YOKASTA “YOKA” VALLE MAKES HISTORY IN COSTA RICA AND UNIFIES THE IBF AND WBO MINIMUMWEIGHT FEMALE WORLD TITLES
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA (September 8, 2022) – Keeping her promise to the people of Costa Rica that both the IBF and WBO Minimumweight Female World Titles were to stay in the country, Yokasta “Yoka” Valle (26-2, 9 KOs) made a historic statement by winning via unanimous decision against now former WBO Minimumweight World Champion Thi Thu Nhi Nguyen (5-1, 1 KOs) of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in a 10-round World Championship match.
The lively Ciudad Deportiva Heiner Ugalde was completely sold out with 5,694 fans in attendance for the country’s first-ever unification fight. VIPs of the night included former World Champions Jhonny “El Bombardero” González and David “Medallita” Jimenez as well as International Boxing Hall of Famer Marco Antonio Barrera.
“The belts stayed here! I’m after the next belt, whichever comes first. It’s a dream. I want to unify all the titles one day and we are one step closer,” said World Champion Yokasta Valle. “I knew it was going to be a hard fight. Nguyen was a really tough fighter in there and could withstand a lot of my combinations. There were hard moments in the ring but I knew I would get the victory because I trained hard and had an incredible corner.”
