Mikaela Laurén | |
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Height: | 1.78 m |
Nationality: | Swedish |
Birth Date: | 20 January 1976 |
Birth Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 41 |
Wins: | 33 |
Ko: | 14 |
Losses: | 7 |
Draws: | 1 |
Mikaela Laurén (born 20 January 1976) is a Swedish professional boxer and former national team swimmer. In boxing she held the WBC female light middleweight title from 2014 to 2016, and has challenged once for the undisputed female welterweight championship in 2017.
Laurén grew up in Enskede in southern Stockholm. She started swimming at the age of three and trained with the Stockholm police sports association. At the age of eighteen she moved to the United States, there she was recruited by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. During her stay in the country she decided to tattoo the text "Destiny" on her lower back, at the same time that her best friend, swimmer Therese Alshammar, tattooed the text "Diva" at the same spot on her body.[1] In 2001 Laurén returned to Sweden and continued her preparation for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
In March 2005, she was arrested for having anabolic steroids at her home.[2] She was sentenced to one year and two months imprisonment for doping and weapon crimes. She was released in May 2006 after serving her sentence.[3] [4] During her imprisonment she studied nutrition and training at the Mittuniversity in Östersund. She also continued physio and led the training for the inmates at the prison. After her release she educated herself to become a personal trainer, she decided to return to Santa Monica in the United States to start her work to become a professional boxer.
Laurén competed in the celebrity dance show Let's Dance 2017 which is broadcast on TV4. She was the first dancer to be eliminated.
Laurén signed a contract with New Sweden in May 2007 and made her professional debut in April 2009. On 8 November 2014 she won the WBC female superwelterweight title against American boxer Aleksandra Magdaziak.[5] [6]
She challenged undisputed female welterweight champion Cecilia Brækhus at Oslofjord Convention Center, Stokke, Norway on 21 October 2017, losing by stoppage in the sixth round.[7]
Laurén retired from professional boxing in 2019 but made a comeback in 2024.[8]
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
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41 | Draw | 33–7–1 | Jordan Barker Porter | SD | 6 | 12 Oct 2024 | |||
40 | Loss | 33–7 | Ester Konecna | UD | 8 | 29 Jun 2024 | |||
39 | Win | 33–6 | Mariami Nutsubidze | RTD | 1 (8) | 24 Feb 2024 | |||
38 | Win | 32–6 | Paty Ramirez | UD | 6 | 11 Dec 2019 | |||
37 | Loss | 31–6 | Marie-Eve Dicaire | UD | 10 | 13 Apr 2019 | |||
36 | Win | 31–5 | Eva Bajic | UD | 6 | 9 Jun 2018 | |||
35 | Win | 30–5 | Verena Kaiser | MD | 10 | 21 Apr 2018 | |||
34 | Loss | 29–5 | Cecilia Brækhus | TKO | 6 (10), | 21 Oct 2017 | |||
33 | Win | 29–4 | Kita Watkins | UD | 6 | 22 Apr 2017 | |||
32 | Win | 28–4 | Szilvia Szabados | TKO | 6 (6), | 9 Dec 2016 | |||
31 | Loss | 27–4 | Klara Svensson | UD | 10 | 10 Sep 2016 | |||
30 | Win | 27–3 | Ivana Habazin | TKO | 3 (10), | 23 Apr 2016 | |||
29 | Win | 26–3 | Jennifer Retzke | TKO | 5 (10), | 28 Nov 2015 | |||
28 | Win | 25–3 | Victoria Cisneros | TKO | 4 (10) | 6 Jun 2015 | |||
27 | Win | 24–3 | Celia Rosa Sierra | TKO | 3 (6), | 21 Mar 2015 | |||
26 | Win | 23–3 | Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes | MD | 10 | 8 Nov 2014 | |||
25 | Win | 22–3 | Kali Reis | UD | 8 | 18 Jul 2014 | |||
24 | Win | 21–3 | Esther Matshiya | UD | 8 | 27 Mar 2014 | |||
23 | Win | 20–3 | Rita Kenessey | TKO | 2 (6), | 14 Dec 2013 | |||
22 | Loss | 19–3 | Christina Hammer | UD | 10 | 13 Jul 2013 | |||
21 | Win | 19–2 | Floarea Lihet | 6 (8) | 14 Jun 2013 | ||||
20 | Win | 18–2 | Angel McKenzie | UD | 6 | 10 Nov 2012 | |||
19 | Win | 17–2 | Eva Bajic | TKO | 5 (12), | 5 Oct 2012 | |||
18 | Win | 16–2 | Pimnipa Tanawatpipat | KO | 2 (6) | 15 Jun 2012 | |||
17 | Win | 15–2 | Cindy Serrano | UD | 6 | 27 Apr 2012 | |||
16 | Loss | 14–2 | Loli Muñoz | UD | 8 | 30 Mar 2012 | |||
15 | Win | 14–1 | Chantal Ughi | KO | 1 (6), | 2 Feb 2012 | |||
14 | Win | 13–1 | Luisa Maria Romero | TKO | 2 (6), | 18 Nov 2011 | |||
13 | Win | 12–1 | Eliana Maria Lencina | UD | 8 | 21 Oct 2011 | |||
12 | Win | 11–1 | Eva Bajic | TKO | 2 (6), | 3 Sep 2011 | |||
11 | Win | 10–1 | Angel McKenzie | UD | 10 | 23 Jul 2011 | |||
10 | Win | 9–1 | Viktoria Demidova | UD | 6 | 28 May 2011 | |||
9 | Win | 8–1 | Rachel Clark | 6 | 15 Apr 2011 | ||||
8 | Win | 7–1 | Daniela Bickei | TKO | 1 (6) | 17 Dec 2010 | |||
7 | Loss | 6–1 | Cecilia Brækhus | 7 (10), | 30 Oct 2010 | ||||
6 | Win | 6–0 | Jill Emery | UD | 6 | 24 Sep 2010 | |||
5 | Win | 5–0 | Borislava Goranova | UD | 6 | 10 Sep 2010 | |||
4 | Win | 4–0 | Natālija Dolgova | UD | 6 | 20 Feb 2010 | |||
3 | Win | 3–0 | Natālija Dolgova | 6 | 3 Oct 2009 | ||||
2 | Win | 2–0 | Marina Morozova | 3 (4) | 6 Jun 2009 | ||||
1 | Win | 1–0 | Sandra Kirchbaum | 4 | 4 Apr 2009 |