One thing there should be no controversy over: female fighter of the decade

Unified world champion literally the entire decade. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQD_iy7qJYHLjaytNpS5ODvWRDnh9Ptfq8lXWNzPStuTnhYw5dC&s Cecilia Braekhus, the First Lady of Boxing Already unified WBA/WBC champ with two successful defenses coming into 2010, then: -Won the WBO in her first fight of the decade, retained the WBA/WBC -Defended the WBA/WBC/WBO belts 22 times and counting -Won the IBF belt to unify the whole division in 2014 -Defended the undisputed WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO championship 10 times and counting -Won the IBO belt in 2016 -Defended the undisputed WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO/IBO championship 8 times and counting -Awarded first ever Ring Magazine women's belt -Crowned Ring Magazine Pound for Pound Women's Champion -Wins this decade over the following world champions: Mikaela Lauren (twice; WBC 154) Eva Bajic (IBF 147) Chevelle Hallbeck (multiple time, multiple division champ) Anne Sophie Mathis (twice; multiple time, multiple division champ) Mia St. John (WBC 154) Myriam Lamare (multiple time, multiple division, unified champ) Ivana Habazin (IBF 147) Jennifer Retzke (IBF 154) Chris Namus (IBF 154) Erica Farias (multiple time, multiple division champ) Kali Reis (WBC 160) Victoria Bustos (multiple time, multiple division champ) She's gonna smoke Katie Taylor in 2020, too.

Comments (13)

Citizen_Koba

This is true. I wish Persoon would've chosen to move up after that fight instead of down. I think Persoon could get up to 140 and maybe 147. She looks big at 135. Instead, she dropped down to win an interim belt at 130. She didn't exactly drop down, man, she actually weighed in at 130 against Taylor's 134.5, which makes her performance even more impressive I would say.

6y ago

Citizen_Koba

There really can be little argument. Serrano deserves a mention of course, as does Shields for becoming undisputed but neither has come remotely close to Ceceilias decade long reign at the very top of the womens sport.

6y ago

famicommander

Amanda Serrano has held world championships in 7 different weight classes. See above. She has won 9 world titles in 7 divisions, but she's only actually beaten 6 fighters who have held a major world title (or even an interim world title). You can count her total number of defenses on one hand. And she lost once. Braekhus is 15-0-0-0 against world champion opponents and still undefeated overall, not to mention she has 25 defenses of her WBC/WBA belts and all the other belts on top.

6y ago

ShoulderRoll

Amanda Serrano has held world championships in 7 different weight classes. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DuU4HRKWoAA5Ome.jpg

6y ago

famicommander

Amanda Serrano is wirth mentioning but too young I guess. She's fantastic but: -she does have a loss -she has a habit of winning a vacant belt, then leaving the weight class without defending it Serrano is a beast but Braekhus has beaten 15 former world champions. By my count, Serrano has beaten 6 in 2 more fights.

6y ago

Basco

Amanda Serrano is worth mentioning but too young I guess.

6y ago

The_D3vil

http://blogg.sunnjenteidrett.no/blogg/wp-content/upLoads/2013/06/267904.jpg https://i.imgur.com/XMVbTgX.gif

6y ago

famicommander

its betwen Cecilia Braekhus and claressa shields in my opinion... There's absolutely no contest... Shields has 9 fights under her belt. Braekhus has more wins in undisputed title fights than Shields has total fights.

6y ago

mikinoki

its betwen Cecilia Braekhus and claressa shields in my opinion...

6y ago

famicommander

agreed, zero controversy because there aren't enough lgbt men that watch boxing to argue over chick boxing http://blogg.sunnjenteidrett.no/blogg/wp-content/upLoads/2013/06/267904.jpg

6y ago

famicommander

Persoon already smoked Katie's ass and beat the piss out of her and now she is running scared. This is true. I wish Persoon would've chosen to move up after that fight instead of down. I think Persoon could get up to 140 and maybe 147. She looks big at 135. Instead, she dropped down to win an interim belt at 130.

6y ago

D4thincarnation

Persoon already smoked Katie's ass and beat the piss out of her and now she is running scared.

6y ago

NC_Uppercut

I agree with ya

6y ago