10 years and nine months into her professional boxing career, Maricela Cornejo has fought 22 times with 16 wins and 6 losses. As of June 2023, Cornejo's boxing record stands at 16-6 (6 KO wins).
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Maricela Cornejo (La Diva) is an American professional boxer. She was born in Prosser, Washington, United States on April 16, 1987. Cornejo made her professional boxing debut at the age of 25, on August 4, 2012. She is yet to win a major world title. Cornejo is 36 years old, she will turn 37 in 10 months and six days.
Total Fights | 22 |
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Wins | 16 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 6 |
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Total Title Wins | 0 |
Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 0 |
Losses via KO | 0 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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22 | Jun 3, 2023 | 36 | Claressa Shields | Loss * | UD |
21 | Mar 25, 2023 | 35 | Sheila Cunha | Win | TKO1 |
20 | Mar 25, 2022 | 34 | Simone Aparecida da Silva | Win | UD |
19 | Sep 25, 2021 | 34 | Miranda Barber | Win | UD |
18 | Mar 18, 2021 | 33 | Alma Ibarra | Loss | UD |
17 | Sep 14, 2019 | 32 | Franchón Crews-Dezurn | Loss | UD |
16 | Jan 27, 2019 | 31 | Erin Toughill | Win | UD |
15 | Sep 13, 2018 | 31 | Franchón Crews-Dezurn | Loss * | MD |
14 | Jul 13, 2018 | 31 | Samantha Pill | Win | KO3 |
13 | May 19, 2018 | 31 | Claudia Ramirez | Win | TKO3 |
12 | Mar 9, 2018 | 30 | Lisa Noel Garland | Win | TKO4 |
11 | Nov 16, 2017 | 30 | Irais Hernandez | Win | SD |
10 | Aug 12, 2017 | 30 | Vanessa Rodriquez | Win | UD |
9 | Apr 9, 2017 | 29 | Sydney LeBlanc | Win | UD |
8 | Dec 17, 2016 | 29 | Martha Patricia Lara | Win | UD |
7 | Oct 7, 2016 | 29 | Eliza Olson | Win | UD |
6 | Apr 16, 2016 | 29 | Kali Reis | Loss * | SD |
5 | Aug 15, 2015 | 28 | Latashia Burton | Win | UD |
4 | Jul 25, 2015 | 28 | Conswella Lucas | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Sep 20, 2013 | 26 | Tiffany Ward | Loss | UD |
2 | Nov 17, 2012 | 25 | Terri Lowe | Win | TKO3 |
1 | Aug 4, 2012 | 25 | Mia Henderson | Win | MD |
* World-title fight
Maricela Cornejo is 178 cm tall (5' 10.08") with a reach of 183 cm (6' 0.05"). She fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 5 cm (1.97").
Cornejo has a 27.3% KO rate.
Maricela Cornejo made her professional boxing debut against Mia Henderson at the age of 25 on August 4, 2012, defeating Henderson via 4 round majority decision.
Cornejo had her first world title fight at the age of 29 on April 16, 2016 after 5 professional fights, against Kali Reis for the WBC (vacant) title. She lost to Reis via 10 round split-decision.
Some of Cornejo's best fights and notable victories include wins over Claudia Ramirez, Samantha Pill, Lisa Noel Garland, Sheila Cunha, Terri Lowe, Conswella Lucas, and Eliza Olson.
Cornejo has had a total of six losses in her professional boxing career so far.
Her most recent fight was for the middleweight undisputed championship title against fellow American boxer Claressa Shields on June 3, 2023. Cornejo lost the fight via 10 round unanimous decision.
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Cornejo's boxing career; all the way from her debut, to fighting for world-titles, to her latest loss against Claressa Shields, and all the other wins and losses of her career.
On June 3, 2023, a 36-year old Maricela Cornejo (16-5, 6 KO) faced an undefeated fellow American boxer Claressa Shields, who was 28 years old with a record of 13-0 in an undisputed middleweight championship bout. Shields was on a 13-fight win streak with 2 KO wins. Cornejo was the taller of the two by 5 cms and also had a 10 cm reach advantage.
Cornejo lost to Shields via 10 round unanimous decision. Her three-fight win streak is halted with this loss.
On March 25, 2023, a 35-year old Maricela Cornejo (15-5, 5 KO) fought Sheila Cunha in her 21st professional fight. She defeated Cunha via 1st round TKO. She is now on a three-fight winning streak.
On March 25, 2022, a 34-year old Maricela Cornejo (14-5, 5 KO) fought Simone Aparecida da Silva in her 20th professional fight. She defeated Silva via 8th round unanimous decision. She is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On September 25, 2021, a 34-year old Maricela Cornejo (13-5, 5 KO) fought Miranda Barber in her 19th professional fight. She defeated Barber via 6th round unanimous decision, making a successful comeback from her last loss..
On March 18, 2021, a 33-year old Maricela Cornejo (13-4, 5 KO) fought Mexican boxer Alma Ibarra, who was 33 years old with a record of 7-1. Ibarra was on a one-fight losing streak. Cornejo was the taller of the two by 3 cms and also had a 3 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Ibarra had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Cornejo lost to Ibarra via 8 round unanimous decision. She is now on a two-fight losing streak.
On September 14, 2019, in their 2nd fight, a a 32-year old Maricela Cornejo (13-3, 5 KO) fought Franchón Crews-Dezurn again, who was now 32 years old with a record of 5-1. Crews-Dezurn was on a five-fight win streak with 2 KO wins. Cornejo was the taller of the two by 5 cms but both had the same reach. Coming into this fight, Crews-Dezurn had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Cornejo lost to Crews-Dezurn via 10 round unanimous decision.
On January 27, 2019, a 31-year old Maricela Cornejo (12-3, 5 KO) fought Erin Toughill in her 16th professional fight. She defeated Toughill via 8th round unanimous decision, making a successful comeback from her last loss..
On September 13, 2018, a 31-year old Maricela Cornejo (12-2, 5 KO) faced Franchón Crews-Dezurn for the vacant WBC (vacant) super-middleweight title. She lost to Crews-Dezurn via 10th round majority decision.
On July 13, 2018, a 31-year old Maricela Cornejo (11-2, 4 KO) fought Samantha Pill in her 14th professional fight. She defeated Pill via 3rd round KO. She is now on a eight-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On May 19, 2018, a 31-year old Maricela Cornejo (10-2, 3 KO) fought Claudia Ramirez in her 13th professional fight. She defeated Ramirez via 3rd round TKO. She is now on a seven-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On March 9, 2018, a 30-year old Maricela Cornejo (9-2, 2 KO) fought Lisa Noel Garland in her 12th professional fight. She defeated Garland via 4th round TKO. She is now on a six-fight winning streak.
On November 16, 2017, a 30-year old Maricela Cornejo (8-2, 2 KO) fought Irais Hernandez in her 11th professional fight. She defeated Hernandez via 6th round split-decision. She is now on a five-fight winning streak.
On August 12, 2017, a 30-year old Maricela Cornejo (7-2, 2 KO) fought Vanessa Rodriquez in her 10th professional fight. She defeated Rodriquez via 6th round unanimous decision. She is now on a four-fight winning streak.
On April 9, 2017, a 29-year old Maricela Cornejo (6-2, 2 KO) fought an undefeated fellow American boxer Sydney LeBlanc, who was 33 years old with a record of 4-0-1. LeBlanc was on a four-fight win streak with 0 KO wins. Cornejo was the taller of the two by 3 cms and also had a 8 cm reach advantage.
Cornejo defeated LeBlanc via 6 round unanimous decision. She handed LeBlanc the first loss of his career, and put an end to LeBlanc's 4-fight win streak. Cornejo is now on a three-fight winning streak.
On December 17, 2016, a 29-year old Maricela Cornejo (5-2, 2 KO) fought Martha Patricia Lara in her 8th professional fight. She defeated Lara via 6th round unanimous decision. She is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On October 7, 2016, a 29-year old Maricela Cornejo (4-2, 2 KO) fought Eliza Olson in her 7th professional fight. She defeated Olson via 6th round unanimous decision, making a successful comeback from her last loss..
On April 16, 2016, a 29-year old Maricela Cornejo (4-1, 2 KO) challended fellow American boxer Kali Reis's WBC (vacant) middleweight title. Reis was 29 years old with a record of 8-5-1. Reis was on a one-fight win streak with 4 KO wins. Cornejo was the taller of the two by 5 cms and also had a 10 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Reis had five losses, but had never been stopped.
Cornejo lost to Reis via 10 round split-decision. Her two-fight win streak is halted with this loss.
On August 15, 2015, a 28-year old Maricela Cornejo (3-1, 2 KO) fought Latashia Burton in her 5th professional fight. She defeated Burton via 10th round unanimous decision. She is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On July 25, 2015, a 28-year old Maricela Cornejo (2-1, 1 KO) fought Conswella Lucas in her 4th professional fight. She defeated Lucas via 1st round TKO, making a successful comeback from her last loss..
On September 20, 2013, a 26-year old Maricela Cornejo (2-0, 1 KO) fought Tiffany Ward in her 3rd professional fight. She lost to Ward via 4th round unanimous decision.
On November 17, 2012, a 25-year old Maricela Cornejo (1-0) fought Terri Lowe in her 2nd professional fight. She defeated Lowe via 3rd round TKO. She is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On August 4, 2012, a 25-year old Maricela Cornejo successfully debuted against Mia Henderson. She defeated Henderson via 4th round majority decision.
Cornejo has knocked out 6 of his 22 opponents so far. Her KO ratio currently stands at 27.3%. Of her total 16 wins, six of them have been via KO (37.5%).