Carolina Duer

Carolina Duer
Personal information
NicknameLa Turca
BornCarolina Raquel Duer
(1978-08-05) August 5, 1978
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Weight
Boxing career
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights29
Wins20
Win by KO6
Losses7
Draws2

Carolina Raquel Duer (born 5 August 1978 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine professional boxer.[1][2]

She has held world titles in the super flyweight and bantamweight divisions, including the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super flyweight and bantamweight titles, as well as the International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title. Duer, who is Jewish and of Syrian immigrant background, has been described as the first Jewish woman to win a WBO title.[1]

Early life

Duer was born 5 August 1978, in Buenos Aires, to a family of Jewish Syrian immigrants with roots in Damascus and whose 20th-century diaspora was shaped by anti-Jewish violence and growing insecurity in Syria.[1][3] Duer attended a Jewish day school and Maccabi club, and celebrated her Bat Mitzvah in the Iona Hebrew Center, a Conservative synagogue.[1][4] She attended the Jaim Najman Bialik Primary School in Buenos Aires.[1]

Boxing career

As an amateur, Duer won 19 of 20 fights before turning professional in 2007.[5] She won the WBO super flyweight title (fighters weighing 112 pounds to 115 pounds) in December 2010 by defeating Loredana Piazza by decision, and defended the title six times.[1][5][6] In July 2012, Duer made the fifth defense of her WBO super flyweight title, defeating Romanian European champion Corina Carlescu by technical knockout in the fifth round in La Plata.[7] In July 2013, she moved up to bantamweight and defeated Venezuelan Mayra Alejandra Gómez by unanimous decision to win the WBO bantamweight title, becoming the first Jewish woman to hold a WBO crown.[8]

Three years later, on August 26, 2016, and after a pause in her career due to her maternity, Duer won for the third time the IBF world bantamweight after defeating the Brazilian boxer Aline Scaranello by technical knockout.[9] She lost the title in her first defense, to María Cecilia Román, by split decision.[10]

Television

In 2013, Duer took part in the reality TV show Celebrity Splash! (Argentina), which teaches celebrities the art of diving.[11]

In 2014, Duer began working as a boxing commentator for Argentine National Public Television. That year, she was also announced as a special commentator for Argentine television coverage of the rematch between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas.[12][13]

Reality shows
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Celebrity Splash! Contestant Eliminated in Round 2 – Part 3
2014 Combate Trainer of Green team Retired
2023 The Challenge Argentina: El Desafío Contestant 1st eliminated

Professional boxing record

29 fights 20 wins 7 losses
By knockout 6 0
By decision 14 7
Draws 2
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
29 Loss 20-7-2 Uruguay Gabriela Bouvier SD 10 (10) 2023-04-29 Argentina Polideportivo Los Polvorines, Los Polvorines, Argentina For the vacant Interim WBC female super-bantamweight Silver title
28 Win 20-6-2 Argentina Silvia Fernanda Zacarias UD 4 (4) 2021-08-12 Argentina Escuela de Boxeo Santos Zacarías, Rafael Calzada
27 Draw 19-6-2 Argentina Marianela Soledad Ramirez SD 10 (10) 2019-11-29 Argentina Estadio polideportivo, Villa de Mayo For South American Female Super Bantamweight title
26 Loss 19-6-1 Mexico Mariana Juárez UD 10 (10) 2019-10-12 Mexico Centro de Convenciones, Fresnillo For WBC female bantamweight title
25 Loss 19-5-1 Argentina María Cecilia Román SD 10 (10) 2018-08-04 Argentina Estadio Aldo Cantoni, San Juan For IBF female bantamweight title
24 Loss 19-4-1 Argentina María Cecilia Román SD 10 (10) 2017-08-04 Argentina Salon Tattersall, San Isidro, Argentina For IBF female bantamweight title
23 Win 19-3-1 Brazil Aline de Casia Scaranello TKO 7 2016-08-26 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Won Interim IBF female bantamweight title
22 Win 18-3-1 Argentina Vanesa del Valle Calderón UD 6 2016-04-15 Argentina Polideportivo Cooperativa Tortuguitas, Tortuguitas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
21 Win 17-3-1 Venezuela Ana Lozano UD 10 2014-07-18 Argentina Club Atletico Lanus, Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female bantamweight title
20 Win 16-3-1 Mexico Estrella Valverde UD 10 2013-12-13 Argentina Polideportivo La Patriada, Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female bantamweight title
19 Win 15-3-1 Argentina Mayra Alejandra Gomez UD 10 2013-07-26 Argentina Club Social Alejandro Korn, Alejandro Korn, Buenos Aires, Argentina Won vacant WBO female bantamweight title
18 Draw 14-3-1 Argentina Sabrina Maribel Perez SD 10 2013-05-24 Argentina Instituto San Isidro, Veronica, Buenos Aires, Argentina For vacant WBO female bantamweight title
17 Win 14-3 Argentina Marcela Acuña UD 10 2012-12-21 Argentina Club Universitario, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female super flyweight title
16 Win 13-3 Argentina Marisa Johanna Portillo UD 10 2012-10-26 Argentina Tecnópolis, Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female super flyweight title
15 Win 12-3 Romania Corina Carlescu TKO 5 2012-07-06 Argentina Club Universitario, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female super flyweight title
14 Win 11-3 Italy Milena Tronto TKO 2 (10) 2012-03-03 Argentina Anfiteatro Verónica, Veronica, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female super flyweight title
13 Win 10-3 Uruguay Maria Jose Nunez TKO 3 (10) 2011-11-11 Argentina Club Atletico Lanus, Lanus, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female super flyweight title
12 Win 9-3 Serbia Djendji Fleis TKO 1 (10) 2011-07-15 Argentina Salon Tattersall, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina Retain WBO female super flyweight title
11 Win 8-3 Morocco Aziza Oubaita UD 10 2011-03-26 Argentina Club Unión Progresista, Villa Angela, Chaco Retain WBO female super flyweight title
10 Win 7-3 Italy Loredana Piazza UD 10 2010-12-17 Argentina Casino Victoria, Victoria, Entre Rios Won vacant WBO female super flyweight title
9 Win 6-3 Argentina Silvia Fernanda Zacarias UD 10 2010-07-16 Argentina Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
8 Win 5-3 Argentina Anahi Yolanda Salles UD 6 2010-05-14 Argentina Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
7 Win 4-3 Argentina Yanina Natalia Acuna SD 4 2009-10-03 Argentina Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
6 Win 3-3 Argentina Yanina Natalia Acuna SD 4 2009-04-04 Argentina Club Social y Deportivo Mar de Ajó, Mar de Ajo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
5 Loss 2-3 Argentina Yanina Natalia Acuna MD 4 2008-11-29 Argentina Club Social y Deportivo 12 de Octubre, Benavídez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
4 Loss 2-2 Argentina Natalia del Pilar Burga MD 4 2008-09-27 Argentina Estadio Municipal, Jovita, Cordoba, Argentina
3 Loss 2-1 Argentina Ivonne Anahi Cordoba UD 4 2008-08-08 Argentina Club Huracán, Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2 Win 2-0 Argentina Agustina del Valle Aybar KO 3 (4) 2007-12-14 Argentina Polideportivo Carlos Cerutti, Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
1 Win 1-0 Argentina Agustina del Valle Aybar UD 4 2007-09-15 Argentina Estadio U.P.C.N., Los Hornos, Buenos Aires, Argentina

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Argentine boxer Carolina Duer defends bantamweight crown". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Argentine boxer Carolina Duer defends bantamweight crown; First Jewish woman to hold a WBO crown has retained it six times". The Times of Israel. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Syria Virtual Jewish History Tour | Jewish Virtual Library". jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  4. ↑ "Argentinian Jewish boxer defends her title; Carolina Raquel Duer, the World Boxing Organization's super flyweight champion, steps back into the ring". The Jerusalem Post. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  5. 1 2 Daniel Koren (29 July 2013). "Carolina Duer, First Jewish Woman To Win WBO Title; The Argentinian boxer, and former kibbutznik, known as 'The Turk,' has won 15 of 18 professional matches". Shalom Life. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Argentine Jewish boxer wins first bantamweight title; Carolina Duer becomes 8th Argentine woman - and first Jewish one - to hold World Boxing Organization championship". Haaretz. 28 July 2013. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Iron Barbie, queen of the boxing ring". The Jewish Chronicle. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2026-06-29.
  8. ↑ "Jewish Boxer Retains Championship Belt". The Forward. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "La porteña Carolina Duer conquistó el título mundial gallo de la FIB". Archived from the original on 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  10. ↑ Maria Roman Upsets Champ Carolina Duer in Argentina, The Sweet Science
  11. ↑ Carolina Duer y Ariel Ortega, eliminados de Celebrity Splash Archived 2014-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, 23 July 2013, ar.celebridades.yahoo.com
  12. ↑ JTA (2014-07-21). "Argentine boxer Carolina Duer defends bantamweight crown". The Times of Israel. ISSN 0040-7909. Retrieved 2026-06-29.
  13. ↑ Journal, Jewish (2014-07-21). "Argentine boxer Carolina Duer defends bantamweight crown". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2026-06-29.
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