Camila Zamorano’s boxing journey just hit legendary status, and she’s barely old enough to vote. When she first captured the WBC Interim Atomweight title, the division’s top spot belonged to German fighter Tina Rupprecht. But everything changed this year, and the boxing world is taking notice.
Earlier in April, Rupprecht defeated Sumire Yamanaka to claim the IBF World Atomweight title, boosting her record to 15-1-1 and becoming the first German boxer to fully unify a division in the four-belt era. At 33, already a two-division world champ, she surprised fans when she announced her retirement in October.
Her decision opened the door for a historic moment. On October 15, the WBC made it official: Camila Zamorano, no longer “interim,” was recognized as the absolute Atomweight World Champion. With that elevation, the young Mexican fighter instantly made history as the youngest woman to ever hold a world title.
Before Zamorano stepped into the spotlight, the record was held for over 17 years by South Korea’s Choi Hyun-Mi, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. Hyun-Mi was 17 years and 339 days old when she beat Xu Chun Yan by unanimous decision to win the WBA World Featherweight title back in October 2008. Camila topped that by 46 days, becoming champion at just 17 years and 293 days old.
And she isn’t done making noise. Zamorano now has her sights set on another record: becoming the youngest undisputed female champion in history. Right now, that honor belongs to Gabriela Fundora from Florida, who unified the flyweight division at 22 after defeating Gabriela Celeste Alaniz in November 2024.
If Camila stays on track, she has a little more than four years to unify her division and steal that record too. For a fighter who is already rewriting history before turning 18, nothing feels impossible.
