Yokasta – She’s A Knockout!!!

CONFIDENTIAL – Yokasta Galeth Valle Álvarez (born 28 August 1992) is a Costa Rican professional boxer, a world champion in two weight classes, having held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) female mini flyweight title since 2019 and previously the IBF female junior mini flyweight title in 2016.

She has also challenged once for the WBO female junior flyweight title in 2017 and once for the WBC female mini flyweight title in 2018. As of May 2020, she is ranked as the world’s fourth best active female mini flyweight by BoxRec.

On Saturday, January 30, 2021, in Costa Rica, Yokasta will defend her title against IBF mandatory challenger, Japan’s Sana Hazuki. See Yokasta Valle vs. Sana Hazuki on Saturday in Costa Rica

Born on August 28, 1992, in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Yokasta moved to Costa Rica when she was 7 years old; holds Costa Rican nationality and, thus, represents Costa Rica, but has stated that she represents Costa Rica and Nicaragua due to her origins.

Valle started practicing volleyball and later moved to boxing due to her father’s influence. Her first fight was when she was 13 years old. Her debut was on July 26, 2014, in Alajuela, defeating Mexican boxer Guadalupe “La Fiera” Atilano by unanimous decision.

On December 1, 2017, Valle fought for the WBO female light flyweight title against Japanese Naoko Fujioka, but she lost by unanimous decision in ten rounds. This was also Valle’s first defeat in her professional career.

In 2018, Valle was named Tina Rupprecht’s rival for the vacant WBC minimumweight world championship, after reigning champion Momo Koseki retired. Valle lost against the German, in a fight taking place in Munich on June 16, 2018, by unanimous decision, this was her second career loss.

On August 4, 2019, Valle fought Joana Pastrana for the IBF mini flyweight world championship title, in a bout held at Marbella. Valle won the fight by split decision, becoming the new mini flyweight female world champion.