Cecilia Comunales (born 4 December 1988 in Paysandú, Uruguay) is a boxer. She has a professional record of 14-1 and was the WBA women's lightweight champion of the world.
Early life At age seven she won a beauty contest during the cosmopolitan city's annual "Beer Week", and has since been known as "La Reina", i.e. "The Queen". Initially inspired by the Clint Eastwood women's boxing movie "Million Dollar Baby", Comunales began her boxing training at age 16. She compiled a 14-4-2 record as an amateur, competing mostly in Argentina. Before taking up contact sports, Comunales had practiced skating and gymnastics. She has said that her mother did not want her to get into boxing after she saw "Million Dollar Baby", so she first told her that she was training in gymnastics.
Professional career Comunales made her professional debut on January 10, 2009 and quickly won her first 6 fights before losing in early 2010. Since that sole loss she has gone on to win her last 8 fights. On this run of wins she has picked up both the UBO and WBA lightweight titles. Apart from one fight in Panama in 2012 all of her fights have taken place in either Argentina or Uruguay.
She won the WBA's female world lightweight championship in 2012 by defeating the Dominican Republic's Maribel Santana by first-round technical knockout when the Caribbean boxer had to retire due to injury on May 30, 2012 in Panama City, Panama. She was welcomed by 22,000 fans, including Paysandu's mayor, upon returning with the world championship belt. She defended the belt twice including against Brazilian contender Simone Aparecida da Silva.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes15Win14–1Waleria RodriguesTKO8 (10), 4 Jun 201614Win13–1Lina TejadaUD108 Aug 201513Win12–1Alicia Susana AlegreTKO5 (6)19 Dec 201412Win11–1Marisol ReyesTKO1 (10), 20 Jul 201311Win10–1Simone Aparecida da SilvaUD103 Nov 201210Win9–1Maribel SantanaTKO1 (10)30 Mar 20129Win8–1Alicia Susana AlegreUD1019 Apr 20118Win7–1Halanna Dos SantosKO6 (10), 9 Jan 20117Loss6–1Victorina BritezUD415 Feb 20106Win6–0Elizabethe Bastos1 (4), 6 Nov 20095Win5–0Lorena Paola De MelloTKO1 (4), 18 Jun 20094Win4–0Roxana Raquel PeraltaUD430 Apr 20093Win3–0Roxana Raquel Peralta43 Apr 20092Win2–0Silvia Beatriz LescanoTKO1 (4), 23 Feb 20091Win1–0Lorena Nancy Lopez1 (4), 10 Jan 2009
See also List of Uruguayans List of female boxers
References
External links
Cecilia Comunales - Profile at Women Boxing Archive Network