Edith Soledad Matthysse (born 6 August 1980) is an Argentine professional boxer who is a former unified featherweight world champion, having held the WBA female title from 2013 to 2016 and the WBC female title from 2015 to 2016. She is the older sister of former welterweight world champion of boxing, Lucas Matthysse.
Professional career Matthysse made her professional debut on 18 May 2007, scoring a four-round unanimous decision (UD) victory against Graciela Adriana Becerra at the Estadio Socios Fundadores in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina.
After compiling a record of 9–3–1 (1 KO), she challenged Yazmín Rivas for the IBF female bantamweight title on 4 February 2012, at the Gimnasio de las Liebres in Río Bravo, Mexico. Matthysse failed in her first attempt at a world title, losing via UD over ten rounds.
Following a UD victory against Antonia Ayala Vazquez in March, Matthysse faced former two-weight world champion Marcela Acuña on 10 May 2013, at the Auditorio Presidente Néstor Kirchner in Tapiales, Argentina, with the vacant IBF Inter-Continental female super bantamweight title on the line. Matthysse suffered the fifth defeat of her career, losing via ten-round UD with all three judges scoring the bout 99–91.
She bounced back from defeat with a UD victory against Anahi Yolanda Salles in August, before suffering another defeat, losing via ten-round UD against WBC Silver female featherweight champion Betiana Patricia Viñas on 27 September, at the Polideportivo La Colonia in Junín, Argentina.
In her next fight she challenged WBA female featherweight champion Ogleidis Suárez on 13 December 2013, at the Teatro Griego Juan Pablo Segundo in San Martín, Argentina. Matthysse defeated Suarez via UD to capture her first world title, with the judges' scorecards reading 100–90, 99–91 and 97–93.
She moved down a weight class in her next fight for a rematch with newly crowned WBO female super bantamweight champion Marcela Acuña. The bout took place on 23 August 2014 at the Sociedad Alemana de Gimnasia de Villa Ballester in Jose Leon Suarez, Argentina. Matthysse suffered her second defeat at the hands of Acuña, losing via ten-round UD with the judges' scorecards reading 98–92, 97–93 and 96–94.
After a UD victory against Lizbeth Crespo in a non-title fight in May 2015, Matthysse put her WBA title on the line in a unification fight against WBC female featherweight champion Jelena Mrdjenovich on 1 August in Caseros, Argentina. After the ten rounds were complete, Matthysse emerged victorious via UD to become the new unified featherweight champion, with the judges' scorecards reading 98–92, 97–93 and 96–94. The pair would have a rematch on 11 March 2016, at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, Canada, with Mrdjenovich gaining her revenge, dropping Matthysse to the canvas in the tenth and final round en route to a UD victory. Two judges scored the bout 96–93 and the third judge scored it 97–82 to hand Matthysse the eighth defeat of her career.
Following a UD loss against Natalia Vanesa del Valle Aguirre in June 2017, Matthysse suffered her third consecutive defeat, losing via UD against South American female super bantamweight champion Laura Soledad Griffa on 28 October 2017, at the Club Union Central in Villa María, Argentina.
She broke the losing streak with a UD victory against Anahi Yolanda Salles in August 2018, before defeating Cintia Gisela Castillo to capture the vacant FAB female featherweight title on 6 July 2019, at the Club Social y Plottier in Plottier, Argentina.
Her next fight came against WBO female junior lightweight champion Ewa Brodnicka on 4 October 2019, at the Hala Sportowa Częstochowa in Częstochowa, Poland. Matthysse suffered the eleventh defeat of her career, losing via split decision (SD) with two judges scoring the bout 97–93 and 96–94 in favour of Brodnicka, while the third judge scored it 96–95 for Matthysse.
Matthysse challenged WBC and IBO female super-featherweight World champion Alycia Baumgardner at Manchester Arena, Manchester, England, on 16 April 2022, losing the fight by unanimous decision with all three ringside judges' scorecards reading 100-90.
She fought Elif Nur Turhan for the vacant WBF female light-welterweight title at City Square in Tetovo, North Macedonia, on 29 July 2023, losing via unanimous decision.
Matthysse faced Samantha Worthington for the WBA female super-lightweight championship at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA, on 22 February 2026. She won when her opponent retired at the end of the eighth round, thus becoming a two-division champion.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes38Win21–16–1Samantha WorthingtonRTD8 (10), 22 Feb 202637Win20–16–1Lilian Dolores SilvaTKO3 (8)11 Jul 202536Win19–16–1Kalliopi KourouniTKO3 (10), 7 Jun 202435Win18–16–1 Victoria Noelia BustosUD1013 Apr 202434Loss17–16–1 Karen Elizabeth CarabajalUD1010 Feb 202433Loss17–15–1 Elif Nur TurhanUD1029 Jul 202332Loss17–14–1 Sarah AchiengMD1010 Jun 202331Loss17–13–1 Nina MeinkeUD105 Nov 202230Loss17–12–1 Alycia BaumgardnerUD1017 Apr 202229Win17–11–1 Laura Soledad GriffaUD825 Sep 202128Loss16–11–1 Ewa BrodnickaSD104 Oct 201927Win16–10–1 Cintia Gisela CastilloSD106 Jul 201926Win15–10–1 Anahi Yolanda SallesUD84 Aug 201825Loss14–10–1 Laura Soledad GriffaUD1028 Oct 201724Loss14–9–1 Natalia Vanesa del Valle AguirreUD624 Jun 201723Loss14–8–1 Jelena MrdjenovichUD1011 Mar 201622Win14–7–1 Jelena MrdjenovichUD101 Aug 201521Win13–7–1 Lizbeth CrespoUD89 May 201520Loss12–7–1 Marcela AcuñaUD1023 Aug 201419Win12–6–1 Ogleidis SuárezUD1013 Dec 201318Loss11–6–1 Betiana Patricia ViñasSD1027 Sep 201317Win11–5–1 Anahi Yolanda SallesUD424 Aug 201316Loss10–5–1 Marcela AcuñaUD1010 May 201315Win10–4–1 Antonina Ayala VazquezUD88 Mar 201314Loss9–4–1 Yazmín RivasUD104 Feb 201313Loss9–3–1 Jackie NavaUD108 Oct 201112Win9–2–1 Natalia del Pilar BurgaUD82 Sep 201111Loss8–2–1 Daniela Romina Bermúdez620 Aug 201110Win8–1–1 Daniela Romina BermúdezUD1015 Apr 20119Win7–1–1 Cecilia Lujan RodriguezSD412 Feb 20118Loss6–1–1 Claudia Andrea Lopez4 (8)20 Aug 20107Win6–0–1 Silvia Fernanda ZacariasUD616 Apr 20106Win5–0–1 Florencia Roxana CanterosUD430 Jan 20105Draw4–0–1 Maria Eugenia Quiroga426 Jun 20094Win4–0 Maria Elena Maderna49 May 20093Win3–0 Maria Eugenia QuirogaUD47 Feb 20092Win2–0 Guillermina Fernandez3 (4)20 Sep 20081Win1–0 Graciela Adriana Becerra418 May 2007
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