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Mexican veteran Mayela “La
Cobrita” Perez captured the
vacant World Boxing Federation
(WBF) Womens World Atomweight
title on Saturday night,
February 18, at the Arena
Pavillion del Norte in her
home-town of Saltillo, beating
undefeated compatriot Maryan
Salazar.
Using her vast experience, Perez
boxed very disciplined and
controlled the action on the
inside with sharp punching to
the head followed up by precise
shots to the liver. Salazar had
most of her success at long and
mid range, troubling her
opponent in spurts.
With a great crowd cheering on
the local favourite, it was a
very entertaining encounter
contested at a high level, but
Perez just had too much for the
18-year-old from Aguascalientes.
While it was always competitive,
it was clear beyond the half-way
point that Salazar would need a
knockout to win.
After ten rounds of boxing,
judges Primo Ramos and German
Reyes both scored the fight
100-90, while judge Jaime Balboa
had it closer at 97-93. The
scores did not reflect the
competitiveness of the fight,
and a rematch was discussed in
the aftermath for two or three
fights down the line. Referee
was Arturo Cota.
The fight, labelled as “Knockout
En El Norte”, was promoted by
Hector Sanchez and his Rocky
Promotions. Winning her south
straight bout, the new World
Champion improved her deceiving
record to 15-21-4 (10). Salazar
loses for the first time and
drops to 5-1 (0).
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