Yokasta Valle
Yokasta Galeth Valle Álvarez is a Costa Rican professional boxer. She is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the 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.
Early life
Born on 28 August 1992 in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Valle moved to Costa Rica when she was 7 years old. Valle 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.
Professional career
Valle debuted on 26 July 2014 in Alajuela, defeating Mexican boxer Guadalupe "La Fiera" Atilano by unanimous decision.On 1 December 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 16 June 2018 by unanimous decision, this was her second career loss.
On 4 August 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.
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 22 | Win | 20–2 |  Carleans Rivas | TKO | 6, 1:20 | 8 Feb 2020 |  San José, Costa Rica.png" /> | Retained IBF female mini flyweight title |
| 21 | Win | 19–2 |  Yenifer León | UD | 10 | 9 Nov 2019 |  | |
| 20 | Win | 18–2 |  Joana Pastrana | SD | 10 | 4 Aug 2019 |  Plaza de Toros de Puerto Banús, Marbella, Spain.png" /> | Won IBF female mini flyweight title |
| 19 | Win | 17–2 |  Valeria Mejía | TKO | 5 | 2 Feb 2019 | | |
| 18 | Win | 16–2 |  Edith Flores | UD | 8 | 8 Dec 2018 |  Santo Domingo, Costa Rica.png" /> | |
| 17 | Win | 15–2 | Luisana Bolívar | UD | 10 | 13 Oct 2018 | | |
| 16 | Win | 14–2 |  Haydée Zapa | TKO | 2 | 23 Aug 2018 |  Albrook Mall, Panama City, Panama.png" /> | |
| 15 | Loss | 13–2 |  Tina Rupprecht | UD | 10 | 16 Jun 2018 |  Unterschleißheim, Germany.png" /> | For vacant WBC female mini flyweight title |
| 14 | Loss | 13–1 |  Naoko Fujioka | UD | 10 | 1 Dec 2017 |  Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan.png" /> | For WBO female junior flyweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 |  Yaditza Pérez | UD | 10 | 31 Mar 2017 |  | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Ana Victoria Polo | 10 | 16 Dec 2016 | | Won vacant IBF female junior mini flyweight title | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Linda Vázquez | UD | 8 | 19 Aug 2016 |  | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Lorena Mendoza | UD | 8 | 28 May 2016 |  San Vicente, Costa Rica.png" /> | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Guadalupe Esquivel | RTD | 5 | 2 Apr 2016 | | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 |  Xiomara Vilorio | RTD | 2 | 15 Jan 2016 |  San Salvador, El Salvador.png" /> | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 |  Blanca Rodríguez | 1 | 19 Dec 2015 |  Quepos, Quepos, Costa Rica.png" /> | ||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Xiomara Vilorio | UD | 6 | 28 Nov 2015 |  | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Lidiette Ortiz | TKO | 1 | 17 Oct 2015 |  Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia, Costa Rica.png" /> | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 |  Yovanella Sosa | TKO | 2 | 2 Aug 2015 | | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Yovanella Sosa | UD | 4 | 13 Jun 2015 |  Gabelo Conejo, Alajuela, Costa Rica.png" /> | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Francisca Viquez | 3 | 10 Oct 2014 |  Escazú, Costa Rica.png" /> | ||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Guadalupe Atilano | 4 | 26 Jul 2014 | |