Yokasta Valle couldn’t have picked a extra appropriately named venue in her bid to usher in a brand new period.
The previous three-division titlist is ready to vie for her third strawweight title. Costa Rica’s Valle (31-3, 10 knockouts) will face a number of time title challenger Elizabeth López Corzo (11-6-5, 2 KOs) for the vacant WBC 105-pound title. ESPN Knockout will air their bout reside this Friday from Camara de Ganaderaos in Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Valle (31-3, 10 knockouts) fights for the second time since a heartbreaking defeat to Seniesa Estrada. Their March 29 RING championship noticed Estrada (26-0, 9 KOs) win by way of unanimous determination to crown the first-ever undisputed strawweight queen. Valle turned over her IBF and WBO belts to Estrada, who defended her RING crown and WBC and WBA straps.
The divisional throne was since abdicated by Estrada, who abruptly introduced her retirement earlier this month.
Valle at all times hoped for a rematch however now prepares to fill the void left behind by her longtime divisional rival.
“Each time she is able to return, I’d be delighted to offer her the chance for a rematch,” Valle instructed The Ring. “It’s a struggle that individuals actually wish to see once more.
“Till then, I’ll give attention to my objectives and proceed to push myself in direction of extra world titles.”
Valle rebounded from the Estrada defeat together with her first knockout win in additional than 4 years. The Ring’s No. 8 pound-for-pound fighter stopped Ramandeep Kaur within the second spherical on July 20 in San Juan de Tibas, Costa Rica.
It was Valle’s first struggle with Jacob ‘Panda’ Najar as her head coach. Valle’s hope is that the union will result in her fourth title reign. She gained a belt on the female-exclusive 102-pound atomweight division and loved unified title standing at 105 and 108.
Valle, The Ring’s No. 1 strawweight, moved up in Nov. 2022 to dethrone IBF/WBO junior flyweight titlist Evelin Bermudez. She held the identical two belts at 105, which she unified in a Sept. 2022 win over unbeaten Thi Thu Nhi Nguyen.
Valle vacated the junior flyweight titles in Dec. 2022 and stay at strawweight. It was the place she yearned to turn into undisputed and known as out Estrada at each flip.
The 2 met in a summit assembly earlier this yr in Glendale, Arizona. Estrada needed to fend off a late Valle rally to prevail on all three scorecards.
It left Valle dejected, as she believed she deserved the nod. Nonetheless, she left the Desert Diamond Enviornment extra assured than ever that she may acquire revenge any time they ran it again.
That bout seems to be much less lifelike now than it did again then, because the 32-year-old Estrada determined to exit the game on a excessive observe.
“I’m shocked by the choice that Seniesa is retiring,” confessed Valle. “I’ve come to simply accept her determination, and I want her the very best on this new step of her journey. Like many people, there comes a time once we are confronted with troublesome choices for the betterment of our well-being.”
