Joana Pastrana

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pastranaand the second or maternal family name is Galindo.

Joana Pastrana
Pastrana in 2018
Born	(1990-09-29) 29 September 1990 (age 34) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Statistics
Weight(s)	Mini-flyweight
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Boxing record
Total fights	20
Wins	17
Wins by KO	5
Losses	3

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. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

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. ^[4]

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. ^[5] 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. ^[6]

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. ^[7]

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. ^{[8] [9]}

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. ^[10]

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

20 fights	17 wins	3 losses
By knockout	5	0
By decision	12	3

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
20	Win	17–3	Anne Sophie Da Costa	UD	10	26 Jun 2021	WiZink Center, Madrid, Spain	Retained European female mini-flyweight title
19	Win	16–3	Catalina Diaz	UD	10	16 Oct 2020	Pabellón Ciudad Deportiva Navafría, Moralzarzal, Spain	Won vacant European female mini-flyweight title
18	Loss	15–3	Katia Gutiérrez	SD	10	23 Nov 2019	Pabellón Ciudad Deportiva Navafría, Moralzarzal, Spain	For vacant WBC Silver female mini-flyweight title
17	Loss	15–2	Yokasta Valle	SD	10	4 Aug 2019	Plaza de Toros de Puerto Banús, Marbella, Spain	Lost IBF female mini-flyweight title
16	Win	15–1	Ana Arrazola	UD	10	9 Mar 2019	Pabellón Ciudad Deportiva Navafría, Moralzarzal, Spain	Retained IBF female mini-flyweight title
15	Win	14–1	Siriporn Thaweesuk	TKO	7 (10)	5 Oct 2018	Polideportivo José Caballero, Alcobendas, Spain	Retained IBF female mini-flyweight title
14	Win	13–1	Asiye Özlem Sahin	MD	10	22 Jun 2018	Polideportivo José Caballero, Alcobendas, Spain	Won vacant IBF female mini-flyweight title
13	Win	12–1	Claudia Ferenczi	UD	6	17 Nov 2017	Pabellón Municipal José Antonio Paraíso, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
12	Win	11–1	Judit Hachbold	KO	3 (10)	22 Sep 2017	Polideportivo José Caballero, Alcobendas, Spain	Retained European female mini-flyweight title
11	Win	10–1	Claudia Ferenczi	UD	6	30 Jun 2017	Recinto Ferial, Colmenar Viejo, Spain
10	Win	9–1	Sandy Coget	UD	10	5 May 2017	Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid, Spain	Won vacant European female mini-flyweight title
9	Win	8–1	Judit Hachbold	UD	6	11 Mar 2017	Gimnasio Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain
8	Loss	7–1	Tina Rupprecht	UD	10	7 Oct 2016	Eventcenter, Königsbrunn, Germany	For vacant WBC Silver female mini-flyweight title
7	Win	7–0	Katherine Quintana	UD	6	25 Jun 2016	Recinto Ferial, Colmenar Viejo, Spain
6	Win	6–0	Melinda Pantis	UD	6	27 May 2016	Polideportivo José Caballero, Alcobendas, Spain
5	Win	5–0	Melinda Pantis	UD	4	7 May 2016	Gimnasio del Rayo Vallecano, Madrid, Spain
4	Win	4–0	Teodora Bacheva	UD	6	9 Apr 2016	Casino Gran Madrid, Torrelodones, Spain
3	Win	3–0	Ana Mariya Simeonova	TKO	2 (4)	19 Mar 2016	Polideportivo Municipal, Fuente el Saz de Jarama, Spain
2	Win	2–0	Maribel de Sousa	TKO	1 (4)	28 Feb 2016	Gimnasio del Rayo Vallecano, Madrid, Spain
1	Win	1–0	Ivana Yaneva	TKO	1 (4)	6 Feb 2016	Restaurante Escuela Taurina, Fuente el Saz de Jarama, Spain

External links

• Boxing record for Joana Pastrana from BoxRec (registration required)

References

1. "BoxRec: Joana Pastrana". BoxRec . Retrieved 7 October 2019.
2. "La boxeadora Joana Pastrana está enganchada a los golpes" (in Spanish). Vice. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
3. "Joana Pastrana: "Me gusta la presión del ring"" (PDF). Diario AS (in Spanish). 11 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
4. "Augsburgerin Tina Rupprecht feiert ihren ersten WM-Gürtel" (in German). Augsburger Allgemeine. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
5. "Joana Pastrana hace historia y conquista Europa". AEBOX.org (in Spanish). 6 May 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
6. "Joana Pastrana gana por KO a Hachbold y retiene el título europeo". Marca.com (in Spanish). 23 September 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
7. "Joana Pastrana hace historia: campeona del mundo del peso mínimo". Marca.com (in Spanish). 23 June 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
8. "La genial explicación de Joana Pastrana y el K.O. con el que revalidó su título mundial". Eurosport.es (in Spanish). 10 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
9. "Ana Arrazola no puede destronar a Joana Pastrana". Marca.com (in Spanish). 9 March 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
10. "La boxeadora española Joana Pastrana pierde el título mundial de peso mínimo ante la costarricense Yokasta Valle". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.