An unbeaten star has become the youngest active world champion in a historic moment for the sport.
Throughout the long and storied history of the sport, there have been a number of young and exciting fighters that have etched their names into the boxing history books for capturing world titles at such a young age.
Puerto Rican great Wilfred Benitez, who captured world titles in three weight classes throughout the course of his 17-year professional career, became the youngest world champion ever back in 1976 when he defeated Antonio Cervantes to win the WBA light-welterweight title at 17 years and 176 days old.
Heavyweight icon Mike Tyson became the youngest world heavyweight champion of all time in 1986 when he stopped countryman Trevor Berbick to capture the WBC heavyweight title at 20-years-old, a record that remains unbroken to this very day.
After undisputed atomweight champion Tina Rupprecht announced her retirement from the sport, Mexico’s Camila Zamorano has cemented her place in the boxing history books by becoming the youngest female to hold a major world championship at the age of 17 years and 293 days old.
The unbeaten star from Sonora was elevated to WBC atomweight champion shortly after Rupprecht announced her retirement from boxing, breaking a record that was previously held by Choi Hyun-mi who won the WBA world featherweight title back in 2008 at the age of 17 years and 339 days.
Zamorano has emerged as a bright talent since making her debut back in April of 2023, remaining unbeaten in 12 bouts with her most recent ring appearance coming in June when she defeated Mika Iwakawa to capture the ‘vacant’ WBC interim atomweight title.
She has fallen short of breaking the sport’s all time record for the youngest belt holder, which is still attributed to the great Wilfred Benitez, who was 17 years and 176 days old when he won his first title in 1976, defeating Antonio Cervantes for the WBA Super Lightweight Championship.
