Ana Julaton
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| Ana Julaton | |
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| Real name | Luciana B. Julaton |
| Nickname(s) | "The Hurricane" |
| Rated at | Super Bantamweight |
| Height | 5′ 5″ (165cm) |
| Nationality |  American |
| Born | July 5, 1980 San Francisco, California |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 8 |
| Wins | 6 |
| Wins by KO | 0 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
Ana Julaton (born Luciana Bonifacio Julaton, 5 July 1980) is the first Filipino American boxer to win the Women's WBO Super Bantamweight and IBA Super Bantamweight titles. Nicknamed “The Hurricane,” she is also one of the “quickest” boxers ever to win a world title, having fought only five other professional bouts before winning the IBA Super Bantamweight title.
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Biography
=Early career
Julaton was born on 5 July 1980 in San Francisco, California. Despite her father making her train in martial arts when she was little, she had no interest in boxing whatsoever. It was only while working as a bok-fu instructor at the West Wind Martial Arts and Boxing School in Berkeley, California, that Julaton was introduced to boxing through a lecture session organized by her now trainer-manager, Angelo Reyes.
Amateur career
She then made her amateur boxing debut in 2004, managing to win a silver in the San Francisco Golden Gloves despite having officially trained for only two weeks. After delivering a good performance at the National Golden Gloves in 2005, Julaton would be taken under the wing of two-division world champion Carina Moreno and trainer Rick Noble, further improving her craft.
By 2007, she was ranked as second among all female amateur boxers in the United States, and took part of the unsuccessful campaign to include women's boxing in the lineup of events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Professional career
At this point Julaton decided to turn pro, and approached veteran trainer Freddie Roach. Impressing Roach with her work ethic—even sparring against male fighters—Julaton eventually became part of Roach's large stable of boxers, alongside Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao and former world champion Gerry Peñalosa.
She was about to make her professional debut against Hondi Hernandez as part of the undercard of the Pacquiao-Barrera rematch in October 2007, but her fight was canceled when Hernandez failed to make the weight limit. Julaton instead fought and won against Rita Valentini one month later. This was followed by several other successful fights, culminating in her first title win against Kelsey “The Road Warrior” Jeffries last 12 September 2009 for the vacant International Boxing Association super bantamweight title in women's boxing.
Now trained by Nonito Donaire Sr., father of boxer Nonito Donaire Jr., Julaton followed up that win by defeating Donna Biggers and becoming the first female World Boxing Organization Super Bantamweight champion on 4 December 2009. Her next fight is scheduled on 27 March 2010, against boxer Lisa Brown for the vacant World Boxing Association junior featherweight title.
Achievements
Professional career
2009
- WBO Super Bantamweight World Champion
- IBA Super Bantamweight World Champion
Amateur Record
2007
- Rank No. 2, United States Nationwide Rankings
- Silver Medalist, United States Championship
- Gold Medalist, San Francisco Championship
2006
- Champion, National Diamond Belt
- California State Champion
- Champion, San Francisco Golden Gloves
- Rank No,. 5 Quarter-finalist, United States Championship
- Silver Medalist, Nor Cal Championship
2005
- Rank No. 6, United States Nationwide Rankings
- Bronze Medalist, National Golden Gloves
- Champion, San Francisco Diamond Belt
- Best Fight of the Tournament and Quarter-finalist, National PAL Championships
- Silver Medalist, San Francisco Golden Gloves
- Quarter-finalist, United States Championship
- Silver Medalist, Nor Cal Championship
2004
- Silver Medalist, San Francisco Golden Gloves
References
- Team Julaton Official Site. Accessed 3 March 2010.
- Promising Prospect: Ana Julaton – 15Rounds.com. Accessed 3 March 2010.
- Ana Julaton scores upset to win IBA title – Inquirer.net. Accessed 3 March 2010.
- Ana Julaton – BoxRec.com. Accessed 3 March 2010.
- Ana Julaton debuts as prof in Pacquiao-Barrera rematch – GMANews.TV. Accessed 3 March 2010.
- Ana Julaton wins the WBO Women’s world title! - FightFan.com. Accessed 3 March 2010.
- Ana Julaton awaits Donaire Sr.'s arrival – Philboxing.net. Accessed 3 March 2010.
