Alejandra Jiménez

Alejandra Jiménez Ayala (born 29 August 1987) is a Mexican 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.

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 ten 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.

In December 2022, Jiménez abruptly retired from professional boxing amid allegations that she was born male. In response to the allegations, Jiménez stated that she has hypothyroidism. Provided by Wikipedia