Joana Pastrana Gallardo (born 29 September 1990) is a Spanish professional boxer who held the IBF female mini-flyweight title from 2018 to 2019. At regional level, she is a two-time European female mini-flyweight champion.
Career Early career Pastrana started boxing in 2013 in amateur competitions in her hometown Lozoyuela, Madrid. Before boxing, Pastrana practiced Muay Thai and kickboxing, but she did not like them, so she switched to boxing.
Professional career Pastrana debuted professionally on 6 February 2016 defeating Bulgarian fighter Ivana Yaneva by technical knockout at the first round in a bout held at the Restaurante Escuela Taurina in Fuente el Saz de Jarama in the Community of Madrid. At the time, Pastrana became the only professional boxer from Madrid.
In October 2016, Pastrana competed for the vacant WBC silver female minimumweight title against Tina Rupprecht, but lost by unanimous decision after ten rounds. This was also the first loss in her professional career.
In May 2017, Pastrana won the EBU European female minimumweight title, after defeating French Sandy Coget by unanimous decision, in a bout held at the Palacio Vistalegre in Madrid. A few months later, in September, Pastrana made the first defense of her European title against Judit Hachbold, defeating the Hungarian fighter by knockout in the third round.
On 22 June 2018, Pastrana won the IBF world female minimumweight title, her first world title, against German Asiye Özlem Sahin. Pastrana became the second Spanish female boxer to win a world title after María Jesús Rosa Reina, who won an IBF world championship in 2004.
Pastrana made two successful defenses of her world title. One against Siriporn Thaweesuk won by technical knockout and another one against Ana Arrazola won by unanimous decision.
On 4 August 2019, Pastrana fought Yokasta Valle from Costa Rica for the mini flyweight world title, in a bout held at Marbella. Pastrana lost the fight by split decision after ten rounds.
Outside Boxing In 2023 Joana Pastrana played the Spanish version of The Traitors. She was a faithful and won with Leo Margets.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes20Win17–3 Anne Sophie Da CostaUD1026 Jun 2021 19Win16–3 Catalina DiazUD1016 Oct 2020 18Loss15–3 Katia GutiérrezSD1023 Nov 2019 17Loss15–2 Yokasta Valle104 Aug 2019 16Win15–1 Ana ArrazolaUD109 Mar 2019 15Win14–1 Siriporn ThaweesukTKO7 (10)5 Oct 2018 14Win13–1 Asiye Özlem Sahin1022 Jun 2018 13Win12–1 Claudia FerencziUD617 Nov 2017 12Win11–1 Judit Hachbold3 (10)22 Sep 2017 11Win10–1 Claudia FerencziUD630 Jun 2017 10Win9–1 Sandy CogetUD105 May 2017 9Win8–1 Judit HachboldUD611 Mar 2017 8Loss7–1 Tina RupprechtUD107 Oct 2016 7Win7–0 Katherine QuintanaUD625 Jun 2016 6Win6–0 Melinda PantisUD627 May 2016 5Win5–0 Melinda PantisUD47 May 2016 4Win4–0 Teodora Bacheva69 Apr 2016 3Win3–0 Ana Mariya SimeonovaTKO2 (4)19 Mar 2016 2Win2–0 Maribel de SousaTKO1 (4)28 Feb 2016 1Win1–0 Ivana Yaneva1 (4)6 Feb 2016
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