Irma Sánchez

Irma Sánchez
Born
Irma Sánchez Manzo

(1987-12-06) 6 December 1987
Other namesLa Güerita
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Reach65 in (165 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights39
Wins30
Wins by KO8
Losses8
Draws1

Irma Sánchez (born 6 December 1987) is a Mexican professional boxer. She held the IBF female light flyweight title in 2011, the WBA interim female flyweight title in 2017 and challenged once for the WBC light flyweight title in 2010.[1]

Professional career

Sánchez made her professional debut on 19 August 2006, scoring a fourth-round knockout over Ines Gonzalez in a scheduled four-round bout.[2]

Political career

In 2021, she sat in the Chamber of Deputies during the final months of the 64th session of Congress representing Jalisco's 11th congressional district as the alternate of Kehila Ku Escalante of the Citizens' Movement, who resigned her seat on 5 March 2021.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "BoxRec: Irma Sanchez". boxrec.com. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  2. ^ "BoxRec: Bout". boxrec.com. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Irma Sánchez Manzo, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  4. ^ Cortés Guardado, Marco Antonio (2022). "El sistema electoral en Jalisco: comportamiento electoral, marco jurídico, campañas y representación política" (PDF). Universidad de Guadalajara. p. 369. Retrieved 15 July 2025.