Yamileth Mercado


Almendra Yamileth Mercado Duarte is a Mexican professional boxer who is a former WBC female super-bantamweight champion.

Professional career

Mercado made her professional debut on 19 July 2014, scoring a first-round unanimous decision victory over Yoatzin Meraz at the Gimnasio Municipal in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico. She had one more fight in 2014–a UD win against Susana Uribe in December–before securing three more wins in 2015; technical knockout wins over Karla Valenzuela in March and Estefania Talamantes in August; followed by an eight-round UD win over Lesly Morales in November.
She had two wins over Diana Gutierrez in 2016–a third-round TKO in March and a six-round UD in an August rematch–before going on to fight Jessica Munoz for the vacant WBC FECOMBOX female super bantamweight title. The bout took place on 3 March 2017 at the Gimnasio Municipal in Nuevo Casas Grandes. Mercado suffered her first professional defeat via UD over ten rounds, with the three judges scoring the bout 100–90, 99–91 and 98–92 in favour of Munoz. Mercado bounced back with two more wins at the end of 2017; a UD against Milagros Diaz in November and a corner retirement victory over Juana Felix in December.
She competed four times in 2018, securing UD wins over Marisol Corona in January; Debani Balderas in March; and Beatriz Arangure in June. Her final fight of the year was a world title shot against reigning WBC female super bantamweight champion Fatuma Zarika. The bout took place on 8 September at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Mercado lost in her first attempt at world honours via split decision, with two judges scoring the bout 99–91 and 97–93 in favour of Zarika, while the third scored it 96–94 to Mercado.
Her first fight of 2019 was on 16 February at the Poliforum in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Mexico. Mercado defeated Alys Sanchez via UD over ten rounds with the three judges scoring the bout 100–90, 99–91 and 96–93, awarding Mercado the vacant WBC International title. She successfully defended her title by UD against Karina Fernandez on 28 June, with all three judges scoring the bout 97–91. Her final fight of 2019 was a rematch against WBC world champion Fatuma Zarika. The bout took place on 16 November at the Poliforum in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc. Mercado captured the WBC super bantamweight title via UD over ten rounds. Two judges scored the bout 98–92 while the third scored it 99–91.
In 2020 Yamileth defeated Irasema Rayas by TKO on the round number 4. Then she defended her super bantamweight title against Alejandra Guzmán and Angelica Rascón winning both fight via unanimous decision.
In 2021 Yamileth went up to featherweight to face the champion Amanda Serrano for both of her titles on the Jake Paul vs. Tyrone Woodley undercard, however after a close match Amanda took the victory via unanimous decision.
Mercado made a successful seventh defense of her WBC super bantamweight title against Ramla Ali at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona on June 29, 2024, winning by unanimous decision.
She faced faced IBF and WBO female super-bantamweight champion Ellie Scotney in a championship unification at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York on 11 July 2025, losing by unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
28Lost24–4Ellie ScotneyUD1011 Jul 2025Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.Lost WBC super-bantamweight title;
For IBF, WBO & The Ring super-bantamweight titles
27Win24–3Ramla AliUD1029 Jun 2024Footprint Center, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.Retained WBC super-bantamweight title
26Win23–3Linda Laura LeccaUD1027 Apr 2024Tijuana, MexicoRetained WBC super-bantamweight title
25Win22–3Paulette CuestaUD1026 Aug 2023Cuernavaca, Mexico
24Win21–3Kudakwashe ChiwandireUD1018 Mar 2023Chihuahua City, MexicoRetained WBC super-bantamweight title
23Win20–3Mariana JuárezUD1029 Oct 2022Mexico City, MexicoRetained WBC super-bantamweight title
22Win19–3Isis VargasUD102 Apr 2022Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua City, MexicoRetained WBC super-bantamweight title
21Loss18–3Amanda SerranoUD1029 Aug 2021Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.For WBC, WBO, and IBO Featherweight titles
20Win18–2Angelica RasconUD1026 Jun 2021Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua City, MexicoRetained WBC super-bantamweight title
19Win17–2Alejandra GuzmánUD106 Feb 2021Jardines del Pedregal, Hermosillo, MexicoRetained WBC super-bantamweight title
18Win16–2Irasema RayasTKO4, 1:3625 Sep 2020Grand Hotel, Tijuana, Mexico
17Win15–2Fatuma ZarikaUD1016 Nov 2019Poliforum, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, MexicoWon WBC super-bantamweight title
16Win14–2Karina FernandezUD1028 Jun 2019Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua City, MexicoRetained WBC International super-bantamweight title
15Win13–2Alys SanchezUD1016 Feb 2019Poliforum, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, MexicoWon vacant WBC International super-bantamweight title
14Loss12–2Fatuma Zarika108 Sep 2018Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi, KenyaFor WBC super bantamweight title
13Win12–1Beatriz ArangureUD61 Jun 2018Gimnasio Solidaridad, Hermosillo, Mexico
12Win11–1Debani BalderasUD610 Mar 2018Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua City, Mexico
11Win10–1Marisol CoronaUD627 Jan 2018Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Mexico
10Win9–1Juana Felix1, 2:0029 Dec 2017Gimnasio Municipal Luis Estrada Medina, Guasave, Mexico
9Win8–1Milagros DiazUD611 Nov 2017Gimnasio Rodrigo M. Quevedo, Chihuahua City, Mexico
8Loss7–1Jessica MunozUD103 Mar 2017Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, MexicoFor vacant WBC FECOMBOX super-bantamweight title
7Win7–0Diana GutierrezUD613 Aug 2016Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
6Win6–0Diana GutierrezTKO3 5 Mar 2016Centro Civico, Ascensión, Mexico
5Win5–0Lesly MoralesUD814 Nov 2015Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
4Win4–0Estefania TalamantesTKO4, 2:1015 Aug 2015Arena Coliseo, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
3Win3–0Karla Valenzuela1 21 Mar 2015Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
2Win2–0Susana UribeUD420 Dec 2014Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Geandes, Mexico
1Win1–0Yoatzin Meraz419 Jul 2014Gimnasio Municipal, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico