Marlen Esparza (born July 29, 1989)[1] is an American professional boxer who is the former WBC, WBO, WBA
and Ring female world flyweight champion.
As an amateur, in 2012 she became the first American woman to qualify for the Olympics in women's boxing, in the first year that women's boxing was an Olympic event,[2] going on to win a bronze medal in the women's flyweight division at the 2012 Olympics in London.[3] This made her the first American woman winner of any Olympic boxing medal.[4]
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^Bearak, Barry (May 15, 2012). "U.S. Has Its First Female Olympic Boxer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
^"U.S. middleweight Claressa Shields advances to gold-medal bout". www.cbsnews.com. August 8, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
^"Marlen Esparza snares the bronze as first U.S. woman to win a medal in Olympicboxing - CultureMap Houston". houston.culturemap.com.
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