Carolina Duer
| Carolina Raquel Duer | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Nickname(s) | The Turk, La Turca, and La Colorada |
| Rated at | Bantamweight |
| Nationality | Argentina |
| Born |
5 August 1978 Buenos Aries, Argentina |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 21 |
| Wins | 17 |
| Wins by KO | 5 |
| Losses | 3 |
| Draws | 1 |
Carolina Raquel Duer (known as "The Turk", "La Turca", and "La Colorada"; born 5 August 1978) is an Argentine world champion boxer.[1][2][3]
She holds the World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight title, and formerly held the WBO super flyweight championship.[1] Her record as of September 2014 was 17–3–1.[1][2]
Early life and personal
Duer was born 5 August 1978, in Buenos Aries, Argentina.[2] She is the daughter of Syrian immigrants.[1]
She is Jewish, attended a Jewish day school and Maccabi club, and celebrated her Bat Mitzvah in the Iona Hebrew Center, a Conservative synagogue.[1][2][4] She attended the Jaim Najman Bialik Primary School in Buenos Aires.[1]
Boxing career
Duer won 19 of 20 fights as an amateur, and turned pro in 2007.[5]
Duer became the WBO world super flyweight champion (fighters weighing 112 pounds to 115 pounds) in December 2010, and defended that title six times.[1][5][6][7]
She won the WBO world bantamweight title in July 2013, and in July 2014, Duer defeated Ana Maria Lozano of Venezuela by unanimous decision in Lanus, Argentina, in her second defense of the crown in the bantamweight 115- to 118-pound class.[1] Her record as of September 2014 was 17–3–1.[1][2]
She is the eighth Argentine woman to hold a WBO boxing championship, and the first Jewish one.[8]
Television
In 2013 Duer took part in the reality TV show Celebrity Splash! (Argentina), which teaches celebrities the art of diving.[9]
Duer began to announce boxing in 2014 on National Public Television.[1]
Professional boxing record
| 17 Wins (5 knockouts), 3 Losses, 1 Drawn | |||||||
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Type | Round Time |
Date | Location | Notes |
| Win | 17-3-1 |  Ana Lozano |
UD | 10 | 2014-07-18 |  Club Atletico Lanus, Lanus, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Retain WBO female bantamweight title |
| Win | 16-3-1 |  Estrella Valverde |
UD | 10 | 2013-12-13 | Polideportivo La Patriada, Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Retain WBO female bantamweight title |
| Win | 15-3-1 | Mayra Alejandra Gomez |
UD | 10 | 2013-07-26 | Club Social Alejandro Korn, Alejandro Korn, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Won vacant WBO female bantamweight title |
| Draw | 14-3-1 | Sabrina Maribel Perez |
SD | 10 | 2013-05-24 | Instituto San Isidro, Veronica, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
For vacant WBO female bantamweight title |
| Win | 14-3 | Marcela Acuña |
UD | 10 | 2012-12-21 | Club Universitario, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Retain WBO female super flyweight title |
| Win | 13-3 | Marisa Johanna Portillo |
UD | 10 | 2012-10-26 | Tecnópolis, Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Retain WBO female super flyweight title |
| Win | 12-3 |  Corina Carlescu |
TKO | 5 | 2012-07-06 | Club Universitario, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Retain WBO female super flyweight title |
| Win | 11-3 |  Milena Tronto |
TKO | 2 (10) | 2012-03-03 | Anfiteatro Verónica, Veronica, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Retain WBO female super flyweight title |
| Win | 10-3 |  Maria Jose Nunez |
TKO | 3 (10) | 2011-11-11 | Club Atletico Lanus, Lanus, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Retain WBO female super flyweight title |
| Win | 9-3 |  Djendji Fleis |
TKO | 1 (10) | 2011-07-15 | Salon Tattersall, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Retain WBO female super flyweight title |
| Win | 8-3 |  Aziza Oubaita |
UD | 10 | 2011-03-26 | Club Unión Progresista, Villa Angela, Chaco |
Retain WBO female super flyweight title |
| Win | 7-3 | Loredana Piazza |
UD | 10 | 2010-12-17 | Casino Victoria, Victoria, Entre Rios |
Won vacant WBO female super flyweight title |
| Win | 6-3 | Silvia Fernanda Zacarias |
UD | 10 | 2010-07-16 | Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina |
|
| Win | 5-3 | Anahi Yolanda Salles |
UD | 6 | 2010-05-14 | Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina |
|
| Win | 4-3 | Yanina Natalia Acuna |
SD | 4 | 2009-10-03 | Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina |
|
| Win | 3-3 | Yanina Natalia Acuna |
SD | 4 | 2009-04-04 | Club Social y Deportivo Mar de Ajó, Mar de Ajo, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
|
| Loss | 2-3 | Yanina Natalia Acuna |
MD | 4 | 2008-11-29 | Club Social y Deportivo 12 de Octubre, Benavídez, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
|
| Loss | 2-2 | Natalia del Pilar Burga |
MD | 4 | 2008-09-27 | Estadio Municipal, Jovita, Cordoba, Argentina |
|
| Loss | 2-1 | Ivonne Anahi Cordoba |
UD | 4 | 2008-08-08 | Club Huracán, Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
|
| Win | 2-0 | Agustina del Valle Aybar |
KO | 3 (4) | 2007-12-14 | Polideportivo Carlos Cerutti, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina |
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| Win | 1-0 | Agustina del Valle Aybar |
UD | 4 | 2007-09-15 | Estadio U.P.C.N., Los Hornos, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Argentine boxer Carolina Duer defends bantamweight crown". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Carolina Raquel Duer – Boxer". boxrec.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ↑ "Argentine boxer Carolina Duer defends bantamweight crown; First Jewish woman to hold a WBO crown has retained it six times". The Times of Israel. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ↑ "Argentinian Jewish boxer defends her title; Carolina Raquel Duer, the World Boxing Organization’s super flyweight champion, steps back into the ring.". The Jerusalem Post. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- 1 2 Daniel Koren (29 July 2013). "Carolina Duer, First Jewish Woman To Win WBO Title; The Argentinian boxer, and former kibbutznik, known as 'The Turk,' has won 15 of 18 professional matches". Shalom Life. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ↑ "Argentine Jewish boxer wins first bantamweight title; Carolina Duer becomes 8th Argentine woman - and first Jewish one - to hold World Boxing Organization championship". Haaretz. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ↑ "Interview: The ‘Iron Barbie’, Carolina Duer | Jonathan Gilbert". jonathan-gilbert.com. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ↑ "Jewish Boxer Retains Championship Belt". The Forward. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ↑ Carolina Duer y Ariel Ortega, eliminados de Celebrity Splash, 23 July 2013, ar.celebridades.yahoo.com
External links
- Boxrec profile
- Carolina Duer pre-fight interview; TITULO MUNDIAL FEMENINO SUPERMOSCA OMB - WBO world female super flyweight title (Spanish), 11 November 2011
- Carolina Duer post Victoria Milena Tronto - Interview Ring Side (Spanish), 3 March 2012