Yulihan Alejandra Luna Ávila (born 21 February 1994) is a Mexican professional boxer. She is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBC female bantamweight title and the IBF female junior-featherweight title.
Professional career Luna made her professional debut on 28 October 2011, scoring a four-round unanimous decision victory against Sandra Paulido at the Gimnasio Hermanos Rojas in Gómez Palacio, Mexico. She suffered the first defeat of her career in her next fight, losing by UD over four rounds against Araceli Palacios in May 2012.
After a nine-fight winning streak, she challenged Jéssica Gónzalez for the WBC female interim bantamweight title on 28 June 2014, at the Centro de Espectaculos in Epazoyucan, Mexico. Luna suffered her second defeat, losing by 10-round unanimous decision.
Following a unanimous decision victory against Samantha Estrada in August, Luna faced former WBA female interim super-flyweight champion Carolina Marcela Gutiérrez for the vacant IBF female junior featherweight title on 15 November at the Quorum Hotel in Córdoba, Argentina. All three judges scored the bout 99–91 in favour of Luna, awarding her the IBF title via UD. In her next fight she faced International Female Boxers Association junior-featherweight champion Maureen Shea on 29 August 2015, at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Luna used her height advantage and elected to fight at a distance, using movement and picking her moments to engage while Shea was the aggressor, pressing the action to fight on the inside. After the 10 rounds were complete, one judge scored the bout 97–93 in favour of Luna, the second judge scored it 98–92 to Shea, while the third scored it even at 95–95 to see both boxers retain their titles through a split draw.
She spent two years away from boxing after giving birth, making her return in September 2017 with an eight-round unanimous decision victory against Katia De La Parra. Luna followed up with three more wins before suffering her third defeat, losing via unanimous decision in a non-title bout against reigning WBC female super-flyweight champion Guadalupe Martínez Guzmán on 24 November 2018.
She scored three more wins before facing WBC female bantamweight champion Mariana Juárez on 31 October 2020, at the Grand Oasis Arena in Cancún, Mexico. After a one-sided fight in which Juárez took punishment throughout, two judges scored the bout 100–90 and the third scored it 99–91, all in favour of Luna, awarding her the WBC title via UD to become a two-weight world champion. Juárez caused controversy after the final bell rang; walking across the ring to shout at Luna, accusing her of cheating. Juárez also interrupted Luna's post-fight interview to make her accusations known, saying, "I've been in this sport for 21 years, There's something in those gloves and they know it. The WBC will look into it." Luna responded by saying, "The gloves and hand wraps are [at ringside]. We are athletes. We know how to win. We know how to lose. She was saying that the laces were higher than normal, as if that's the part of the glove I hit her with. We won because of the hard work we did. If she wants a rematch, I'll give it to her. We're not afraid. They can inspect the gloves all they want." Luna's hand wraps and gloves were examined by representatives of the WBC and determined to be legal before the result was announced.
Luna made the first defense of her title at Gimnasio Miguel Hidalgo in Puebla, Mexico, on 2 April 2022, defeating Mayelli Flores by unanimous decision.
On 17 June 2022 at Auditorio Municipal in Torreón, Mexico, she retained her title for a second time with a unanimous decision win over Jéssica Gónzalez, who had beaten her in 2014. Following the fight, the WBC suspended referee Jesus Becerra for three months for failing to deduct a point from Luna for repeated rabbit punches and Gonzalez, who never fought again, was diagnosed with oedema in her brain caused by the illegal blows.
In her third defense, Luna faced WBO female bantamweight champion Dina Thorslund in a title unification bout at Gråkjær Arena in Holstebro, Denmark, on 1 September 2023. She lost via unanimous decision.
Switching weight divisions, Luna fought Skye Nicolson for the vacant the WBC interim female super-bantamweight title at Adventist Health Arena in Stockton, California, USA, on 13 December 2025, losing by unanimous decision.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes34Loss28–5–1Skye NicolsonUD1013 Dec 202533Win28–4–1Dafne Paulina Torres LopezUD629 Mar 202532Win27–4–1Elizabeth Chavez EspinozaUD813 Jul 202431Win26–4–1Joana Chavarria LopezUD819 Apr 202430Loss25–4–1Dina ThorslundUD101 Sep 202329Win25–3–1Vanesa Lorena TabordaUD1017 Mar 202328Win24–3–1Jéssica GónzalezUD1017 Jun 202227Win23–3–1Mayelli FloresUD102 Apr 202226Win22–3–1Karla Valenzuela GarciaTKO810 Sep 202125Win21–3–1Barbara Martinez MunozUD4 (8)30 Apr 202124Win20–3–1Mariana JuárezUD1031 Oct 202023Win19–3–1Kathia Rodriguez6 (8), 25 Sep 202022Win18–3–1Judith RodríguezUD812 Jul 201921Win17–3–1Maria Esperanza ResendizUD84 May 201920Loss16–3–1Guadalupe Martínez GuzmánUD1024 Nov 201819Win16–2–1Arely ValenteSD64 Aug 201818Win15–2–1Kandy Sandoval1019 May 201817Win14–2–1Aholibama ÁlvarezTKO2 (6)7 Apr 201816Win13–2–1Katia De La ParraUD822 Sep 201715Draw12–2–1Maureen Shea1029 Aug 201514Win12–2Carolina GutiérrezUD1015 Nov 201413Win11–2Samantha EstradaUD420 Aug 201412Loss10–2Jéssica GónzalezUD1028 Jun 201411Win10–1Teresa Cuevas1 (6), 15 Mar 201410Win9–1Araceli PalaciosSD65 Dec 20139Win8–1Ivett ValenzuelaUD423 Aug 20138Win7–1Margarita MoralesSD418 May 20137Win6–1Estefania TalamantesUD61 Mar 20136Win5–1Estefania TalamantesUD412 Jan 20135Win4–1Margarita SanaudaUD417 Nov 20124Win3–1Lesly MoralesSD420 Oct 20123Win2–1Jennifer Gutierrez415 Jun 20132Loss1–1Araceli PalaciosUD44 May 20121Win1–0Sandra Pulido428 Oct 2011
See also List of female boxers
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