Almendra Yamileth Mercado Duarte (born 16 March 1998) is a Mexican professional boxer who is a former WBC female super-bantamweight champion.
Professional career Mercado made her professional debut on 19 July 2014, scoring a first-round unanimous decision (UD) victory over Yoatzin Meraz at the Gimnasio Municipal in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico. She had one more fight in 2014–a UD win against Susana Uribe in December–before securing three more wins in 2015; technical knockout (TKO) wins over Karla Valenzuela in March and Estefania Talamantes in August; followed by an eight-round UD win over Lesly Morales in November.
She had two wins over Diana Gutierrez in 2016–a third-round TKO in March and a six-round UD in an August rematch–before going on to fight Jessica Munoz for the vacant WBC FECOMBOX female super bantamweight title. The bout took place on 3 March 2017 at the Gimnasio Municipal in Nuevo Casas Grandes. Mercado suffered her first professional defeat via UD over ten rounds, with the three judges scoring the bout 100–90, 99–91 and 98–92 in favour of Munoz. Mercado bounced back with two more wins at the end of 2017; a UD against Milagros Diaz in November and a corner retirement (RTD) victory over Juana Felix in December.
She competed four times in 2018, securing UD wins over Marisol Corona in January; Debani Balderas in March; and Beatriz Arangure in June. Her final fight of the year was a world title shot against reigning WBC female super bantamweight champion Fatuma Zarika. The bout took place on 8 September at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Mercado lost in her first attempt at world honours via split decision (SD), with two judges scoring the bout 99–91 and 97–93 in favour of Zarika, while the third scored it 96–94 to Mercado.
Her first fight of 2019 was on 16 February at the Poliforum in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Mexico. Mercado defeated Alys Sanchez via UD over ten rounds with the three judges scoring the bout 100–90, 99–91 and 96–93, awarding Mercado the vacant WBC International title. She successfully defended her title by UD against Karina Fernandez on 28 June, with all three judges scoring the bout 97–91. Her final fight of 2019 was a rematch against WBC world champion Fatuma Zarika. The bout took place on 16 November at the Poliforum in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc. Mercado captured the WBC super bantamweight title via UD over ten rounds. Two judges scored the bout 98–92 while the third scored it 99–91.
In 2020 Yamileth defeated Irasema Rayas by TKO on the round number 4. Then she defended her super bantamweight title against Alejandra Guzmán and Angelica Rascón winning both fight via unanimous decision.
In 2021 Yamileth went up to featherweight to face the champion Amanda Serrano for both of her titles on the Jake Paul vs. Tyrone Woodley undercard, however after a close match Amanda took the victory via unanimous decision.
Mercado made a successful seventh defense of her WBC super bantamweight title against Ramla Ali at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona on June 29, 2024, winning by unanimous decision.
She faced IBF and WBO female super-bantamweight champion Ellie Scotney in a championship unification at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York on 11 July 2025, losing by unanimous decision.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes28Lost24–4Ellie ScotneyUD1011 Jul 202527Win24–3Ramla AliUD1029 Jun 202426Win23–3Linda Laura LeccaUD1027 Apr 202425Win22–3Paulette CuestaUD1026 Aug 202324Win21–3Kudakwashe ChiwandireUD1018 Mar 202323Win20–3Mariana JuárezUD1029 Oct 202222Win19–3Isis VargasUD102 Apr 202221Loss18–3Amanda SerranoUD1029 Aug 202120Win18–2Angelica RasconUD1026 Jun 202119Win17–2Alejandra Guzmán UD106 Feb 202118Win16–2Irasema RayasTKO4 (8), 25 Sep 202017Win15–2Fatuma ZarikaUD1016 Nov 201916Win14–2Karina FernandezUD1028 Jun 201915Win13–2Alys SanchezUD1016 Feb 201914Loss12–2Fatuma Zarika108 Sep 201813Win12–1Beatriz ArangureUD61 Jun 201812Win11–1Debani BalderasUD610 Mar 201811Win10–1Marisol CoronaUD627 Jan 201810Win9–1Juana Felix1 (6), 29 Dec 20179Win8–1Milagros DiazUD611 Nov 20178Loss7–1Jessica MunozUD103 Mar 20177Win7–0Diana Gutierrez UD613 Aug 20166Win6–0Diana Gutierrez TKO3 (6)5 Mar 20165Win5–0Lesly MoralesUD814 Nov 20154Win4–0Estefania TalamantesTKO4 (6), 15 Aug 20153Win3–0Karla Valenzuela1 (6)21 Mar 20152Win2–0Susana UribeUD420 Dec 20141Win1–0Yoatzin Meraz419 Jul 2014
See also List of female boxers
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