| Cecilia Brækhus | |
| Nickname: | The First Lady |
| Weight: |
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| Height: | 1.71 m |
| Nationality: | Norwegian |
| Birth Date: | 28 September 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Cartagena, Colombia |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 41 |
| Wins: | 38 |
| Ko: | 9 |
| Losses: | 2 |
| Draws: | 1 |
Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus (born 28 September, 1981) is a Norwegian professional boxer and former kickboxer. She reigned as the undisputed female welterweight boxing champion from 2014 to 2020, and is the first woman in any weight class to hold the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles simultaneously. Brækhus is also one of only 11 boxers in history, male or female, to hold all four major world titles simultaneously. She also held the IBO title from 2016 to 2020, and is currently the interim WBC super welterweight champion.[1]
In 2017, the Boxing Writers Association of America named Brækhus their inaugural Female Fighter of the Year.[2] Guinness World Records awarded her with three recognitions in 2018: the Longest Reigning Female Boxing Champion, the Longest Reign as a Four-Belt Undisputed Boxing Champion, and the Most Bouts Undefeated by a Female World Champion Boxer.[3] Brækhus held the WBC and WBA titles for 11 years and 154 days between 14 March 2009 and 15 August 2020.[4] As of December 2023, she is ranked as the world's best active female super welterweight by BoxRec and the fifth best active female junior middleweight by The Ring.[5] [6]
Born in Cartagena, Colombia, Brækhus was adopted as a two-year-old by Norwegian parents and raised in Sandviken, Bergen.[7] She started kickboxing at the age of fourteen and soon began competing in amateur boxing competitions, achieving an amateur record of 75–5 before turning professional.[8]
Brækhus fought 80 matches and won 75 of them.
In November 2007, Brækhus signed a pro contract with German promoter Wilfried Sauerland, who announced his intention of making her the first Norwegian female World Champion. Her first fight was against Croatian boxer Ksenija Koprek on 20 January, 2007.[11] On 14 March, 2009, she became the WBC World Champion in welterweight against Danish boxer Vinni Skovgaard and also claimed the vacant WBA female welterweight title.[12] Brækhus successfully defended her titles on later that year on 30 May against Amy Yuratovac in Helsinki, Finland, and on 12 September, 2009, against Lucia Morelli in Herning, Denmark.
Eight months later, on 15 May, 2010, Brækhus successfully defended her WBA and WBC titles against American boxer Victoria Cisneros in Herning, Denmark, while winning the WBO title. In a unanimous decision, the judges declared the fight for Brækhus, having won all 10 rounds.[13] [14] On 30 October, 2010, Brækhus successfully defended her WBA, WBC and WBO titles in Rostock, Germany against Mikaela Laurén from Sweden, while winning the World Professional Boxing Federation (WPBF) title. Brækhus won by knockout in the 7th round.[15]
In 2010, Brækhus was voted the "Female Boxer of the Year" by German boxing magazine BoxSport. On 14 September, 2014, after defeating Croatian Ivana Habazin, Brækhus became the first Norwegian and the first woman to hold all major world championship belts in her weight division (welterweight) in boxing history.[16]
On 5 May, 2018, HBO broadcast its first women's bout, between Brækhus and Kali Reis, where Brækhus successfully defended her titles.[17] [18]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Win | 38–2–1 | Maricela Cornejo | UD | 10 | 10 Aug 2024 | |||
| 40 | Draw | 37–2–1 | Terri Harper | MD | 10 | 7 Oct 2023 | |||
| 39 | Win | 37–2 | Marisa Joana Portillo | UD | 6 | 17 Dec 2022 | |||
| 38 | Loss | 36–2 | Jessica McCaskill | UD | 10 | 13 Mar 2021 | |||
| 37 | Loss | 36–1 | Jessica McCaskill | 10 | 15 Aug 2020 | ||||
| 36 | Win | 36–0 | Victoria Bustos | UD | 10 | 30 Nov 2019 | |||
| 35 | Win | 35–0 | Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes | UD | 10 | 8 Dec 2018 | |||
| 34 | Win | 34–0 | Inna Sagaydakovskaya | UD | 10 | 21 Jul 2018 | |||
| 33 | Win | 33–0 | Kali Reis | UD | 10 | 5 May 2018 | |||
| 32 | Win | 32–0 | Mikaela Laurén | TKO | 6 (10), | 21 Oct 2017 | |||
| 31 | Win | 31–0 | Erica Farias | UD | 10 | 9 Jun 2017 | |||
| 30 | Win | 30–0 | Klara Svensson | UD | 10 | 24 Feb 2017 | |||
| 29 | Win | 29–0 | Anne Sophie Mathis | TKO | 2 (10), | 1 Oct 2016 | |||
| 28 | Win | 28–0 | Chris Namús | UD | 10 | 27 Feb 2016 | |||
| 27 | Win | 27–0 | Jennifer Retzke | UD | 10 | 29 Nov 2014 | |||
| 26 | Win | 26–0 | Ivana Habazin | UD | 10 | 14 Sep 2014 | |||
| 25 | Win | 25–0 | Jessica Balogun | UD | 10 | 7 Jun 2014 | |||
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Myriam Lamare | UD | 10 | 1 Feb 2014 | |||
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Oxandia Castillo | TKO | 9 (10), | 7 Sep 2013 | |||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Mia St. John | TKO | 3 (10), | 13 Apr 2013 | |||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Anne Sophie Mathis | UD | 10 | 22 Sep 2012 | |||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Jessica Balogun | UD | 10 | 1 Jun 2012 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Ku'ulei Kupihea | TKO | 10 (10), | 3 Dec 2011 | |||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Chevelle Hallback | UD | 10 | 7 May 2011 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Jill Emery | UD | 10 | 2 Apr 2011 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Eva Bajic | KO | 3 (10), | 20 Nov 2010 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Mikaela Laurén | TKO | 7 (10), | 30 Oct 2010 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Victoria Cisneros | UD | 10 | 15 May 2010 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Lucia Morelli | UD | 10 | 12 Sep 2009 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Amy Yuratovac | UD | 10 | 30 May 2009 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Vinni Skovgaard | UD | 10 | 14 Mar 2009 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Borislava Goranova | UD | 8 | 25 Oct 2008 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Cimberly Harris | UD | 8 | 20 Sep 2008 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Nicole Woods | UD | 6 | 21 Jun 2008 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Adelita Irizarry | UD | 6 | 17 May 2008 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Tatjana Dieckmann | UD | 6 | 29 Mar 2008 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Wanda Pena Ozuna | 4 (4), | 26 Jan 2008 | ||||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Borislava Goranova | UD | 6 | 23 Jun 2007 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Olga Bojare | UD | 4 | 26 May 2007 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Jana Latova | 2 (4), | 17 Feb 2007 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Ksenija Koprek | 4 | 20 Jan 2007 |
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