Alejandra Jiménez Ayala (born 29 August 1987) is a Mexican former professional boxer who held the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title from 2016 to 2018. She also won the WBC and World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight titles in 2020 but was stripped a short time later after failing a drug test.
Career Jiménez took up boxing at the age of 23 in order to lose weight and went on to become a world champion less than four years later. Before turning pro Jiménez won 10 amateur bouts, half of them coming against male boxers. Jiménez is the former WBC female heavyweight champion and the second Mexican-born boxer to hold a world heavyweight title, first being Martha Salazar who Jiménez won the title from on 18 March 2016.
She defeated Franchón Crews-Dezurn by split decision to win the WBC and WBO female super middleweight titles on 11 January 2020. However, in February 2020, the result of the fight was changed to a "no decision," due to Jimenez having failed a pre-fight drug test and she was subsequently suspended for nine months and stripped of the titles.
In December 2022, Jiménez retired from professional boxing amid allegations that she was born male. In response to the allegations, Jiménez stated that she has hypothyroidism.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes14NC12–0–1 Franchón Crews-DezurnNC1011 Jan 2020 13Win12–0–1 Irais HernandezUD816 Feb 2019 12Win11–0–1 Katerin VindiolaTKO3 (8)2 Sep 2018 11Draw10–0–1 Irais HernandezMD814 Apr 2018 10Win10–0 Maria Jose VelisTKO1 (8)25 Nov 2017 9Win9–0 Vanessa Lepage JoanisseTKO3 (10)12 Aug 2017 8Win8–0 Martha Patricia Lara Gaytan2 (8)17 Jun 2017 7Win7–0 Carlette EwellTKO1 (10)1 Apr 2017 6Win6–0 Martha Salazar1018 Mar 2016 5Win5–0 Carmen Garcia ToscanoTKO2 (6), 27 Nov 2015 4Win4–0 Alejandra Soledad DominguezTKO4 (4), 21 Aug 2015 3Win3–0 Irasema RayasTKO1 (4), 28 Mar 2015 2Win2–0 Mitzy Zuniga420 Dec 2014 1Win1–0 Claudia Ramirez3 (4)11 Oct 2014
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