Yamileth Mercado determined development

Today at the WBC “Martes de Café”, WBC super bantamweight champion, Yamileth Mercado linked up with the press to talk about her victory over Angélica Rascón, whom she defeated by unanimous decision last Saturday in Chihuahua, Chihuahua.

Before turning the proceedings over to the champion, the President of the WBC, Mauricio Sulaimán took the microphone, first to congratulate Yamileth for a gutsy defense, but also to clarify that the body’s ring officials panel is of the highest level and it is very pitiful for a great fight to be marred by bad and malicious comments.

For Mauricio the willpower of Yamileth is worthy of admiration and recognition, because in each of her performances she shows real grit. He added that Yamileth is a pride of the organization and reiterated all the support of the WBC .

Visibly moved, Yamileth confessed that she was hurt by the fact that some people did not recognize her triumph and even more so, the comments towards her person; However, she is convinced that boxing has many perspectives and she knows that she came through to win a tough plus exacting fight.

She acknowledged that it was far from easy, because of differing styles, a situation that made her lose concentration a bit, but she was able to resume and take the victory.

Aware that it was not the fight that she hoped to offer, Yamileth pledged with her entire audience to continue learning and polishing all the details in her boxing, because she knows that each match and each rival will be more difficult, since they will all want to come for the cherished Green and Gold Belt.

She recognized the quality of Angelica because she gave herself up in the ring, thanking her in a very special way because only with this type of fights she can grow and learn.

She appreciated having been able to get out of the ring without any injury as she recalled the last two times she was hurt.

Regarding a possible fight with Jackie Nava, the monarch agreed that this would be a very interesting fight and an honor to be able to face a legend of women’s boxing; However, she clarified that this is decided by her promoter, understanding that she must first comply with the commitments established by the WBC rules and make her mandatory fight.