Martha Salazar

Martha Salazar

Martha Salazar (born February 2, 1970, Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Retired Mexican female boxer. Salazar, fights as a Heavyweight. She is former WBC world Heavyweight champion. Her nickname is "The Shadow". She hails from San Francisco, California. She was born in Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico (view the ESPN note at November 11;). Salazar became the third Hispanic to become world Heavyweight champion in all of boxing's history, and the second one in women's boxing history. The first Hispanic to win a world Heavyweight championship in boxing was male boxer John Ruiz of Puerto Rico.

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