Jacqueline Nava Mouett (born April 11, 1980) is a Mexican

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. She is a former world champion in two

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, having held the WBA female

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title in 2005; the WBC female

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title twice between 2005 and 2015; and the WBA super bantamweight title twice between 2012 and 2015. As of September 2020, she is ranked as the world's second best active female super bantamweight by ''The Ring'' and

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. In 2015, voters in the eighth federal electoral district of Baja California elected Nava to the

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for the

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Professional boxing career

In April 2004, she won the Mexican National super bantamweight title by knocking out Ofelia Dominguez.

WBA bantamweight champion

She won her first world championship, the WBA female bantamweight title by beating Martha Leticia Arevalo in

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, Mexico.

WBC super bantamweight champion

On May 5, 2005 she moved up in weight to capture her second world title, defeating Leona Brown to win the inaugural

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Interim title

In 2007 she beat Donna Biggers and won the WBC

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female super bantamweight title. She defeated Maria Andrea Miranda to retain her title.

Legislative career

In June 2015, voters elected Nava, running as the candidate of the PAN, to the Chamber of Deputies in the

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/ref> She serves on the Sports, Children's Rights, and Youth Committees.

Personal

Nava has a daughter, Frida Mendoza Nava. In 2003, Nava obtained an undergraduate degree in architecture from the .

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nava, Jackie Boxers from Baja California Sportspeople from Tijuana World boxing champions World Boxing Council champions World super-bantamweight boxing champions Mexican women boxers Super-bantamweight boxers 1980 births Living people Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Baja California 21st-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican women politicians Politicians from Tijuana Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Deputies of the LXIII Legislature of Mexico Tijuana Institute of Technology alumni