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Daniela Elizabeth Asenjo Garrido (born 2 March 1991) is a Chilean professional boxer. She is a former super flyweight world champion of the IBO.




Early life and education


She studied at the Juan Sebastián Bach Music School in Valdivia, where she specialized in violin, becoming a teacher of this instrument. Later she studied psychopedagogy at Inacap in Valdivia, with a postgraduate degree in behavioral disorders, working in schools in Valdivia. At the same time she began practicing boxing in 2008.




Professional career


Since her beginnings in practice in 2008, Asenjo has made several presentations in the country, with good results. In 2012, she began her professional boxing career.
In 2016, Asenjo, together with Carolina Rodríguez, were the only professional female boxers in Chile.
She participated in various South American kickboxing championships, winning the South American kickboxing title in Montevideo in October 2017 against Camila Aspe.
Asenjo became the national super flyweight champion in 2011. Since then, she has dedicated herself completely to boxing, practicing and teaching this discipline at her K.O. Club.
Due to a cervical injury, she was unable to fight for the IBF world title against Argentina's Débora Dionicius on 18 May 2018, at the Huracán Club in Villaguay, Argentina, as scheduled.
On 22 September 2018, at the Gran Arena Monticello, Asenjo won the WBA Latin American super flyweight title, defeating Panama's Carlota Santos by technical knockout in the third round.
On 2 September 2019, the WBA stripped the belt from Asenjo, due to weigh-in problems in a fight held in Mexico.
On 12 October 2019, she won the WBO Latin American super flyweight title against Argentina's Aixa Adema.
On 19 April 2020 Asenjo was set to fight to regain the WBA super flyweight world title against Mexican Maribel Ramírez, but due to the pandemic, the bout was cancelled.
In June 2022, Asenjo won the IBO super flyweight world championship after defeating American Casey Morton in Paris. Her victory was declared by decision of the fight's judges.




References






External links


Boxing record for Daniela Asenjo from BoxRec (registration required)

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