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Junior featherweight
Yésica
Patricia Marcos was born on March 5, 1988 in San
Martin, Mendoza, Argentina. She was a three-time Golden
Gloves champion as an amateur.
In August 2007 at
Polideportivo San
Pedro in San Martin, Argentina, Yésica won the Argentinean 57-kg
National
Championship, beating Valerio Castillo by a 5-0 score.
Yésica
made her pro debut weighing in at 116 lbs on September 5, 2008
at Polideportivo
San Pedro in San Martin, Argentina, and won a clear four-round
unanimous
(40-37,40-37,40-36) decision over Cristina Pacheco (115¾ lbs) of
Cordoba, Argentina who fell to 3-2-1 (1 KO).
On October 3, 2008 at Club
Atletico San Martín in San Martin, Yésica (124 lbs) won a four-round
unanimous decision over Sonia Edith Paladino (124½ lbs) of Cordoba,
Argentina who fell to 1-6-1 (0 KO's).
On October 17, 2008 at
Polideportivo Municipal in Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina,
Yésica (119¾ lbs) won a four-round unanimous (40-36½,40-36½,39½-38½)
decision over Natalia del Pilar Burga (118½ lbs) of San Luis, Argentina
who fell to 4-2 (0 KO's).
On November 8, 2008 at Club
Atletico San Martín in San Martin, Yésica (120¼ lbs) won
a four-round unanimous decision (40-36½,40-36½,40-36) in a
rematch with Sonia Edith Paladino (121 lbs) who fell to 1-7-1
(0 KO's).
On December 5, 2008 at
Polideportivo Municipal in Rivadavia, Mendoza, Argentina, Yésica (120¾
lbs) won a four-round unanimous (40-36,40-37,40-36) decision
over
Maria del Carmen Montiel (124¼ lbs) of Buenos Aires, who fell to 2-15-1
(1 KO).
On December 19, 2008 at
Polideportivo Municipal in Tunuyan, Mendoza, Argentina, Yésica
(120¼ lbs) won a six-round unanimous (59½-57 x 3) decision
over Maria del Carmen Potenza (118½ lbs) of Rosario, Santa Fe,
Argentina who fell to 4-9-1 (0 KO's).
On February 13, 2009 at Polideportivo
San Pedro in San Martin, Yésica (118½ lbs) won an eight-round unanimous
(79-74,79½-76½,79½-76½) decision over Natalia del Pilar Burga (119¼
lbs) who fell to 4-4 (0 KO's).
On March 14, 2009 at Club
Atletico San Martin in San Martin, Yésica (120¼ lbs) won the vacant
South American Junior Featherweight title when Adriana "La Joyita"
Herrera (120
lbs) of Paysandu, Uruguay retired at the start of the ninth round of
the scheduled ten-rounder. Herrera, who had been knocked down
in the eighth round, fell to 3-3-1 (1 KO).
On April 30, 2009 at Estadio
Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina, Yésica (120½
lbs) TKO'd Maria del Carmen Potenza (120¼ lbs) at 1:22 in the
third round of a scheduled six-rounder. Potenza, who had
received a standing eight count in the second round, fell to 5-10-1 (0
KO's).
On July
17, 2009 at Polideportivo
San Pedro in San Martin, Yésica (119¾ lbs) knocked out Sonia Edith
Paladino (119½ lbs) at 0:42 in the seventh round of a scheduled
eight-rounder, dropping Paladino's record to 3-9-1 (0 KO's).
Paladino was in trouble from the second round onwards and
ended
the fight with one eye completely closed.
On August 20, 2009 at Estadio
Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina, Yésica
(119¼ lbs) was held to a six-round split (60-58½,58-58,57½-58) draw by
Ivonne Anahi Cordoba (119 lbs) of Buenos Aires. Marcos was
consistently the aggressor and the straighter and more accurate
puncher, but Cordoba's unorthodox bobbing and weaving style
occasionally gave Marcos problems. Particularly in the fifth round,
Marcos was caught by looping punches that Cordoba threw from
unusual angles. Cordoba looked much happier with the
scoring than Marcos as she moved her record to 4-0-2 (0
KO's). [Video]
On September 12, 2009 at
Casino de Mendoza in Mendoza, Argentina, Yésica
(standing in photo) knocked out previously undefeated Antonina Avala
Vazquez at 0:42 in the
second round of s scheduled eight-rounder. Vazquez fell to 7-1-1 (2
KO's) with this loss.
On October 2, 2009 at Club
Atletico San Martín in San Martin, Yésica won a ten-round unanimous
(99½-90½,99½-91½,98-91½)
decision over Marisa Johanna Portillo of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
for the vacant Argentinian Junior Featherweight title.
Portillo, who had been deducted points in the eighth and
ninth
rounds, fell to 8-4-1 ( 2 KO's).
On November 28, 2009 at Casino
de Mendoza in San Martin, Yésica won a ten-round unanimous
(97-94½,98-93½,98-91½)
decision over Cristina Pacheco who fell to 4-4-2. Pacheco
was knocked down in the eighth but Marcos received a standing eight
count in the tenth.
On
December 18, 2009 at
Polideportivo La Colonia in Junin, Mendoza, Argentina, Yésica (122¼
lbs, at right in photo) won a close and exceptionally hard-fought
nine-round unanimous (86-85,88-84,86½-85) decision
over Betina Garino (122 lbs) of Villa Canas, Santa Fe, Argentina for
the vacant WBA Fedalatin Junior Featherweight title. The fight often
saw ferocious action at close quarters as the aggressive
Garino was often able to back Marcos up and force her
to
defend with her back against the ropes. Garino landed several
hard
rights to the head that shook Marcos but Marcos kept her cool
and
used her boxing skills to weather these barrages.
Marcos finished the fight a little stronger
than one of
her most difficult opponents to date. Both looked exhausted as
the
decision was announced and neither reacted strongly to the
closeness of the scoring. Garino fell to
12-7-1 (2 KO's). [Video
]
 On April
9, 2010 at Anfiteatro
Municipal in San Martin, Yésica won the interim WBA Junior
Featherweight title with a ten-round unanimous decision over previously
unbeaten Simone Da Silva
Duarte of Sao Paolo, Brazil who fell to 8-1 (2 KO's) with the
loss. The taller Duarte was unable to match Marcos's busy work rate and
boxing skills and
Marcos was able to wear her down with body punching in the
later rounds. [Video]
On November 19, 2010 at Teatro
Griego Juan Pablo Segundo in San Martin, Yésica (120½ lbs)
retired Yolis Marrugo Franco (5'3", 121 lbs) of Cartagena,
Colombia at 0:10 in
the eighth round of a ten-rounder for the interim WBA Junior
Featherweight title. Marrugo Franco, who had been worn down by Marcos's
speed and body shots, did not start the eighth round and fell to 12-7-3
(5 KO's) with the loss. [Video]
On March 18, 2011 at
Anfiteatro Municipal in San Martin, Yésica (120¼ lbs) won a
ten-round
unanimous (98-92,98-92,100-90) decision over Maria Andrea Miranda (121¾
lbs) of Monitos, Colombia defending the interim WBA Junior
Featherweight title. Marcos used the first two rounds to
study her opponent then began working her
left hooks to the body. In
the fourth and fifth rounds, the Colombian began to be weakened by
Marcos's increasingly aggressive body attack. Spurred on by
30,000 fans attending the event, Marcos appeared
to be going for the knockout in the second half of the fight but she
was visibly hampered in the final rounds by an injury to her
right
shoulder. Miranda held
up for the full ten rounds but fell to
13-6 (8 KO's) with the loss. Marcos
required surgery to repair a ruptured tendon in her
shoulder, an injury that was expected to keep her out of the ring
for
about six months. On
March 16,
2012 at Teatro
Griego Juan Pablo Segundo in San Martin, Mendoza, Argentina, Yesica
Marcos (120¾ lbs) won a ten-round unanimous (98-91,96-92,97-92)
decision over
Ana Julaton (122 lbs) of Daly City, California for the WBO Junior
Featherweight title. Both went to the canvas briefly in the first two rounds but neither was
hurt and Marcos quickly settled into landing the heavier punches behind
a hard-hitting double jab through most of the fight. Julaton's jab was
unable to move Marcos out of her preferred punching range and Julaton
was frequently warned for punching low when she tried to go to the
body. As the fight progressed Julaton could not solve the multiple problems
of
Marcos' body shots, quick combinations and opportunistic uppercuts as
she fell to 10-3-1 (1
KO) while Marcos improved to 19-0-1 (6 KO's).
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last updated: Saturday, March 17, 2012
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