Cecilia Braekhus: record, next fight and profile →
The final show of the year for Golden Boy Promotions avoided any scale fails. All participants made weight during the official pre-fight weigh-in ceremony ahead of this weekend’s show from The Commerce Casino & Hotel in Commerce, California (Saturday, DAZN, 8:00 p.m. ET).
On Saturday night at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California, one of the greats of women’s boxing, former undisputed welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus, will return to the ring for the first time since March of 2021 to face Marisa Joana Portillo.
Former undisputed women’s world champion, ‘The First Lady’ Cecilia Braekhus is going title hunting in the junior middleweight division.
IBF female super welterweight champion Marie Eve Dicaire (18-1), WBC titleholder Patrica Berghult (15-0) and former undisputed welterweight champ Cecilia Braekhus (36-2) are the reported participants in a three step tournament to go ahead this fall.
French veteran Yvan Mendy (47-5-1) won the vacant EBU lightweight last night in Pont Sainte Maxence with a unanimous decision over Italian Gianluca Ceglia (17-4-1).
EBU welterweight champ David Avanesyan (28-3-1) will, according to the EBU, make a voluntary defense of the title against Finnish boxer Oskari Metz (15-0) on a Queensberry Promotion sometime in March with a site to be announced.
The heavyweight clash between WBA "regular" champion in recess, Mahmoud "Manuel" Charr (31-4) and unbeaten contender Christopher Lovejoy (19-0) is still on for May 15 but is moved from Hamburg to Cologne, and is promoted by Charr's Diamond Boy Promotion and EC .Boxing.
Undisputed welterweight champion, Jessica McCaskill is looking to fight the biggest names on the female circuit. McCaskill of Chicago, outpointed Braekhus by scores of 100-89, 99-90 and 98-91 to win her fifth consecutive and raise her record to 10-2.
McCaskill, Braekhus Rematch Photos Gallery - American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas - For the WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO welterweight titles, Jessica McCaskill (10-2, 3 KOs) retained her belts with a ten round unanimous decision over Cecilia Braekhus (36-2, 9 KOs). The scores were 100-89, 99-90 and 98-91. (photos by Ed Mulholland)
Jessica McCaskill left little doubt about the outcome of her immediate rematch with Cecilia Braekhus. An aggressive McCaskill was more active and landed the harder punches to defeat the former undisputed women’s welterweight champion much more convincingly in their second fight Saturday night in Dallas. McCaskill, who upset Braekhus by majority decision nearly seven months ago, won their 10-round rematch by unanimous decision on the Juan Francisco Estrada-Roman Gonzalez undercard at American Airlines Center.