Ibeth Zamora Silva


Ibeth Zamora Silva is a Mexican professional boxer. She is a two-division world champion, having held the WBC female flyweight title since 2018 and previously the WBC light flyweight title from 2013 to 2017, as well as the WBA interim female minimumweight title from 2009 to 2011.

Professional career

Silva made her professional debut on 5 May 2007, scoring a four-round unanimous decision victory against Ana Arrazola in Metepec, Mexico. Silva won her next fight via split decision against Esmeralda Moreno in August, before suffering her first career defeat by majority decision in a rematch with Moreno for the Mexico interim female flyweight title on 23 February 2008 in Toluca, Mexico. Two judges scored the bout 97–93 while the third scored it a draw at 96–96. Following two points decision wins, she defeated Anabel Ortiz via PTS to capture the Mexico female light flyweight title on 21 November 2008 at Salon Marbet Plus in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico.
In her next fight she challenged WBA light flyweight champion Yésica Bopp on 8 August 2009 at Palacio Peñarol in Montevideo, Uruguay. Silva suffered the second defeat of her career via UD, with the scorecards reading 97–93, 99–91 and 99–92. She moved down a weight class for her next fight to capture the WBA interim female minimumweight title on 5 September at the Roberto Durán Arena in Panama City, Panama, defeating Ana Fernandez via UD with scores of 88–82, 87–83 and 86–84. Silva successfully defended her interim title a month later against Marisol Molina via third-round technical knockout, before capturing the vacant WBC Youth female minimumweight title on 24 June 2010, defeating Patricia Hernandez by second-round TKO at the Jose Cuervo Salon in Mexico City. She successfully defended her WBC Youth title three times before facing WBA minimumweight champion Etsuko Tada on 17 April 2011, at the Yomiuri Bunka Hall in Toyonaka, Japan. Silva lost in her second attempt at a world title with scores of 96–94, 98–93 and 98–92.
Following the defeat to Tada, Silva moved back up to light flyweight to capture the vacant WBC Youth female light flyweight title, defeating Susana Perez via third-round TKO on 11 June at Deportivo Trabajadores del Metro in Mexico City. She defended the title three times before losing it to Jessica Nery Plata by SD on 21 April 2012 at the Estadio José Lerma Pérez in Ocoyoacac, Mexico.
She lost her next fight, again by SD, against Irma Sánchez in June. After a UD win against Fredee Gonzalez in January 2013, she defeated Naoko Shibata by SD to capture the vacant WBC female light flyweight title on 3 March 2013 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Two judges scored the bout 96–94 in favour of Silva while the third scored it 96–94 to Shibata. She would go on to defend her WBC light flyweight title eight times; against Maricela Quintero in June and Ava Knight in October 2013; Jessica Chávez in November 2014; Jolene Blackshear in May and a third fight with Esmeralda Moreno in September 2015; Mari Ando in March, Keisher McLeod-Wells in July and Nina Radovanovic in November 2016. Her title reign came to an end when she faced Esmeralda Moreno for the fourth time in her career, on 22 April 2017 at Unidad Deportiva Martín Alarcón in Metepec, Mexico. Two judges scored the bout 95–94 and 96–93 in favour of Moreno while the third scored it 96–93 to Silva.
Six months after losing her WBC light flyweight title, she moved up a division to compete at flyweight, defeating Isabel Millan by UD in October before facing Melissa McMorrow for the vacant WBC female flyweight title. The bout took place on 26 May 2018 at the Teatro Molière in Mexico City. Silva defeated McMorrow by UD to become a two-weight world champion, with the scorecards reading 100–90 and 98–92 twice.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
36Win30–6 Chaoz MinowaUD1017 Nov 2018Gimnasio Miguel Hidalgo, Puebla, Mexico.png" />Retained WBC female flyweight title
35Win29–6 Melissa McMorrowUD1026 May 2018Won vacant WBC female flyweight title
34Win28–6 Isabel MillanUD1021 Oct 2017Auditorio Benito Juárez, Zapopan, Mexico.png" />
33Loss27–6 Esmeralda MorenoSD1022 Apr 2017Lost WBC female light flyweight title
32win27–5 Nina RadovanovicTKO3, 1:1726 Nov 2016Torreón, Mexico.png" />Retained WBC female light flyweight title
31Win26–5 Keisha WellsTKO7, 1:3516 Jul 2016Retained WBC female light flyweight title
30Win25–5 Mari AndoTKO6, 0:5219 Mar 2016Retained WBC female light flyweight title
29Win24–5 Esmeralda MorenoUD105 Sep 2015Retained WBC female light flyweight title
28Win23–5 Jolene BlackshearRTD6, 2:0023 May 2015Retained WBC female light flyweight title
27Win22–5 Suri TapiaUD1021 Mar 2015
26Win21–5 Jessica ChávezUD1022 Nov 2014Retained WBC female light flyweight title
25Win20–5 Judith RodriguezUD85 Apr 2014Delicias, Mexico.png" />
24Win19–5 Ava KnightUD1026 Oct 2013Retained WBC female light flyweight title
23Win18–5 Marciela QuinteroRTD8, 2:0029 Jun 2013Apatzingán, Mexico.png" />Retained WBC female light flyweight title
22Win17–5 Naoko ShibataSD103 Mar 2013Won vacant WBC female light flyweight title
21Win16–5 Fredee GonzalezUD812 Jan 2013
20Loss15–5 Irma SánchezSD102 Jun 2012Guadalajara, Mexico.png" />
19Loss15–4 Jessica Nery PlataSD1021 Apr 2012Retained WBC Youth female light flyweight title
18Win15–3 Guadalupe BautistaUD103 Mar 2012Retained WBC Youth female light flyweight title
17Win14–3 Tania Cosme5, 2:0022 Oct 2011Retained WBC Youth female light flyweight title
16Win13–3 Yacksury GordanTKO3, 1:2613 Aug 2011Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico.png" />Retained WBC Youth female light flyweight title
15Win12–3 Susana Cruz PerezTKO3, 0:4811 Jun 2011Won vacant WBC Youth female light flyweight title
14Loss11–3 Etsuko TadaUD1017 Apr 2011For WBA female minimumweight title
13Win11–2 Nancy FrancoTKO6, 0:578 Jan 2011Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Mexico.png" />Retained WBC Youth female minimumweight title
12Win10–2 Mayela PerezTKO5, 1:4116 Oct 2010Retained WBC Youth female minimumweight title
11Win9–2 Linda SanchezMD1017 Jul 2010Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico.png" />Retained WBC Youth female minimumweight title
10Win8–2 Patricia HernandezTKO2, 1:1224 Jun 2010Retained WBA interim female minimumweight title;
Won vacant WBC Youth female minimumweight title
9Win7–2 Marisol Molina3, 1:5031 Oct 2009Retained WBA interim female minimumweight title
8Win6–2 Ana FernandezUD95 Sep 2009Panama City, Panama.png" />Won vacant WBA interim female minimumweight title
7Loss5–2 Yésica BoppUD108 Aug 2009Peñarol, Montevideo, Uruguay.png" />For WBA female light flyweight title
6Win5–1 Anabel OrtizPTS1021 Nov 2008Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico.png" />Won Mexico female light flyweight title
5Win4–1 Jessica ChavezPTS67 Jun 2008
4Win3–1 Momoko Kanada426 Apr 2008San Mateo Atenco, Mexico.png" />
3Loss2–1 Esmeralda Moreno1023 Feb 2008For Mexico interim female flyweight title
2Win2–0 Esmeralda Moreno62 Aug 2007
1Win1–0 Ana Arrazola45 May 2007