This Saturday, September 27, Mexican girls’s boxing will take heart stage in a high-voltage showdown as Jacqueline “Jaky” Calvo Ramírez (24-9-2, 4 KOs) squares off towards Alma “La Leona” Meraz Rodríguez (10-4-1, 2 KOs) for the vacant WBA Interim World Gentle Flyweight Championship (108 lbs). The bout headlines the cardboard on the Sala Urbana in Naucalpan, State of Mexico.
At 29 years previous, Calvo brings a wealth of expertise and the benefit of preventing at residence. With greater than 35 skilled fights beneath her belt, she’s confronted confirmed opposition similar to Jessica Nery Plata, Nora Cardoza, and Karely López Castro. Identified for her ring IQ and talent to regulate to completely different tempos, Calvo enters as the favourite, particularly after her current win over Esmeralda Torres that showcased her rising consistency.
Meraz, 32, hails from Tijuana and represents that relentless border-town spirit. Although her résumé is shorter, she’s examined herself towards powerful names like María Guadalupe Bautista and Marcela Nieto. Winless in her current outings, she nonetheless lives as much as her nickname “La Leona,” preventing with aggression, braveness, and an unyielding will to press ahead. This can be her first crack at a world title, a golden probability to alter the course of her profession.
The WBA Interim Gentle Flyweight belt stays vacant, and each fighters know the stakes: victory not solely brings them championship gold but in addition positions them for a showdown with champion Evelin Bermúdez, who not too long ago captured the crown with a knockout victory over Sara Bailey.
