Cecilia Brækhus is a and 66 kilograms (145.5 lb), professional Norwegian

Norway

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 boxer

Boxing

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 and a former kickboxer

Kickboxing

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. She is currently the World Champion in Welterweight in the World Boxing Association

World Boxing Association

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, World Boxing Council

World Boxing Council

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, World Boxing Organization

World Boxing Organization

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 and World Professional Boxing Federation

World Professional Boxing Federation

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. She currently resides in Berlin

Berlin

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, Germany

Germany

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.

Career

Originally from Cartagena, Colombia

Colombia

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, she was adopted as a 2-year-old by Norwegian parents and raised in the Sandviken area of Bergen

Bergen

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. Brækhus started with kickboxing

Kickboxing

Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....

 at the age of 14.

In November 2007, she signed a pro contract with German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 promoter Wilfried Sauerland

Wilfried Sauerland

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, who announced his intention of making her the first Norwegian woman World Champion. Her first fight was against Croatia

Croatia

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n boxer Ksenija Koprek, 20 January 2007.

On 14 March 2009, she became the WBC

World Boxing Council

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 World Champion in welterweight

Welterweight

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 against Danish

Denmark

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 boxer Vinni Skovgaard. She also captured the vacant WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 female welterweight title.

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.

Eight months later, on May 15, 2010, Brækhus successfully defended her WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 and WBC

World Boxing Council

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 titles against Victoria Cisneros

Victoria Cisneros

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 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.

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

World Professional Boxing Federation

The World Professional Boxing Federation ' is an international sanctioning body that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championship title...

 (WPBF) title. After Brækhus having dominated the whole match, she knocked Laurén out in the 7th round. The match was fought in Rostock, Germany.
Voted female boxer of the year

WBA, WBC, WBO and WPBF Champion Cecilia Brækhus is awarded as "Female Boxer of the Year 2010" by German boxing magazine BoxSport.

Professional boxing record

18 Wins (4 knockouts, 14 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws.
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|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; width:175px; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
|-align=center
|1
|Win
|1–0
|align=left|  Ksenija Koprek
|Decision
(unanimous) || 4
|2007-01-20 || align=left|  Basel, Switzerland
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|-align=center
|2
|Win
|2–0
|align=left|  Jana Latova
|KO || 2
|2007-02-17 || align=left|  Evere, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium
|
|-align=center
|3
|Win
|3–0
|align=left|  Olga Bojare
|Decision
(unanimous) || 4
|2007-05-26 || align=left|  Bamberg, Bayern, Germany
|
|-align=center
|4
|Win
|4–0
|align=left|  Borislava Goranova
|Decision
(unanimous) || 6
|2007-06-23 || align=left|  Zwickau, Sachsen, Germany
|
|-align=center
|5
|Win
|5–0
|align=left|  Wanda Pena Ozuna
|TKO || 4
|2008-01-26 || align=left|  Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
|
|-align=center
|6
|Win
|6–0
|align=left|  Tatjana Dieckmann
|Decision
(unanimous) || 6
|2008-03-29 || align=left|  Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
|
|-align=center
|7
|Win
|7–0
|align=left|  Adelita Irizarry
|Decision
(unanimous) || 6
|2008-05-17 || align=left|  Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany
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|-align=center
|8
|Win
|8–0
|align=left|  Nicole Woods
|Decision
(unanimous) || 6
|2008-06-21 || align=left|  Hollywood, Florida, United States
|
|-align=center
|9
|Win
|9–0
|align=left|  Cimberly Harris
|Decision
(unanimous) || 8
|2008-09-20 || align=left|  Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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|-align=center
|10
|Win
|10–0
|align=left|  Borislava Goranova
|Decision
(unanimous) || 8
|2008-10-25 || align=left|  Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
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|-align=center
|11
|Win
|11–0
|align=left|  Vinni Skovgaard
|Decision
(unanimous) || 10
|2009-03-14 || align=left|  Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
|Won WBC Welterweight title and captured the vacant WBA female welterweight title.
|-align=center
|12
|Win
|12–0
|align=left|  Amy Yuratovac
|Decision
(unanimous) || 10
|2009-05-30 || align=left|  Helsinki, Finland
|Retained WBA and WBC Welterweight titles.
|-align=center
|13
|Win
|13–0
|align=left|  Lucia Morelli
|Decision
(unanimous) || 10
|2009-09-12 || align=left|  Herning, Denmark
|Retained WBA and WBC Welterweight titles.
|-align=center
|14
|Win
|14–0
|align=left|  Victoria Cisneros

Victoria Cisneros

Victoria Cisneros is a female American boxer, who has fought six former or present World Champions in her career.-Career:...

|Decision
(unanimous) || 10
|2010-05-15 || align=left|  Herning, Denmark
|Won WBO Welterweight title, retained WBA and WBC Welterweight titles.
|-align=center
|15
|Win
|15–0
|align=left|  Mikaela Laurén
|TKO || 7
|2010-10-30 || align=left|  Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
|Won WPBF Welterweight title and retained WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
|-align=center
|16
|Win
|16–0
|align=left|  Eva Halasi
|KO || 3
|2010-11-20 || align=left|  Herning, Denmark
|Retained WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
|-align=center
|17
|Win
|17–0
|align=left|  Jill Emery
|Decision
(unanimous) || 10
|2011-04-02 || align=left|  Herning, Denmark
|Retained WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
|-align=center
|18
|Win
|18–0
|align=left|  Chevelle Hallback

Chevelle Hallback

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|Decision
(unanimous) || 10
|2011-05-07 || align=left|  Copenhagen, Denmark
|Retained WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.
|-align=center
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|
|align=left|  Holly Holm

Holly Holm

Holly Holm is a female boxer, mixed martial artist, and former kickboxer currently contracted under Fresquez Productions promoted by Lenny Fresquez.-Biography:...

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|TBA || align=left|TBA
|For the WBA, WBC and WBO Welterweight titles.

Professional boxing

World Champion in these associations:

• World Boxing Association (won March 14, 2009, against Vinni Skovgaard)
• World Boxing Council (won March 14, 2009, against Vinni Skovgaard)
• World Boxing Organization (won May 15, 2010 against Victoria Cisneros
  Victoria Cisneros
  Victoria Cisneros is a female American boxer, who has fought six former or present World Champions in her career.-Career:...
  
  )
• World Professional Boxing Federation (won October 30, 2010 against Mikaela Laurén)

Kickboxing (European Semi Contact)

• World Champion
• European Champion
• 3 National Championships
• 2 H.M. The King's Trophy

Amateur boxing

• She fought 80 matches and won 75 of them.
  • Silver medal at the 2005 World Championships
    2005 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
    The 2005 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships was an international women's boxing competition hosted by Russia from September 25 to October 2, 2005 in Podolsk...
    
    
  • Gold medal at the 2005 European Championships
    2005 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
    The 4th Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tønsberg, Norway from May 8th to 15, 2005.This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA....
    
    
  • Silver medal at the 2004 European Championships
    2004 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
    The 3rd Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Riccione, Italy from October 3rd to 10th, 2004.This edition of the recurring competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA....
    
    

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