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5'4" bantamweight Ana María Torres was born on January 25 1980 in Neza, México and fights out of México City. She is trained by Jose Morales, the father of Erik Morales. She made her pro debut on July 3, 1999 at La Arena México in México City, with a four-round split (39-37, 39-38, 37-39) decision over Mariana Juárez in a 49-kg (jr. flyweight) bout. On September 15, 1999 at La Arena México in México City, Ana María (119 lbs) won by a third-round TKO over Erika Juarez (118 lbs) of México who fell to 1-1. On December 11, 1999 at La Arena México in México City, Ana María Torres and Mariana Juárez fought to a four-round draw in a rematch of their fight on July 3 (which was on the first women's card to be sanctioned since the City lifted its ban on women's boxing). On February 12, 2000 in Mexico City, Mexico Ana María won a third-round TKO over Maribel Zamora in a scheduled four-round bantamweight contest. Zamora fell to 0-3 with the loss. On June 2, 2000 in Irapuato, Guanajuato, México, Ana María won a four-round decision over Berenice Chavez, who fell to 1-3-1. On June 12, 2001 at Salon 21 in Polanco, México, Ana María Torres moved to 5-0-1 (3 KO's) with a second round TKO over Miriam Serrano who fell to 0-2. On July 12, 2001 in Tijuana, México, Ana Maria TKO'd pro debuter Elizabeth Ruiz in the second round of a bantamweight bout.
On June 26, 2002 at Salon 21 in Polanco, México, 2000 fans saw Ana María win a close ten-round unanimous decision in a rematch with Mariana Juárez who fell to 7-2-2 (5 KO). This hard-fought bout for the vacant Mexican bantamweight title was the third between Torres and Juárez. “When I fought for the Mexican title the arena was full,” said Juarez, "it was the most exciting fight I’ve ever fought but there was little boxing.” On February 22, 2003 at Plaza México, México City, México, Ana María won a second-round TKO over Ofelia Dominguez, who fell to 0-4-1. On May 19, 2003 at Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, México, Ana María won by an eighth round TKO in a bantamweight bout with Berenice Chavez of México City, who fell to 1-7-2 (0 KO). On November 13, 2003 at Fort Cheyenne Casino in North Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, a scheduled non-title bout between Ana María and then #1 ranked bantamweight Ada Velez of Puerto Rico did not take place because of visa problems for Torres. On February 13, 2004 at Auditorio Municipal in Mexicali, México, Ivonne Muñoz Leon (116¾ lbs) of México City won a ten-round unanimous decision over Ana María (114¾ lbs) for Torres's Mexican bantamweight title. Munoz was now 6-1-1 (2 KO).
On March 26, 2004 at Fort Cheyenne Casino Event Center, North Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Ana María (120 lbs) TKO'd LaKeysha Williams (119 lbs) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 3:00 in the fourth round of a scheduled eight-rounder. Torres started slowly using a slow jab, which Williams countered effectively with wide rights. Williams was able to land on Torres in the early part of the second with jabs followed by the looping right. However, Torres soon began to feint before coming forward, to get Williams out of position for her counter shots. Torres then began to find her way inside on a forward-leaning Williams with body shots, followed by big uppercuts that forced Williams to tighten up her defense. Torres's body punching then became the story of the fight as Torres gained confidence coming forward to land hard hooks to the American's body. Williams, whose face began to redden and swell from Torres' bombardment, was forced to begin holding Torres. Torres' body shots still took their toll, however, and referee Kenny Bayless stopped the bout at the end of the fourth with Williams clearly in trouble. Torres was now 10-1-1 (7 KO) while Williams fell to 7-6-2 (1 KO). (For more of Mary Ann Owen's photos and video of this fight and its weigh-in see WBAN Members Photo/MPEGS Gallery #156 and 158).
On December 10, 2004 in front of a packed house at Salón Marbet Plus in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, México, Ana María (116½ lbs) won by a TKO when Golden Gloves champion Yadira Rosales (115¾ lbs) of México City, who was making her pro debut, failed to answer the bell for the sixth round. With an animated home crowd urging her on in the card's Main Event, Torres got on top of Rosales at the start and never let up, using her skill and greater experience to wicked effect. As was the case in March 2005 when she stopped Lakeysha Williams in the fourth, it was her opponent’s face that got the worst of it. By the time she retired between the fifth and six rounds, Rosales’s mouth was a mess and had begun to hemorrhage. On December 21, 2005 at Deportivo de la Nueva Atzacoalco in México City, in front of over 1,000 boxing fans, Ana Maria (117¼ lbs) won a 10-round unanimous decision over Susana Vazquez (115¾ lbs) of Toluca, México for the vacant Mexican Female Bantamweight title. There were reports that this was the best fight of the night on this card. Vazquez's pro record fell to 1-2-0 (0 KOs). On May 13, 2006 at the Deportivo de la Nueva Atzacoalco in Mexico City, Mexico, Ana María Torres (114½ lbs) was more than 34-year-old grandmother Gloría "Dinamita" Ríos (112½ lbs) could handle in their top-of-the-bill clash for the vacant NABF Super Flyweight, and Torres's Mexican Bantamweight title. Referee Laurentino Ramírez stopped the fight 1:15 into the sixth to spare Ríos further punishment. Rios fell to 3-5-1 (0 KOs). On June 7, 2006 in Kosung, North Korea, Ana Maria Torres (117 lbs) lost a ten-round split decision to Kwang Ok Kim (116¾ lbs) of North Korea for the WBC Bantamweight title. Kim improved to 5-0-0 (4 KOs) with the win. On October 7, 2006 in Xalapa, Mexico Ana Maria Torres (115 lbs ) TKO'd Mayela Pérez (114½ lbs) of Saltillo, Mexico at 1:50 in the sixth round. Torres improved to 14-2-1 (10 KOs) while Perez fell to 7-5-1 (6 KOs).
On April 16, 2007 at Coliseo Cruz in Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic, Ana Maria Torres won a 10-round unanimous
(98-92,98-92,97-95) decision for the WBC Super Flyweight Title over Dahianna
Santana of the Dominican Republic. According
to WBAN correspondent Ewan Whyte, "Spurred on by more than 7,000 of her
compatriots, who never stopped shouting, Santana tried to box from a distance.
Nevertheless, the strength, determination and superb physical condition of the
champion allowed her to maintain a comfortable dominance throughout the ten
rounds." Torres improved to 15-2-1 (10 KOs) while Sanatana fell to
8-4-0 (2 KOs). On April 26, 2008 at the Plaza de Toros Juriquilla in Queretaro, Mexico, Torres (114 lbs) and Myung Ok Ryu (114½ lbs) fought to a 10-round majority draw (95-95,95-95,97-93 for Torres) in a rematch of their hotly disputed bout in North Korea. According to the report by WBAN correspondent Ewan Whyte, "After the first eight minutes, one judge had Torres two rounds up, another judge had her two rounds down, whilst the third made it a draw. (Why not just toss a coin?) If the Mexican reports are to be believed, the change of venue didn’t at all force Ryu to adopt a cleaner style of fighting, as Torres had fondly supposed it would; exactly as in the first fight, (it is claimed) she resorted to clinching or attacked with the head whenever she felt threatened, despite warnings from the referee. Torres, whose nose was bleeding as early as the third round, seemed more preoccupied with how to avoid being hit by her opponent’s head than with hitting it. In the two final rounds, which one judge had her winning and the others judged even, the challenger went all out for the knockout, allowing Ryu to respond with combinations to the head, but time ran out before either woman could press home an advantage." Ryu retained the WBC Junior Bantamweight title with this result. Ryu was now 5-0-1 (3 KOs). On August 30, 2008 at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, Ana Maria Torres (115 lbs) won a 10-round unanimous decision over Esmeralda Moreno (114½ lbs) for the Interim WBC Super Flyweight title. The judges' scores were 99-91, 98-92, 99-91. Moreno fell to 9-4 (3 KO's). On March 1, 2009 at Auditorio Guelaguetza in Oaxaca, Mexico, Ana María Torres (114½ lbs) regained the WBC Junior Bantamweight title with a TKO at 0:57 in the fourth round over an overmatched Paulina Cardona (113½ lbs) of Barranquilla, Colombia. Torres dominated the light-punching Cardona during the first three rounds with a strong attack to the head. The end came when Torres cornered Cardona and landed a barrage of punches that persuaded Canadian referee Len Koivisito to call a halt to the one-sided affair. Cardona fell to 13-5-3 (6 KO's).
On June 13, 2009 at Centro Banamex in Mexico City,
Mexico
On August 29, 2009 at Ciudad Deportiva in
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, Ana Maria Torres
(115 lbs) won a 10-round unanimous (97-94,96-94,99-91) decision over previously
undefeated Ava Knight (115 lbs) of Chico, California
for the WBC Junior Bantamweight title. A local report opined that Torres was
'much superior' and 'used her reach advantage to good effect' but Knight moved
well and made for a difficult target. She also gave Torres a bloody nose which
'only made her more determined'. Knight fell to 5-1-2 (2 KO's) with
the loss.
On July 3, 2010 at Centro de Convenciones in Tlalnepantla, Mexico On September 11, 2010 at Plaza de Toros in Mexico City, Ana Maria Torres (114½ lbs) won a ten-round unanimous (100-88 x 3) decision over Alesia-Tamara Graf (114½ lbs) of Germany for the WBC Junior Bantamweight title. Graf, who was down twice in the third round, fell to 24-2-0 (9 KO's) with the loss. On November 6, 2010 at Poliforum Zamna in Merida, Yucatán, Mexico, Ana Maria Torres (114¾ lbs) TKO'd Hollie Dunaway (110¼ lbs) of Las Vegas, NV, USA, at 1:13 in the sixth round of a scheduled ten-rounder for the WBC Junior Bantamweight title. Torres, whose aggressive fast-forward style had kept Dunaway backing up for much of the earlier rounds, trapped Dunaway in a corner and the fight was stopped by the referee after Dunaway took a series of hard shots to the head. Dunaway fell to 23-9-1 (10 KO's) with the loss. On January 22, 2011 at Arena N eza in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico, Ana Maria Torres (114¾ lbs) won a 10-round unanimous (100-89,100-89,98-91) decision over Naoko Yamaguchi (5′1½", 114¾ lbs) of Tokyo, Japan for the WBC Junior Bantamweight title. Torres improved to 24-3-2 (14 KO's) while Yamaguchi fell to 16-3-3 (14 KO's).
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Ana María
Torres is that relative rarity, a female who has learned to box in. textbook
style. She holds her hands up and elbows tucked in, throws straight punches,
moves her feet well, and can hit hard to the body to wear her opponent down and
to open the way for punishing shots to the head. 