Cecilia Braekhus: record, next fight and profile →
Undisputed Women’s Welterweight World Champion ‘The First Lady’ Cecilia Braekhus, (35-0, 9 KOs), has commenced training under the watchful eye of the world-renowned Abel Sanchez at his gym, The Summit Training Center in Big Bear Lake, CA as she prepares for her return to the ring.
WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO world champion Katie Taylor is looking for big names in the near future. According to her manager, Brian Peters, his fighters is ready and willing to fight the biggest names out there - including unified welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus - if that contest takes place at a catch-weight.
Former world title challenger Patrick Nielsen (29-3) could be heading for a comeback after 18 months out. Nielsen was last seen in a lucrative MMA bout where he was stopped in one. As boxer Nielsen have back to back losses against John Ryder and Arthur Abraham - but the loss to Abraham was close and controversial.
Undisputed Women’s Welterweight World Champion ‘The First Lady’ Cecilia Braekhus, (35-0, 9 KOs), is headed to the United States in May to commence training for her next fight in defense of all of her belts, (WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO and Ring Magazine). Based in Oslo, Norway, Braekhus has held all the world title belts in the welterweight division since September 2014.
Cecilia Braekhus, (35-0, 9 KOs), is planning a big return to the ring following an extraordinary 2018 campaign filled with dominating victories inside the ring and a wealth of historical accolades outside.
Katie Taylor says she faces the first hurdle of a potentially “monumental” year as she meets Rose Volante in a World Lightweight unification clash at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, PA on Friday March 15, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK.
2018 was a breakout year for women's boxing, with even more exposure sure to happen in 2019. CompuBox takes a look in the top female fighters in 10 statistical categories. Katie Taylor is accurate, landing 39.4% of her total punches, while opponents landed just 16.4%, producing a +23 plus/minus rating. Amanda Serrano is the busiest, throwing 73.7 punches per 2-minute round (equilavent to 100.5 per 3-minute round). Serrano also landed 23.4 per round.
After finishing out her boxing year in ‘Grand Style’ on December 8, 2018, ‘The First Lady’ Cecilia Braekhus travelled to Uganda to open the ‘First Lady Primary School, a high school located just outside the capital city of Uganda
WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF and IBO female welterweight champ Cecilia Braekhus was interviewed by Norwegian paper VG the day after her win over Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes and the First Lady stated she was more or less through with boxing and even said she was ready for retirement.
Claressa Shields’ fight drew the highest ratings during HBO’s final boxing broadcast Saturday night. Shields’ win against Femke Hermans, the opener of the premium cable network’s “Boxing After Dark” tripleheader, attracted a peak audience of 379,000 viewers, according to ratings revealed Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. The Shields-Hermans match was watched by an average of 339,000 viewers.