Early career Pastrana started boxing in 2013 in amateur competitions in her hometown
Lozoyuela, Madrid. Before
boxing, Pastrana practiced
Muay Thai and
kickboxing, but she did not like them, so she switched to boxing.
Professional career Pastrana debuted professionally on 6 February 2016 defeating Bulgarian fighter Ivana Yaneva by
technical knockout at the first round in a bout held at the Restaurante Escuela Taurina in
Fuente el Saz de Jarama in the
Community of Madrid. At the time, Pastrana became the only professional boxer from Madrid. In October 2016, Pastrana competed for the vacant
WBC silver female minimumweight title against
Tina Rupprecht, but lost by
unanimous decision after ten rounds. This was also the first loss in her professional career. In May 2017, Pastrana won the
EBU European female minimumweight title, after defeating French Sandy Coget by unanimous decision, in a bout held at the
Palacio Vistalegre in Madrid. A few months later, in September, Pastrana made the first defense of her European title against Judit Hachbold, defeating the Hungarian fighter by
knockout in the third round. On 22 June 2018, Pastrana won the
IBF world female minimumweight title, her first world title, against German
Asiye Özlem Sahin. Pastrana became the second Spanish female boxer to win a world title after
María Jesús Rosa Reina, who won an IBF world championship in 2004. Pastrana made two successful defenses of her world title. One against
Siriporn Thaweesuk won by
technical knockout and another one against Ana Arrazola won by unanimous decision. On 4 August 2019, Pastrana fought
Yokasta Valle from
Costa Rica for the mini flyweight world title, in a bout held at
Marbella. Pastrana lost the fight by
split decision after ten rounds.
Outside Boxing In 2023 Joana Pastrana played the Spanish version of The Traitors. She was a faithful and won with Leo Margets. ==Professional boxing record==