5'3" featherweight Jacqueline Nava Mouett, aka Jackie "Aztec Princess" Nava was born on April 11, 1980 in Tijuana, México. She is the eldest of four girls. She fights between 120 and 126 lbs as a boxer and has also had a career as a kickboxer. [Current boxing record as of July 5, 2020 is 35-4-4 (16 KO), and is currently fighting in the Super Bantamweight division).  To check latest record go to BoxRec. 

Jackie's interest in sports began in elementary school where she participated in Olympic gymnastics and basketball.   She started in the American-Polynesian contact sport Limalama at age 12, under the supervision of Jorge Salazar, entering international tournaments and receiving a black belt in 1997.

She made her kickboxing debut against Luz Gonzalez on April 24, 1996 in the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana. She became the IKKC Female North American Muay Thai Featherweight champion and notched wins over Trisha Hill, Angela Rivera, Sunshine Fettkether and Claudia Vidaurri.

On March 31, 2001 at the Jai Alai Sports Center in Tijuana, México, Jackie won a five-round unanimous decision over Sunshine Fettkether of Mesa, Arizona, who was making her professional kickboxing debut. Jackie says that this was her toughest fight because of Sunshine's strength and height (Fettkether outweighed her by 13 lbs). "I tried to move and keep out of her range", she says.

On May 29, 2001 in Honolulu, Hawaii Jackie won her pro boxing debut with a four-round unanimous decision over Vicky Cozy of Honolulu in a featherweight bout. Cozy fell to 1-1.

On September 14, 2001 in Tijuana Jackie TKO'd Elizabeth "Cubanita" Ruiz in the second round of a bantamweight bout. Ruiz fell to 0-3.

On April 1, 2002 in Tijuana Jackie knocked out debut fighter Leoncita Orantia in the second round.

On June 1, 2002, Jackie won a split decision over Angela Rivera in a kickboxing bout.

On May 7, 2003  at The Cannery in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1,737 fans saw Blanca Luna (129½ lbs) win a close (38-38,39-37,39-37) four-round majority decision over Jackie (130 lbs). In a highly competitive match Nava showed good hand speed and movement while Luna landed the bigger blows while showing her ability to take a punch. Luna improved her record to 4-1-0 (0 KO).  

On November 21, 2003 at Club Ibiza in Whittier, California, Jackie (125½ lbs) won by a TKO over Miriam Rosario (128 lbs) of México City, México (fighting out of Los Angeles) when Rosario was unable to answer the bell for the second round.  They went right at each other from the opening bell, and stayed right in front of each other trading punches for almost the time opening round. Nava's speed allowed her to dominate but Rosario fought gamely before retiring from the bout with a shoulder injury.

On February 20, 2004 at Hilton Convention Center, Burbank, California, Jackie won by a first-round TKO over Christina Avitia of Tucson, Arizona who fell to 1-3-0 (0 KO).

On March 15, 2004  at Baby Rock Disco in Tijuana, Jackie KO'd Silvia "Dinamita" Zúñiga of Rio Colorado, México in the first round. Zúñiga fell to 1-1.

On April 2, 2004 at Gimnasio Municipal in Mexicali, México, Jackie (122 lbs) stopped Ofelia Dominguez (122 lbs), of México by a TKO at 0:49 in the first round of a scheduled 10-rounder, winning the vacant Mexican Women's Super Bantamweight title, Dominguez fell to 1-6-1 (0 KO). With Nava having stopped her last thee opponents in the first round, the fight was not expected to last long, and indeed it took the Tijuanan fighter less than a minute.

On April 24, 2004 at Palenque de Gallos in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Jackie (118 lbs) won a six-round unanimous decision over Jazmin "Rosita " Rivas (116¾ lbs) of Durango, México, who fell to 6-2.  Despite the loss, the teenaged Rivas won the respect of the fans for her bravery. Jackie showed her speed and power from the outset, connecting with shots to Rivas's head and body, but Rivas also landed hard shots that drew applause from the fans. Until the third round, Jackie had little trouble pressuring Rivas and staggered her several times with combinations to the head, but the younger fighter soaked up the steady punishment to last the full six rounds.

On July 26, 2004 at Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Jackie (123½ lbs) fought to a ten-round draw (96-94,94-96,95-95) with Mexican Bantamweight Champion Ivonne Muñoz (125¾ lbs) of México City. They were supposed to have fought for Nava's Super Bantamweight national title but Munoz came in 2 kg over the weight limit of 55.5 kg and couldn't make the required weight despite spending time in a sauna in an attempt to do so.  

On February 28, 2005 at the Hipódromo in Tijuana, Jackie (117¼ lbs) TKO'd Martha Leticia Arevalo (118 lbs) of Guadalajara, México at 0:59 in the eighth round of a scheduled ten-rounder to win the WBA Women's Bantamweight title. Arevalo fell to 1-6-0 (1 KO) with the loss.

On May 30, 2005 at the Grand Hotel in Tijuana, Jackie (118 lbs) won a clear (100-88,100-88,100-89) ten-round unanimous decision over  late replacement Leona Brown (118 lbs) of Pawling, New York to win the WBC Women's Bantamweight world title.   Nava, who improved her record to 10-1-1 (7 KOs) with the win, praised her opponent's courage and powers of resistance. Brown, the reigning WIBC Bantamweight and former IFBA Junior Featherweight world champion, called Jackie a "great champion". She also said that she wanted a rematch as she felt that with more time to prepare (she had taken the fight on about a week's notice) she could take Nava. Brown fell to 13-15-0 (5 KOs) with the loss.

On October 17, 2005 at Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, México, Jackie (118 lbs) successfully defended her WBC World Super Bantamweight title against Susana Vázquez (118 lbs), of Toluca, México.  Nava won by a 10-round unanimous decision. According to Box Latino, Vásquez, a former Mexican Golden Gloves champion in her second  pro fight, proved a worthy opponent, keeping the pressure on Nava at all times, but by the sixth her face bore the traces of Nava's heavier punches, while both her nostrils were bleeding from the champion's jab.  Vázquez fell to 1-1 as pro boxer.

On January 28, 2006 at Plaza de Toros in Cancún, México, Jackie (117¼ lbs) successfully defended her WBC Super Bantamweight title against Kelsey Jeffries (119¾ lbs) of Gilroy, California with a ten-round unanimous (98-91,96-94,96-93) decision. 

On May 20, 2006 at Palenque del Hipódromo, in Tijuana, Jackie (118¾ lbs) lost the WBC Junior Featherweight title when she was knocked out at 1:47 in the eighth round by Alejandra Oliveras (5'1", 118¾ lbs) of Córdoba, Argentina.  Nava had been sent to the canvas twice in the second round, but made a heroic effort to get back into the fight in the sixth and seventh with jabs and hooks to the liver that had Oliveras going backwards for the first time. Her attempt at a comeback was squelched late in the eighth when Nava apparently got over-anxious and left herself open for the knockout blow.

On January 29, 2007 at Hipódromo in Tijuana, México, Jackie Nava (122¼ lbs) won by a fifth round KO (0:55 into the round) over winless Elizabeth Ruiz (5'2", 118 lbs) of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, México.

On March 3, 2007 at the Orfeo Superdome in Córdoba, central  Argentina, Alejandra Oliveras (121½ lbs) fought to a 10-round draw with Jackie (121½ lbs) in a rematch for the WBC Junior Featherweight title.

Jackie Nava vs. Donna Biggers, September 2007
© Copyrighted photograph by Mary Ann Owen

On September 16, 2007 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jackie (122 lbs) won a 10-round unanimous (100-90)  decision over Donna Biggers (122 lbs) of Boiling Springs, South Carolina, for the WBC Super Bantamweight title.

On November 24, 2007 in Veracruz, México, Jackie (120 lbs) won a ten-round unanimous decision over Lina Ramírez (5'4", 123 lbs) of Guasave (Sinaloa) in a non-title bout. According to David Kaufman of Box Noticias, Nava delivered a tremendous performance, dominating her opponent and connecting with powerful shots throughout the fight. It was only due to Ramírez's great fortitude, in the view of the same writer, that she didn't go down. Ramirez fell to 6-11-1 (2 KOs). 

On September 15, 2008 at Arena México in México City, Jackie (122 lbs) stopped Bettina Garino (119¼ lbs) of Argentina at 33 seconds of the eighth round in a scheduled 10 round eliminator for the vacant WBA Junior Featherweight title.

On November 2, 2008 at La Feria de San Marcos in Aguascalientes, México, Jackie (122 lbs) won a clear (100-90,99-91,99-91) ten round unanimous decision over Maria Potenza (121 lbs) of Santa Fe, Argentina for the WBC Interim Junior Featherweight title.  Potenza fell to 4-8-1 (0 KO's) while Nava improved to 18-2-2 (10 KO's).

On April 30, 2009 at Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, In the main event, Marcela Acuña of Argentina won a 10-round unanimous (98-92,98-91,99-90) decision over Jackie Nava defending the WBC Junior Featherweight title.  According to FightNews.com reporter Lee Bates, "Nava was very game and pressured Acuña most of the fight but Acuna’s defense was very tight and she countered with head snapping punches throughout the bout. Acuña dropped Nava with a double jab in the final seconds of the bout to put an exclamation point on her victory. Acuña improved to 32-5 (16 KO's) with the win.

On October 17, 2009 at El Foro in Tijuana, Mexico, Jackie Nava (126 lbs) won an eight-round unanimous (80-72,78-74,78-74) decision over Lina Ramirez (127 lbs) of Guasave, Mexico. Ramirez fell to 8-13-1 (2 KO's) known to WBAN - some sources give her record as 10-13-1 (4 KO's).

On January 30, 2010 at Restaurante Arroyo in Mexico City, Jackie (122 lbs) overcame a pulled muscle in her right leg to win a ten-round unanimous (98-90, 98-90, 97-91)  decision over Shantal Martinez (122 lbs) of Panama for the interim WBC Junior Featherweight title.  Martinez, who is also known as Chanttall Liseth Martinez Rodriguez, sent the always-aggressive Nava to the canvas with a right to the head in the sixth round but took a beating to the head and body for much of the fight as she fell to 8-4-0 (1 KO).

On August 21, 2010 at Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Jackie Nava (120 lbs) TKO'd Maria Andrea Miranda (120 lbs) of Monitos, Colombia in the fourth round of a scheduled ten-rounder for the interim WBC Junior Featherweight title.  Miranda fell to 13-5-0 (8 KO's) with the loss.

On November 6, 2010 at Poliforum Zamna in Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico, Jackie Nava (122 lbs) won a clear ten-round unanimous (100-90,99-91,99-90) decision over "Bolivian Queen" Jennifer Salinas (121¾ lbs) of Manassas, Virginia, USA for the interim WBC Junior featherweight title.  Salinas fell to 11-3-0 (4 KO's) with the loss.

On January 29, 2011 at the Estadio Banorte in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, Jackie Nava (120½ lbs) won a 10-round unanimous (100-90,99-91,99-91) decision over Fredee Gonzalez (118¾ lbs) from Los Angeles, CA, USA for the interim WBC super bantamweight title.  The Mexican-born Gonzalez fell to 6-7-1 (2 KO's) with the loss.

On April 16, 2011 at the World Trade Center in Boca del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico, WBC Junior bantamweight champion Ana Maria Torres (120 lbs) of Mexico City and Jackie Nava (120 lbs) battled to a hard-fought ten round (95-95 x 3) draw. Torres was more aggressive and outworked Nava early in this much-anticipated "superfight", scoring with hard left hooks to the body and rights to Nava's head that began to raise a welt under Nava's left eye. Nava's conditioning allowed her to withstand the body attack and her quickness and movement even improved throughout the fight as she rebounded to keep it close overall.  Torres absorbed more clean shots from Nava in the later rounds and ended the fight with a bloody nose. Nava's record moved to 24-3-3 (11 KO's) while Torres progressed to 24-3-3 (14 KO's).

On July 30, 2011 at the Metropolitan Arena in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico, Ana Maria Torres (118 lbs) won an exceptionally  hard-fought ten-round unanimous (96-94 x 3) decision in a rematch with Jackie Nava for the first women's Diamond Belt of the WBC. Both came out swinging to cheers from their fans and but Nava was more effective in the early going, landing with good combinations and damaging the nose of Torres. Torres began to exert her power midway through the fight and won a furious finish to take the decision in the last two rounds. Ana Maria Torres improved her record to 26-3-3 (15 KO's) while Nava fell to 24-4-3 (11 KO's).

On October 8, 2011 at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Jackie Nava (122½ lbs) won a clear ten-round unanimous (100-90, 100-90,99-91) decision over Soledad Matthysse (122 lbs) of Trelew, Argentina.  Nava's heavy rights bloodied Matthyse's nose and her steady attack to the body took away some of Matthysse's speed. Nava was held back by a hand injury after the fifth round and said that was why she had been unabe to end the fight inside the distance.  Matthysse fell to 9-3-1 (1 KO). 

On January 28, 2012 at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, Jackie Nava won an emphatic ten-round unanimous (100-89,100-89,99-90) decision over  Shantal Martinez of Panama for the WBA Junior Featherweight title.  After a feeling-out first round, Nava went to work with hooks and combinations that quickly slowed Martinez down. Martinez was knocked down in the fifth round and barely beat the count, but held on to finish the fight.  Martinez said after the fight that she had injured her right hand in the fourth round, but that Nava was a "great fighter" and "the best tonight". Martinez fell to 15-5-0 (6 KO's).while Nava improved to 26-4-3 (11 KO's).

Jackie Nava was awarded WBAN's Fighter of the Month for February 2012 for her WBA title win over previously #1 ranked Shantal Martinez.

On August 18, 2012 at La Cetto Vineyard, Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico,  Nava (122 lbs) won by a TKO at 1:42 in the third round over Lisa Brown (122 lbs) of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada for the WBA Junior Featherweight title.  Nava improved to 28-4-3 (12 KO's) while Brown slipped to 19-5-3 (6 KO's).

On May 24, 2014, at the Tijuana Municipal Auditorium, in Tijuana, Mexico, In the co-main, Nava won the WBA Super Bantamweight belt against Alys Sanchez of Venezuela when she stopped Sanchez in the seventh round. To check out the video of the fight,

On September 6, 2014, at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico,  Nava, 121.5, won by a close 10-round majority decision over Alicia 'Slick' Ashley, 121.5, of Westbury, New York. The two were fighting for the WBC Super bantamweight title. Final scores: 95-95, 97-93, 98-92.

On December 6, 2014, at the Centro de Usos Multiples, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, Nava, 122, of Tijuana, Mexico, won a 10-round unanimous decision over Sayda Mosquera, 120.5, of Darien, Panama. The two were fighting for the WBC and the WBA Super Bantamweight titles. Final judges scores were 97-93, 98-92, and 97-93.

On February 28, 2015, at the Centro De Convenciones in Baja California, Mexico,  WBC-WBA super bantamweight champion, Nava, 122, of Tijuana, Mexico, scored a sixth round TKO (1:22) over Mayra Gomez, 122, of Neuquen, Argentina. Nava was defending her WBC/WBA titles in this ten rounder.

On February 4, 2017, at the Auditorio Pablo Colin, Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico,  super bantamweight Nava won a ten-round unanimous decision over Ana Marie Lozano. The two were fighting for the vacant WBC super bantamweight title.

On November 10, 2018, at the Auditorio Municipal Fausto Gutiérrez Moreno, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, super bantamweight Yazmin Rivas won a ten-round unanimous decision over Cristina Pacheco. The two were fighting for the WBA Super bantamweight title; in a second female bout, Jackie Nava, 118, won by RTD over in the seventh round over Carolina Alvarez, 118. The bout was scheduled for ten rounds.

On August 11, 2018, at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico City, Mexico, Super bantamweight Jackie Nava, 120.5, won by a seventh round RTD over Alys Sanchez, 120.5.  The bout was scheduled for ten rounds.

On May 25, 2019, at the Estadio de Béisbol, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, super bantamweight Marcela Acuna, 122.5, of Buenos Aires, had a ten-round majority draw with Jackie Nava, 122.5; in a second female bout, Kenia Enriquez, 107, won a ten-round unanimous decision over Leiryn Flores, 107. The two were fighting for the interim WBC Light Flyweight title.

On July 3, 2020, at the Gimnasio TV Azteca, in Mexico City, Mexico  Nava, 120 1/4,  fought to a "no Contest" fight against Estrelle Valverde, 119 3/4,  in a ten round bout. Nava won by a unanimous decision but due to no Mexico Commission being present due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, it was considered a No Contest.  Boxrec reported the following: No commission present. Due to Covid 19 restrictions Mexico City's professional sport is still halted by the local government.  Nava announced the winner by unanimous decision."

On November 21, 2021, at the Gimnasio TV Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico, Nava defeated Marisol Corona in a ten-round bout.

On March 20, 2021, at the Grand Hotel, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, Super bantamweight Nava, 121.5, won a ten-round unanimous decision over Karina Fernandez, 120. Final judges scores are 100-90, 99-91, and 97-93.

On October 30, 2021, at the Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico,  Nava, 120 1/4, of Tijuana, Mexico, now 39-4-4- (16 KO), won a ten-round unanimous decision over Mariana Juarez, 120 3/4, of Mexico City. The two were fighting for the vacant WBC Diamond Super Bantamweight title. Final judges scores were 94-97, 90-100, and 91-99.

After her last win on October 2, 2022, Jackie Nava announced her retirement from the sport after fighting 47 pro fights from 2001 to 2022.

Nava has a degree in architecture from the Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana and works for an office of architects specializing in urban design. Her late father, Rodolfo, did not live long enough to see her boxing, but he introduced her to karate at age 13 and always supported her career as a kickboxer. Jackie dedicates all her fights to his memory. She is always supported by her mother, Jacqueline Mouett, her sisters Michaelle, Melissa and Stephanie, as well as by triple world champion Erik "Terrible" Morales who also comes from Tijuana.