Tag Archives: women boxing

Cecilia Braekhus to Make History Again

Considered among the pound for pound best in the female boxing world, Cecilia Braekhus will make history once again when she headlines a boxing card in Norway on October 1.   The sport has been banned in the northern European country for more than 30 years.   Norwegian by choice, Colombian by birth, thirty-five year […]

Jackie Nava the Fighting Congresswoman of Mexico

Jacqueline Nava Mouett, known in the boxing world as Jackie “The Aztec Princess” Nava, is an extraordinary woman.  Although not officially retired from boxing, she has embarked in a new journey in her life as a member of the Mexican congress representing the district where she grew up in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Her last […]