Who is Joana Pastrana, the new guest of ‘Pasapalabra’

DFrom this Friday, May 31 to Tuesday, June 4, Antena 3 and ‘Pass word‘They present new guests who will help Manu and Vicky to add seconds to ‘The Rosco‘, one of these new faces is that of Joana Pastrana.

Who is Joana Pastrana?

Joana Pastrana Martín is a former Spanish professional boxer. born in Madrid on September 29, 1990. She is one of the most important female figures in Spanish contact sports in history. She was the first national woman to win the European Minimum Weight Boxing Championship in 2016.a title he defended three times, also achieving the IBF minimum weight world title in June 2018.

She debuted as a professional boxer in 2013, achieving a successful professional career that ended in 2021 with a record of 16 victories, five of them by KO, and only three defeats.

After his retirement, Pastrana has participated in many other projects, mainly on television, such as the program ‘The Conqueror’. Or in 2023, when she participated in the reality show ‘Traitors Spain’where she was proclaimed the winner along with the poker player Leo Margets.

In 2021, he gave an interview to MARCA in which he explained the reasons for his retirement:

“Much to my regret, I am withdrawing because I believe that I have not had the financial remuneration that I deserve to have been and be what I am today in the world of boxing in this country.

“It was progressive. At the beginning of your career you have your heart set, and the only thing you want is to achieve your goals, which is to reach the top in boxing. Once you reach the top, You realize that titles don’t feed you. The priorities at that moment are no longer the titles, but rather that you be recognized financially for what you are, world champion,” she continued.

“There you start to think that maybe it’s not worth it because you’ve already met your goals. Then, you are missing something, you see that you are a three-time world champion and you realize that this is not evolving and you begin to realize that you have to take another alternative in your life to continue evolving,” she said.