Cecilia Brækhus

Cecilia Brækhus
Brækhus modelling at the Oslo Fashion Show, 2010
Statistics
Real name	Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus
Nickname(s)	The First Lady
Rated at	Welterweight
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(1981-09-28) 28 September 1981 Cartagena, Colombia
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	29
Wins	29
Wins by KO	8
Losses	0
Medal record Women's amateur boxing Representing  Norway World Championships 2005 Podolsk Light-welterweight European Championships 2005 Tønsberg Light-welterweight 2004 Riccione Light-welterweight

Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus (born 28 September 1981) is a Norwegian professional boxer and former kickboxer. In boxing she has reigned as the undisputed female welterweight champion since 2014, and is the first woman in any weight class to hold the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO titles simultaneously.

Early life

Originally from Cartagena, Colombia, Brækhus was adopted as a two-year-old by Norwegian parents and raised in the Sandviken area of Bergen.^[1] Brækhus started kickboxing at the age of fourteen.

Brækhus soon began competing in amateur boxing competitions, and achieved an amateur record of 75-5-0 before turning professional.^[2]

Kickboxing career (semi-contact)

• 2003 WAKO World Champion, Semi Contact 65kg
• 2002 WAKO Euro Champion, Semi Contact 65kg ^[3]
• 3 National Championships
• 2 H.M. The King's Trophy^[4]

Amateur boxing career

• She fought 80 matches and won 75 of them.
  • Silver medal at the 2005 World Championships
  • Gold medal at the 2005 European Championships
  • Silver medal at the 2004 European Championships

Professional boxing career

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.^[1] Her first fight was against Croatian boxer Ksenija Koprek, 20 January 2007.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.

Brækhus after defending her titles against Jill Emery, 2011

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.^[7][8] 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.^[9]

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. ^[10] In 2010, she was voted the "Female Boxer of the Year" by German boxing magazine BoxSport.

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
29	Win	29–0	Anne Sophie Mathis	TKO	2 (10), 1:05	1 Oct 2016	Spektrum, Oslo, Norway	Retained WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and IBO female welterweight titles
28	Win	28–0	Chris Namus	UD	10	27 Feb 2016	Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Germany	Retained WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO female welterweight titles; Won vacant IBO female welterweight title
27	Win	27–0	Jennifer Retzke	UD	10	29 Nov 2014	Falkoner Center, Frederiksberg, Denmark	Retained WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO female welterweight titles
26	Win	26–0	Ivana Habazin	UD	10	14 Sep 2014	TAP1, Copenhagen, Denmark	Retained WBA, WBC, and WBO female welterweight titles; Won IBF female welterweight title
25	Win	25–0	Jessica Balogun	UD	10	7 Jun 2014	Sport- und Kongresshalle, Schwerin, Germany	Retained WBA, WBC, and WBO female welterweight titles
24	Win	24–0	Myriam Lamare	UD	10	1 Feb 2014	Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark	Retained WBA, WBC, and WBO female welterweight titles
23	Win	23–0	Oxandia Castillo	TKO	9 (10), 1:51	7 Sep 2013	Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark	Retained WBA, WBC, and WBO female welterweight titles
22	Win	22–0	Mia St. John	TKO	3 (10), 1:38	13 Apr 2013	Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark	Retained WBA, WBC, and WBO female welterweight titles
21	Win	21–0	Anne Sophie Mathis	UD	10	22 Sep 2012	Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark	Retained WBA, WBC, and WBO female welterweight titles
20	Win	20–0	Jessica Balogun	UD	10	1 Jun 2012	MCH Kongrescenter, Herning, Denmark	Retained WBA, WBC, and WBO female welterweight titles
19	Win	19–0	Ku'ulei Kupihea	TKO	10 (10), 0:57	3 Dec 2011	Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland	Retained WBA, WBC, and WBO female welterweight titles
18	Win	18–0	Chevelle Hallback	UD	10	7 May 2011	Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, Denmark	Retained WBA, WBC, and WBO female welterweight titles
17	Win	17–0	Jill Emery	UD	10	2 Apr 2011	MCH Kongrescenter, Herning, Denmark	Retained WBA, WBC, and WBO female welterweight titles
16	Win	16–0	Eva Bajic	KO	3 (10), 0:27	20 Nov 2010	MCH Kongrescenter, Herning, Denmark	Retained WBC and WBO female welterweight titles
15	Win	15–0	Mikaela Laurén	TKO	7 (10), 0:40	30 Oct 2010	StadtHalle, Rostock, Germany	Retained WBA, WBC, and WBO female welterweight titles
14	Win	14–0	Victoria Cisneros	UD	10	15 May 2010	MCH Kongrescenter, Herning, Denmark	Retained WBA and WBC female welterweight titles; Won vacant WBO female welterweight title
13	Win	13–0	Lucia Morelli	UD	10	12 Sep 2009	MCH Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Retained WBA and WBC female welterweight titles
12	Win	12–0	Amy Yuratovac	UD	10	30 May 2009	Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland	Retained WBA and WBC female welterweight titles
11	Win	11–0	Vinni Skovgaard	UD	10	14 Mar 2009	Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel, Germany	Won vacant WBA and WBC female welterweight titles
10	Win	10–0	Borislava Goranova	UD	8	25 Oct 2008	Weser-Ems Halle, Oldenburg, Germany
9	Win	9–0	Cimberly Harris	UD	8	20 Sep 2008	Seidensticker Halle, Bielefeld, Germany
8	Win	8–0	Nicole Woods	UD	6	21 Jun 2008	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, US
7	Win	7–0	Adelita Irizarry	UD	6	17 May 2008	Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, Germany
6	Win	6–0	Tatjana Dieckmann	UD	6	29 Mar 2008	Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel, Germany
5	Win	5–0	Wanda Pena Ozuna	TKO	4 (4), 1:47	26 Jan 2008	Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany
4	Win	4–0	Borislava Goranova	UD	6	23 Jun 2007	Stadthalle, Zwickau, Germany
3	Win	3–0	Olga Bojare	UD	4	26 May 2007	Jako Arena, Bamberg, Germany
2	Win	2–0	Jana Latova	KO	2 (4)	17 Feb 2007	Complexe sportif, Evere, Belgium
1	Win	1–0	Ksenija Koprek	UD	4	20 Jan 2007	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Professional debut

Titles in boxing

See also

• List of female boxers
• List of female kickboxers

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Cecilia Brækhus from BoxRec
• Cecilia Brækhus at Awakening Fighters