Editing Women's boxing (section)

== Mexico ==
In 1998 [[Laura Serrano]] was supposed to fight in Mexico City, but the match was canceled due to a 1947 ban against women boxing in Mexico City.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/1998/04/sports-women-boxers-in-mexico-winning-major-battle-in-the-ring/ |title=SPORTS: Women Boxers in Mexico Winning Major Battle in the Ring – Inter Press Service |website=www.ipsnews.net |date=15 April 1998 |access-date=18 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="AP Archive">{{cite web |url=http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/099572487630e1c4ca151479a3303c60 |title=MEXICO: OFFICIALS BAN 2 WOMEN'S BOXING MATCHES &#124; AP Archive |website=www.aparchive.com |access-date=18 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{cite web |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2013/05/05/deportes/a15n1dep |title=La Jornada: El boxeo me sale debiendo, pero vivo para él: Serrano |language=es |trans-title=La Jornada: Boxing pays me off, but I live for it: Serrano |date=6 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506043417/https://www.jornada.com.mx/2013/05/05/deportes/a15n1dep |archive-date=6 May 2022}}</ref> The ban was eventually ended.<ref name="auto3"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womenboxing.com/biog/laura.htm |title=Women's Boxing: Laura Serrano |website=www.womenboxing.com |access-date=27 September 2019}}</ref> In 2015 Serrano became the first female Mexican boxer inducted into the [[International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwbhf.com/news042315serrano.htm|title=2015 IWBHF Inductee: Laura Serrano|website=www.iwbhf.com|accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref>

In 2005 Mexican female boxer [[Jackie Nava]] became the first woman to win a female world title fight sanctioned by the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2009/07/03/deportes/a19n1dep |title=La Jornada: El boxeo femenil encara a diario a sus más duros rivales: el machismo y la discriminación |trans-title=La Jornada: Women's boxing faces its toughest rivals every day: machismo and discrimination |last=C.V |first=DEMOS, Desarrollo de Medios, S. A. de |date=3 July 2009 |website=www.jornada.com.mx |language=es-MX |access-date=27 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pe.com/articles/fight-806944-female-west.html|title=BOXING: West remains optimistic despite lack of willing fighters |first=David A. |last=Avila |work=Press Enterprise |date=28 June 2016 |access-date=2 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="AP Archive"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mullen |first=Claire |title=She grew up throwing punches at school. Now, she's shaping Tijuana's women's boxing scene. |newspaper=Washington Post |date=25 June 2019 |url=https://www.thelily.com/she-grew-up-throwing-punches-at-school-now-shes-shaping-tijuanas-womens-boxing-scene/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>
Moreno H. (2015) Women Boxers and Nationalism in Mexico. In: L’Hoeste H.F., Irwin R.M., Poblete J. (eds) Sports and Nationalism in Latin/o America. New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan, New York
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