# María Cecilia Román

Mariá Cecilia Román (born 21 January 1983) is an Argentine professional boxer who held the IBF female bantamweight title between 4 August 2017 and 26 March 2022.

## Professional career

Román made her professional debut on 13 May 2011, scoring a four-round unanimous decision (UD) victory over Yessika Munoz at the Estadio Aldo Cantoni in San Juan, Argentina.
After compiling a record of 9–4–1, Román faced Anahi Yolanda Salles for the vacant Argentine female bantamweight title, with the bout taking place on 10 September 2016 at the Club Social y Deportivo Aberastain in Pocitos, Argentina. Román defeated Salles via UD over ten rounds, with the judges' scorecards reading 99.5–96.5, 99–96 and 98–95.
Her next fight came on 4 August 2017 at the Salon Tattersall in San Isidro, against Carolina Duer for the IBF female bantamweight title. Román captured the title via split decision (SD), with two judges scoring the bout 96–94 and 95–94 in favour of Román, while the third scored it 96–94 to Duer.
The first defence of her newly acquired title came four months later in December against Ana Maria Lozano. Román scored a disqualification (DQ) win in the second round after she suffered a cut on her forehead following a headbutt from Lozano in the opening round. She defeated Lozano via UD in an April 2018 rematch before defeating Duer for a second time in August via SD. Her final fight of 2018 was a six-round non-title bout against Vanesa Taborda in December at the Estadio Aldo Cantoni in San Juan. The referee called a halt to the fight in the second round after Román suffered a cut to her forehead resulting from an accidental clash of heads. The fight was ruled a no contest (NC).
She defended her title twice in 2019, scoring UD wins over Valeria Perez in March and Julieta Cardozo in August.
Román lost her title to Ebanie Bridges suffering a unanimous decision defeat at the First Direct Arena, Leeds, England on 26 March 2022 in what was her eighth championship defense.

## Professional boxing record

| 28 fights | 17 wins | 8 losses |
| By knockout | 0 | 1 |
| By decision | 16 | 7 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
| Draws | 2 | 2 |
| No contests | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 28 | Draw | 17–7–2 (1) | Lilian Dolores Silva | MD | 4 | 19 August 2023 | Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 27 | Loss | 17–8–1 (1) | Adelaida Ruiz | KO | 8 (8) | 2 June 2023 | Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, California, USA | |
| 26 | Win | 17–7–1 (1) | Eliana Vanesa Orecchia | UD | 6 | 11 Nov 2022 | Club Atletico El Palomar, El Palomar, Argentina | |
| 25 | Loss | 16–7–1 (1) | Ellie Scotney | UD | 10 | 21 May 2022 | The O2 Arena, London, England | For WBA Inter-Continental Female Super-bantamweight Title |
| 24 | Loss | 16–6–1 (1) | Ebanie Bridges | UD | 10 | 26 Mar 2022 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England, United Kingdom | Lost IBF female bantamweight title |
| 23 | Win | 16–5–1 (1) | Daniela Barbara Rivero | UD | 10 | 26 Nov 2021 | Estadio Marcelo Garcia, Pocito, San Juan, Argentina | Retained IBF female bantamweight title |
| 22 | Loss | 15–5–1 (1) | Melissa Odessa Parker | MD | 8 | 20 Feb 2021 | Caribe Royale, Orlando, Florida, USA | |
| 21 | Win | 15–4–1 (1) | Julieta Cardozo | UD | 10 | 16 Aug 2019 | Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina | Retained IBF female bantamweight title |
| 20 | Win | 14–4–1 (1) | Valeria Perez | UD | 10 | 15 Mar 2019 | Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina | Retained IBF female bantamweight title |
| 19 | NC | 13–4–1 (1) | Vanesa Lorena Taborda | NC | 2 (10) | 21 Dec 2018 | Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina | Retained IBF female bantamweight title; Fight stopped after Román cut from accidental head clash |
| 18 | Win | 13–4–1 | Carolina Duer | SD | 10 | 4 Aug 2018 | Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina | Retained IBF female bantamweight title |
| 17 | Win | 12–4–1 | Ana Maria Lozano | UD | 10 | 14 Apr 2018 | Club Julio Mocoroa, San Juan, Argentina | Retained IBF female bantamweight title |
| 16 | Win | 11–4–1 | Ana Maria Lozano | DQ | 2 (10) | 15 Dec 2017 | Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina | Retained IBF female bantamweight title; Lozano disqualified after Román cut from headbutt |
| 15 | Win | 10–4–1 | Carolina Duer | SD | 10 | 4 Aug 2017 | Salon Tattersall, San Isidro, Argentina | Won IBF female bantamweight title |
| 14 | Win | 9–4–1 | Anahi Yolanda Salles | UD | 10 | 10 Sep 2016 | Club Social y Deportivo Aberastain, Pocito, Argentina | Won vacant Argentine female bantamweight title |
| 13 | Win | 8–4–1 | Adriana Maldonado | UD | 6 | 7 Jul 2016 | San Juan, Argentina | |
| 12 | Win | 7–4–1 | Lilian Dolores Silva | UD | 4 | 22 Apr 2016 | Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina | |
| 11 | Win | 6–4–1 | Marta Soledad Juncos | UD | 6 | 23 Mar 2016 | Club Sportivo Unión, Altos de Sierra, Argentina | |
| 10 | Win | 5–4–1 | Marta Soledad Juncos | PTS | 4 | 18 Sep 2015 | Club Sportivo Palmira, San Juan, Argentina | |
| 9 | Win | 4–4–1 | Gloria Yancaqueo | MD | 4 | 21 Aug 2015 | Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina | |
| 8 | Win | 3–4–1 | Alejandra Morales | UD | 4 | 10 Jul 2015 | Club Sportivo Palmira, San Juan, Argentina | |
| 7 | Win | 2–4–1 | Johana Sanchez | UD | 4 | 27 Mar 2015 | Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina | |
| 6 | Draw | 1–4–1 | Marta Juncos | MD | 4 | 20 Dec 2014 | Sociedad Española, San Luis, Argentina | |
| 5 | Loss | 1–4 | Julieta Cardozo | SD | 4 | 18 Jul 2014 | Club Social y Cultural El Cruce, Malvinas Argentinas, Argentina | |
| 4 | Loss | 1–3 | Julieta Cardozo | UD | 4 | 19 Apr 2014 | Club Social y Cultural El Cruce, Malvinas Argentinas, Argentina | |
| 3 | Loss | 1–2 | Vanesa del Valle Calderon | UD | 4 | 17 Aug 2012 | Santiago del Estero, Argentina | |
| 2 | Loss | 1–1 | Carolina Rodriguez | UD | 6 | 20 Aug 2011 | Gimnasio Club Mexico, Santiago, Chile | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Yessika Munoz | UD | 4 | 13 May 2011 | Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan, Argentina | |