Английская Википедия:Ashleyann Lozada
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Family name hatnote Ashleyann Lozada Motta (born 1991) is a Puerto Rican female boxer. She is a native of Corozal. She has competed at the featherweight division as an amateur, and has won several medals.
She is the first female boxer in Puerto Rico’s history to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France as a featherweight in the women's competition by clinching a bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games. She stands alone as the sole athlete, male or female, from Puerto Rico to achieve consecutive gold medal victories at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games . [1]
Career
Lozada debuted with a fight in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on October 7, 2009, in a card headlined by a Marlen Esparza bout. That night, Lozada defeated Elizabeth Leddy by a four-rounds decision.[2] She experienced an eight-years hiatus before returning to a boxing ring as a competitor. On 13 June 2017, Lozada fought Sabrina Aubin in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Lozada lost a three-rounds majority decision to the experienced Aubin, a 32-contest veteran.[3] The fight was part of the 2017 AMBC American (amateur) Boxing Continental Championships. She won a gold medal in the 57 kg division at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Colombia.[4]
At the 2022 IBA Women's World Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey, Lozada was defeated by Svetlana Kamenova by three-rounds split decision in a preliminary-round contest.[5] She participated at the 2023 IBA Women's World Championships, held in New Delhi, India. She won one fight on March 19 against Zichun Xu, to advance to the contest's round of 16 by a three-rounds split decision,[6] but then lost to Amina Zidani by a three-rounds split decision also, at the K.D. Jadhav Indoor Hall on March 21, to drop out of the competition.[7]
Late in 2023, she represented Puerto Rico in Santiago, Chile, at the 2023 Pan American Games' featherweight women's boxing competition, where she made history by securing a spot at the 2024 France Olympic Games and becoming the first Puerto Rican woman to secure an Olympic spot in boxing, by beating Mariebathoul Al-Ahmadieh.[1] In the semi-finals of the competition, she lost by a three-rounds split decision to Valeria Arboleda of Colombia, leaving with a bronze medal.[8]
In amateur boxing, Lozada has won 22 out of her 31 contests, with 1 win and 0 losses by knockout.[7] She is also a two-time defending Central American and Caribbean games champion, having won the Featherweight women's championship at the Barranquilla Games in 2018 and at the San Salvador Games in 2023.[9]
Lozada is trained by Carlos Espada, a former professional boxer and brother of former WBA world welterweight champion Angel Espada.[9]
Personal life
Lozada abandoned boxing for a while in order to enjoy a more normal life and found work at a bakery in Barranquitas. She also enjoys basketball. Lozada has studied criminal justice.[9]
See also
References
- Английская Википедия
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in boxing
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico
- Boxers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Puerto Rican women boxers
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Date of birth missing (living people)
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
