Litzy Vazquez and Stephanie Pineiro meet for WBC, WBA junior welterweight titles

On Saturday, December 5, WBA interim female junior-welterweight titlist Litzy Vazquez and top-ranked Stephanie Pineiro will meet for the unified WBC and WBA 140lbs belts vacated by the recent retirement of Katie Taylor.

In her most recent fight, Veracruz, Mexico’s Vazquez, 9-0 (6 KOs), captured the interim title by defeating Edith Soledad Matthysse via majority 10-round decision in July 2026. 

Younger by 12 years, the 24-year-old Vazquez will be facing the hometown Pineiro, 10–1 (3 KOs), of Puerto Rico in her backyard of the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon.

Currently ranked WBA No. 1 and WBC No. 2 at 140lbs, southpaw Pineiro has been campaigning at welterweight for the last nearly four years and stands three inches taller than Vazquez at 5-foot-9. Pineiro won an interim version of the WBA welterweight title in September of last year by stopping Marie Pier Houle in the second round.

Irish superstar Taylor vacated all four of her world titles when she retired in September after saying farewell in front of 80,000 fans at Dublin’s Croke Park. 

The event is promoted by Salita Promotions and Universal Promotions, in association with Wynn Records.