Jackie Nava has not misplaced a battle since 2011.
In a rustic that produced numerous boxing legends who by no means feared placing all of it on the road to face one another within the final battle for bragging rights, this battle will match proper into these illustrious historical past pages.
In a memorable non-title bout (with solely a symbolic belt produced by the WBC to lift consciousness on breast most cancers as the one trophy), Jackie Nava displayed boxing abilities and athleticism worthy of a lady half her age as she steamrolled previous Mariana Juarez, ladies’s boxing’s winningest fighter ever, by unanimous choice in Tijuana, Mexico.
After a brawling match had developed for the primary couple of rounds, Nava (39-4-4, 16 KOs) took management of the bout together with her impeccable accuracy and velocity, taking the battle proper to a befuddled Juarez that was clearly not ready for the standard and amount of Nava’s assault.
After a few rounds, it was clear that Nava, who could be the very best athlete in ladies’s boxing right this moment with a year-round bodily coaching that features operating half-marathons in her spare time, was being profitable in forcing Juarez to remain cell and annoyed throughout the remainder of the bout. “La Barbie” Juarez was in actual fact so engulfed within the relentless leather-based storm being dished out by “The Aztec Princess” that she circled the ring shifting constantly in the direction of the left, opening herself as much as Nava’s quick straight rights.
A conflict of heads produced some swelling on Juarez’s left eye, and for a second the battle gave the impression to be in peril of being stopped, however it was allowed to proceed and it was all Nava within the ultimate stretch, whereas Juarez (55-11-4, 19 KOs) stored smiling as she moved ahead with no sport plan aside from buying and selling leather-based and hoping for a miracle.
The scorecards favored Nava by 100-90, 99-91 and 97-93. Nava has occupied the No. 1 place at The Ring’s ladies’s scores within the junior featherweight division nearly because the creation of the rankings. Juarez occupies the No. 5 place. Each ladies are 41 years previous and have earned a number of titles of their respective decades-long careers.
