1. Hanna Gabriels Valle was born on 14 January 1983 and is a Costa Rican professional boxer.
18 Facts About Hanna Gabriels
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Hanna Gabriels has held world championships in four weight classes, having held the WBA female light middleweight title since 2016; the WBA female light heavyweight and WBC female heavyweight titles since April 2021; the WBO welterweight title in 2009; and the WBO light middleweight title twice between 2010 and 2018.
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Hanna Gabriels has one brother, Windell, who played football in the Costa Rican Primera Division.
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Hanna Gabriels made her professional debut on 17 November 2007, against Nicaraguan Aoska Xochilet Herrera at the Gimnasio Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica, winning by third-round technical knockout.
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On 19 December 2009, Hanna Gabriels fought for the vacant WBO welterweight title against Argentine Gabriela Zapata at the Dennis Martinez National Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua, winning by TKO in the fourth round.
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On 14 January 2010, just over a month after capturing the WBO welterweight title, Hanna Gabriels relinquished the belt after suffering several blackouts - said to be caused by having to cut-weight in order to make the welterweight limit.
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On 29 May 2010, Hanna Gabriels moved up in weight to face Dominican Gardy Alvarez for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, winning by first-round TKO in a fight that lasted only 11 seconds.
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On 11 January 2011, Hanna Gabriels successfully defended her title against American Melisenda Perez, winning by TKO in the tenth-round.
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On 31 March 2011, Hanna Gabriels fought Melisenda Perez, this time winning with a seventh-round TKO.
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On 28 February 2013, Hanna Gabriels suffered her first career loss via second-round TKO to Oxandia Castillo of the Dominican Republic, losing her unbeaten streak and WBO junior middleweight title.
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On 20 December 2014, after nearly two years out of the ring, Hanna Gabriels fought for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title against Mexican Paty Ramirez, regaining her title with a second-round TKO.
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On 18 June 2016, Hanna Gabriels fought Katia Alvarino of Uruguay, winning by TKO in the third round, capturing the vacant WBA super welterweight title and becoming a unified world champion.
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Hanna Gabriels defended the unified light middleweight championship twice in 2017; On 27 May, she won a unanimous decision over Canadian Natasha Spence, and on 13 October, avenged her first career loss against Oxandia Castillo by unanimous decision.
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On 22 June 2018, Hanna Gabriels moved up in weight for the third time to challenge two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields for the vacant WBA and inaugural IBF middleweight titles at the Masonic Temple, Detroit.
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Hanna Gabriels was scheduled to fight against Claressa Shields in a rematch of their 2018 fight on 3 June, 2023 but the fight was cancelled after Hanna Gabriels tested positive for a banned substance.
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Hanna Gabriels promoter claimed it entered her system when she was medicating her dog.
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Hanna Gabriels is an activist for gender equity and against violence.
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That same year Hanna Gabriels was appointed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as a special collaborator to help campaigns for refugees and against xenophobia.