Ana “the Hurricane” Julaton, the first Filipino-American boxer to win titles in the women’s bantamweight and featherweight divisions of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and the International Boxing Association (IBA), is in her country of origin the Philippines to trace her roots.

Julaton, who just last week won the junior super fatherweight title from Mexican challenger Maria Villalobos during their title fight in Canada, arrived in her birth country on Monday morning.

Born from Filipino parents in San Francisco, California on July 5, 1980, Julaton is making a name for herself in the boxing scene by winning title after title in women’s boxing.

Julaton has been nicknamed “The Huricane” after becoming one of the quickest boxers ever to win a world title, having fought only five professional bouts before winning the IBA Super Bantamweight title on September 12, 2009 against Kelsey “The Road Warrior” Jeffreys.

Barely three months after winning the IBA title, Julaton defeated Donna Biggers, becoming the first female winner of the WBO Super Bantamweight division on December 4, 2009.

A day before her birthday last week, Julaton scored her third world title at the Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada after winning a split-decision against Villalobos.

Boxing Record - Ana Julaton - won 7 (KO 1) + lost 2 (KO 0) + drawn 1 = 10

Biography – “Hurricane” Julaton

Luciana “Ana” B. 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.

In 2004 she had her amateur debut, 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.

Julaton decided to turn pro and in 2007 had her pro debut against Rita Valentini in November of that year.