Nancy Franco
{{Short description|Mexican boxer (born 1989)}}
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|name=Nancy Franco
|realname =Nancy Yesenia Franco de Alba
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|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1989|2|17|df=y}}
|birth_place=Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
|nickname=Chatita
|weight=Minimumweight
|height=5ft 1ins
|reach=59ins
|style=Orthodox
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|wins=19
|KO=5
|losses=23
|draws=2
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Nancy Franco (born 17 February 1989) is a Mexican professional boxer. She is a two-time IBF female minimumweight champion.
Career
Franco began her professional boxing career with a third round knockout win over Araneli Luna on 29 November 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxinginsider.com/headlines/boxing-insider-fight-night-nancy-franco-has-a-world-of-experience-on-her-side/ |title=Boxing Insider Fight Night — Nancy Franco has a world of experience on her side |work=Boxing Insider}}
She won the vacant IBF female minimumweight title by defeating Kayoko Ebata on a unanimous decision at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on 28 November 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com.pe/noticias/nota?s=box&id=1968013&type=story |title=Chatita regresa campeona |work=ESPN (in Spanish)}}
Franco lost the title in her first defense against Victoria Argueta in Monterrey, Mexico, on 10 May 2014, but regained the belt in a rematch in Epazoyucan, Mexico, on 21 February 2015.{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/argueta-contra-franco-por-el-cinto-paja-resultado-final/ |title=Argueta contra Franco por el cinto paja: resultado final |work=superluchas.com (in Spanish)}}
She challenged WBC female minimumweight champion Yuko Kuroki in Fukuoka, Japan, on 20 December 2015, but lost by unanimous decision.{{cite web|url=https://www.asianboxing.info/results2/category/yuko-kuroki-vs-nancy-franco |title=YUKIO KUROKI SHINES, RETAINS WBC CROWN! |work=Asian Boxing}}
Franco challenged WBA female minimumweight champion Anabel Ortiz in Tlalpan, Mexico, on 29 July 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wba-female/ortiz-defends-her-belt-against-franco-on-saturday |title=Ortiz defends her belt against Franco on Saturday |work=World Boxing Association}} She again lost on a unanimous decision.
References
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Category:21st-century Mexican sportswomen
Category:Mini-flyweight boxers
Category:International Boxing Federation champions
Category:Boxers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Category:World mini-flyweight boxing champions
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