 2008 at
Palenque Calle 2 in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, local favorite Irma
Sanchez (114¾
lbs) of Guadalajara, Mexico won a ten-round unanimous decision over
Shantal (115 lbs), moving her own record to 12-2-1 (4 KO's).
On
October 2, 2010 at Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City, Shantal
(121 lbs) overwhelmed Ogleidis Suarez (120¾ lbs) of
Caracas, Venezuela for a TKO at 1:45 in the sixth round of a scheduled
nine-rounder for the WBA Fedefem Junior Featherweight title. Suarez
fell to 12-2-1 (5 KO's) with her second loss to Martinez. 
On January 28, 2012 at the Auditorio Municipal in
Tijuana, Mexico