Melinda Cooper (La Maravilla) boxer

Melinda Cooper boxer
bouts
25
won
23
lost
2
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
super flyweight
Debut
2002-03-23
Height
5′ 2½″/159cm
Reach
-
Age
-
Born
1985-03-06
Death
-
Nationality
USA

Melinda "La Maravilla" Cooper (born March 6, 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada), was the WIBA and IBA Flyweight Champion of the world, and is recognized as one of the elite female professional boxers on the planet.Cooper started boxing in 1996, after meeting trainer James Pena at the Nevada Partners gym in Las Vegas.Pena recalls that at first he did not realize that Cooper was a girl, because she was with three boys and the hood of her coat was over her head. "There were a group of kids there, and I asked them all if they wanted to box, but no one really wanted to. Then I asked Melinda, 'How about you?' and she said she'd try it. It wasn't until the next day I realized she was a girl.""I told her, `Oh, sweetheart, I can't let you box. You're a girl.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2014-11-05 Zenny Sotomayor WLWLLL Discoteca Hangar 27, Tijuana WIN
Unanimous decision
2012-09-08 Celina Salazar WWWDDW Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Majority decision
2011-11-20 Ada Velez WWDWWW Texas Station Casino, Las Vegas LOST
Majority decision
2011-03-31 Ada Velez LWWDWW Estadio Nacional, San Jose LOST
Split-decision
2010-08-14 Miriam Avila LWLLWW Auditorio Luis Estrada Medina, Guasave WIN
Unanimous decision
2009-06-13 Miriam Avila LW Centro Banamex, Mexico City WIN
Unanimous decision
2008-06-12 Donna Biggers LLWLLL Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville WIN
Technical knockout
2007-01-25 Delia Hoppe WLLWWL Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Corner retirement
2006-06-09 Daniela David LWLLLW Luce WIN
Points
2005-07-01 Lina Ramirez WLLLWL Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
2005-05-13 Lina Ramirez WWLLLW Plaza Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
2005-01-14 Anissa Zamarron WWWWLL Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage WIN
Technical knockout
2004-11-05 Tracey Stevens WWWLLL Plaza Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
2004-07-23 Joanna Pena Alvarez WWDLWD Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage WIN
Unanimous decision
2004-05-28 Lina Ramirez DWWWLL Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
2004-02-27 Jeri Sitzes LWWLDW Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
2003-07-11 Yvonne Chavez W Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage WIN
Technical knockout
2003-04-04 Evangelina Abeyta LLLL Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage WIN
Technical knockout
2003-02-28 Reiko Maruyama LLLWLW Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
2002-12-27 Antoinette Weaver LL Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
2002-10-18 Brittney Conan L Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
KO
2002-08-23 Stephanie Dobbs LLDW Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
2002-07-26 Reiko Maruyama LLLW Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Majority decision
2002-05-17 Elizabeth Cervantes L Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
2002-03-23 Annalisa Middleton LL The Aladdin, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision