Category: Cecilia Braekhus

Cecilia Braekhus Presented With Ring Magazine’s First Women’s #1 Pound-for-Pound Title Belt

(SEPT 14) Las Vegas, Nevada—Undisputed Women’s Welterweight World Champion ‘The First Lady’ Cecilia Braekhus, (34-0-0, 9 KO’s) was honored on Thursday afternoon, September 13 with a presentation of THE RING Magazine’s Women’s #1 Pound-for-Pound Title Belt. The presentation of the first belt of its kind was made by RING Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Doug Fischer in the Media Center

History first on HBO for Female Boxing

(MAY 6) Multi-world welterweight champion, Cecilia “First Lady” Braekhus of Bergen, Norway entered the ring Saturday night, holding five of boxing’s most prestigious titles that include the WBC, IBF, IBO, WBA, and WBO. Across the ring was Rhode Island’s own, Kali “KO Mequinonoag” Reis, a former WBC women’s champion, using her underdog role to fuel

Anne Sophie Mathis vs. Cecilia Braekhus Headlines “The Homecoming” in Historical First Bout on Norwegian Soil Since 1981 – Press Release

(AUG 3)  The historical first bout on Norwegian soil since 1981 will be headlined by a rematch of «The fight of the century» in female boxing, as french Anne Sophie Mathis (27-3-1) was announced as opponent for “The First Lady” Cecilia Braekhus.  The two fighters also met in Denmark in September 2012, where Braekhus (record