{{Short description|Mexican boxer (born 1989)}} {{Infobox boxer |name=Nancy Franco |realname =Nancy Yesenia Franco de Alba |image= |image_size= |caption= |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1989|2|17|df=y}} |birth_place=Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |nickname=Chatita |weight=Minimumweight |height=5ft 1ins |reach=59ins |style=Orthodox |boxrec=485587 |wins=19 |KO=5 |losses=23 |draws=2 |no contests=1 }}
'''Nancy Franco''' (born 17 February 1989) is a Mexican professional boxer. She is a two-time IBF female minimumweight champion.
==Career== Franco began her professional boxing career with a third round knockout win over Araneli Luna on 29 November 2008.<ref name=insider>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxinginsider.com/headlines/boxing-insider-fight-night-nancy-franco-has-a-world-of-experience-on-her-side/ |title=Boxing Insider Fight Night — Nancy Franco has a world of experience on her side |work=Boxing Insider}}</ref>
She won the vacant IBF female minimumweight title by defeating Kayoko Ebata on a unanimous decision at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on 28 November 2013.<ref name=insider/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com.pe/noticias/nota?s=box&id=1968013&type=story |title=Chatita regresa campeona |work=ESPN (in Spanish)}}</ref>
Franco lost the title in her first defense against Victoria Argueta in Monterrey, Mexico, on 10 May 2014,<ref name=insider/> but regained the belt in a rematch in Epazoyucan, Mexico, on 21 February 2015.<ref name=insider/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://superluchas.com/argueta-contra-franco-por-el-cinto-paja-resultado-final/ |title=Argueta contra Franco por el cinto paja: resultado final |work=superluchas.com (in Spanish)}}</ref>
She challenged WBC female minimumweight champion Yuko Kuroki in Fukuoka, Japan, on 20 December 2015, but lost by unanimous decision.<ref name=insider/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asianboxing.info/results2/category/yuko-kuroki-vs-nancy-franco |title=YUKIO KUROKI SHINES, RETAINS WBC CROWN! |work=Asian Boxing}}</ref>
Franco challenged WBA female minimumweight champion Anabel Ortiz in Tlalpan, Mexico, on 29 July 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wbaboxing.com/wba-female/ortiz-defends-her-belt-against-franco-on-saturday |title=Ortiz defends her belt against Franco on Saturday |work=World Boxing Association}}</ref> She again lost on a unanimous decision.<ref name=insider/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Franco, Nancy}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Mexican women boxers Category:21st-century Mexican sportswomen Category:International Boxing Federation champions Category:Boxers from Guadalajara, Jalisco Category:World mini-flyweight boxing champions