Category: HBO

Last Televised Boxing Event on HBO featuring three female bouts on card

At the StubHub Center, Carson, California, USA –In the main event, Cecilia Braekhus, 146¾, won a ten-round unanimous decision over Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes, 146½. Braekhus was defending her IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC, and WBO Welterweight titles. In a second bout, Claressa Shields, 159¼, won a ten-round unanimous decision over Femke Hermans, 157. Shields was defending

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