Yamileth Mercado to defend her title this week

Source: WBC

24/06/2024

Yamileth Mercado to defend her title this week

Mexico's Yamileth Mercado (pictured) will defend her WBC super bantamweight title for the seventh time, against Ramla Ali on Saturday, June 29th at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. This bout will be part of the card where Juan Francisco Estrada will defend his WBC super flyweight title against former flyweight champion Jesse Rodríguez. The card is organized by Matchroom Boxing and will be broadcast on DAZN. Mercado (23-3, 5 KOs) is defending her title for the seventh time after winning the belt in November 2019 and will fight in the United States for the second time, having faced Amanda Serrano in Cleveland in August 2021. She comes to this fight after defending her title last April, defeating Linda Laura Lecca by decision. Ali (9-1, 2 KOs) enters her first world title fight brimming with confidence after exacting sweet revenge over Julissa Guzman in her most recent fight in Monte Carlo in November. Ali was defeated by Mexico’s Guzmán last June in New Orleans, but Ali, who became the first fighter to represent Somalia at the 2020 Olympics, outclassed her foe in the rematch.