Cecilia Brækhus

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Career

Originally from Cartagena, Colombia, she was adopted as a 2-year-old by Norwegian parents and raised in the Sandviken area of Bergen.[2] Brækhus started with kickboxing at the age of 14.

Brækhus soon began competing in amateur boxing competitions, and achieved an amateur record of 75-5-0 before turning professional.[3]

In November 2007, she signed a pro contract with German promoter Wilfried Sauerland, who announced his intention of making her the first Norwegian woman World Champion.[2] Her first fight was against Croatian boxer Ksenija Koprek, 20 January 2007.[4]

On 14 March 2009, she became the WBC World Champion in welterweight against Danish boxer Vinni Skovgaard. She also captured the vacant WBA female welterweight title.[5]

Brækhus successfully defended her titles on May 30, 2009 against Amy Yuratovac in Helsinki, Finland, and on September 12, 2009 against Lucia Morelli in Herning, Denmark.

Eight months later, on May 15, 2010, Brækhus successfully defended her WBA and WBC titles against Victoria Cisneros from the United States, while winning the WBO title. The match was fought in Herning, Denmark. In a unanimous decision, the judges declared the fight for Brækhus, having won all 10 rounds.[6][7]

On October 30, 2010, in what was expected to be the hardest match of her career, Brækhus successfully defended her WBA, WBC and WBO titles against Mikaela Laurén from Sweden, while winning the World Professional Boxing Federation (WPBF) title. After Brækhus having dominated the whole match, she knocked Laurén out in the 7th round. The match was fought in Rostock, Germany.[8]

On September 14, 2014, after defeating Croatian Ivana Habazin, Brækhus became the first Norwegian and the first woman to hold all major world championship titles in her weight division (welterweight) in boxing. [9]

Voted female boxer of the year

WBA, WBC, WBO and WPBF Champion Cecilia Brækhus is awarded as "Female Boxer of the Year 2010" by German boxing magazine BoxSport.

Professional boxing record

28 Wins (7 knockouts, 21 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws.[10]

No. Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
28 Win 28–0 Uruguay Chris Namus Decision
(unanimous)		 10 2016-02-27 Germany Halle, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Won IBO Welterweight title, retained IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO Welterweight titles.
27 Win 27–0 Germany Jennifer Retzke Decision
(unanimous)		 10 2014-11-29 Denmark Frederiksberg, Denmark Retained IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO Welterweight titles.
26 Win 26–0 Croatia Ivana Habazin Decision
(unanimous)		 10 2014-09-14 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark Won IBF Welterweight title, retained WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
25 Win 25–0 Germany Jessica Balogun Decision
(unanimous)		 10 2014-06-07 Germany Mecklenburg-vorpommern, Germany Retained WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
24 Win 24–0 France Myriam Lamare Decision
(unanimous)		 10 2014-02-01 Denmark Frederikshavn, Denmark Retained WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
23 Win 23–0 Dominican Republic Oxandia Castillo TKO 9 2013-09-07 Denmark Frederikshavn, Denmark Retained WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
22 Win 22–0 United States Mia St. John TKO 3 2013-04-13 Denmark Frederikshavn, Denmark Retained WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
21 Win 21–0 France Anne Sophie Mathis Decision
(unanimous)		 10 2012-09-22 Denmark Frederikshavn, Denmark Retained WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
20 Win 20–0 Germany Jessica Balogun Decision
(unanimous)		 10 2012-06-01 Denmark Herning, Denmark Retained WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
19 Win 19–0 United States Ku'ulei Kupihea TKO 10 2011-12-03 Finland Helsinki, Finland Retained WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
18 Win 18–0 United States Chevelle Hallback Decision
(unanimous)		 10 2011-05-07 Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark Retained WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
17 Win 17–0 United States Jill Emery Decision
(unanimous)		 10 2011-04-02 Denmark Herning, Denmark Retained WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
16 Win 16–0 Serbia Eva Halasi KO 3 2010-11-20 Denmark Herning, Denmark Retained WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
15 Win 15–0 Sweden Mikaela Laurén TKO 7 2010-10-30 Germany Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Won WPBF Welterweight title and retained WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
14 Win 14–0 United States Victoria Cisneros Decision
(unanimous)		 10 2010-05-15 Denmark Herning, Denmark Won WBO Welterweight title, retained WBA and WBC Welterweight titles.
13 Win 13–0 Italy Lucia Morelli Decision
(unanimous)		 10 2009-09-12 Denmark Herning, Denmark Retained WBA and WBC Welterweight titles.
12 Win 12–0 United States Amy Yuratovac Decision
(unanimous)		 10 2009-05-30 Finland Helsinki, Finland Retained WBA and WBC Welterweight titles.
11 Win 11–0 Denmark Vinni Skovgaard Decision
(unanimous)		 10 2009-03-14 Germany Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Won WBC Welterweight title and captured the vacant WBA female welterweight title.
10 Win 10–0 Bulgaria Borislava Goranova Decision
(unanimous)		 8 2008-10-25 Germany Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
9 Win 9–0 United States Cimberly Harris Decision
(unanimous)		 8 2008-09-20 Germany Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
8 Win 8–0 United States Nicole Woods Decision
(unanimous)		 6 2008-06-21 United States Hollywood, Florida, United States
7 Win 7–0 United States Adelita Irizarry Decision
(unanimous)		 6 2008-05-17 Germany Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany
6 Win 6–0 Germany Tatjana Dieckmann Decision
(unanimous)		 6 2008-03-29 Germany Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
5 Win 5–0 Dominican Republic Wanda Pena Ozuna TKO 4 2008-01-26 Germany Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
4 Win 4–0 Bulgaria Borislava Goranova Decision
(unanimous)		 6 2007-06-23 Germany Zwickau, Sachsen, Germany
3 Win 3–0 Latvia Olga Bojare Decision
(unanimous)		 4 2007-05-26 Germany Bamberg, Bayern, Germany
2 Win 2–0 Slovakia Jana Latova KO 2 2007-02-17 Belgium Evere, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium
1 Win 1–0 Croatia Ksenija Koprek Decision
(unanimous)		 4 2007-01-20 Switzerland Basel, Switzerland

Achievements

Professional boxing

File:Cecilia Brækhus 2011.jpg
Brækhus after defending her title against Jill Emery at the Herning Kongrescenter in April 2011.

World Champion in these associations:

Kickboxing (semi-contact)

Amateur boxing

See also

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Braekus K2 page
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 (Norwegian) Profile/Blog at TV2blogg.no
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ (Norwegian) Nervøs, men selvsikker BA.no
  5. ↑ Cecilia Braekhus new WBA 147 World Champion WBAnews.com
  6. ↑ VG.no - Suverene Brækhus tok ny tittel
  7. ↑ Dagbladet.no - Brækhus forsvarte mesterbeltene
  8. ↑ Brækhus vant på knockout vg.no
  9. ↑ Brækhus first woman to unify division The Foreigner
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ WAKO official tournament results
  12. ↑ 2002 King's trophy recipients
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