Irma Sánchez (born 6 December 1987) is a Mexican
professional boxer
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. She held the
IBF female
light flyweight title in 2011, the
WBA interim female
flyweight
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Boxing
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Professional boxing
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title in 2017 and challenged once for the
WBC light flyweight title in 2010.
Professional career
Sánchez made her professional debut on 19 August 2006, scoring a fourth-round
knockout
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over Ines Gonzalez in a scheduled four-round bout.
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Boxers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Mexican women boxers
Light-flyweight boxers
1987 births
Living people
21st-century Mexican sportswomen
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